Indicator	Value
Total population	66,500,000–68,600,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 66,550,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 68,550,000 people
Median age	42.1 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024]
Life expectancy	83–83.3 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024] 82.98 years·UNDP HDI [2023] 83.33 years
Ethnic groups	Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African (Algerian, Moroccan, Tunisian), Indochinese, Basque minorities; note: overseas departments: Black, White, Mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, IndigenousCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Languages	French (official) 100%, declining regional dialects and languages (Provençal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish, Occitan, Picard)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Religions	Roman Catholic 47%, Muslim 4%, Protestant 2%, Buddhist 2%, Orthodox 1%, Jewish 1%, other 1%, none 33%, unspecified 9% (2021 est.); note: France maintains a tradition of secularism and has not officially collected data on religious affiliation since the 1872 national census, which complicates assessments of France's religious composition; an 1872 law prohibiting state authorities from collecting data on individuals' ethnicity or religious beliefs was reaffirmed by a 1978 law emphasizing the prohibition of the collection or exploitation of personal data revealing an individual's race, ethnicity, or political, philosophical, or religious opinions; a 1905 law codified France's separation of church and stateCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Urbanization	81.8% of total population (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Population growth	0.262 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Birth rate	9.7 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Death rate	9.4 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Urban population	78.8 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Languages (structured)	Aragonese Arpitan Balkan Romani Basque Breton Catalan Central Alemannic Central Romani Corsican East Uvean Erromintxela French French Sign Language German Ido Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association) Italian Ligurian Lyons Sign Language Maore Comorian Moselle Franconian Occitan Old French (842-ca. 1400) Old Provençal Picard Portuguese Shuadit Sinte-Manus Romani Spanish Transalpine Gaulish Vannetais Vlax Romani Walloon Western Flemish Western Yiddish Yeniche Zarphatic Glottolog [2026]