Age structure
0-14 years:18.48%(male 6,366,789 /female 6,082,729)15-24 years:11.8%(male 4,065,780 /female 3,884,488)25-54 years:37.48%(male 12,731,825 /female 12,515,501)55-64 years:12.42%(male 4,035,073 /female 4,331,751)65 years and over:19.82%(male 5,781,410 /female 7,569,011)(2018 est.)
Birth rate
12.1 births/1,000 population(2018 est.)
Languages
French (official) 100%, declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish, Occitan, Picard)
note: overseas departments: French, Creole patois, Mahorian (a Swahili dialect)
Life expectancy at birth
82.00
Major urban areas - population
10.901 million PARIS (capital), 1.69 million Lyon, 1.599 million Marseille-Aix-en-Provence, 1.054 million Lille, 997,000 Toulouse, 945,000 Bordeaux
(2018)
Median age
total:41.5 yearsmale:39.7 yearsfemale:43.2 years(2018 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
28.1 years
(2010 est.)
Net migration rate
1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population
(2018 est.)
Population distribution
much of the population is concentrated in the north and southeast; although there are many urban agglomerations throughout the country, Paris is by far the largest city, with Lyon ranked a distant second
Population growth rate
0.37%(2018 est.)
Total fertility rate
2.06 children born/woman(2018 est.)
Urbanization
rate of urbanization:
0.72% annual rate of change
(2015-20 est.)