Official name
French Republic
Name in local language
France ; République française (fr)
Continent
Europe
Subcontinent
European Union
Population (ranking: 21e )
68,373,433 inhabitants (2024)
Population growth
0.34 % / year
Area
551,695 km²
Density
123.93 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 6e )2,779.092 billions $USD (2022)
GDP/capita (ranking )
40,886 $USD (2022)
GDP growth
2.50 % / year (2022)
Life expectancy (ranking )
82.85 years (2023)
Birth rate
10.90 ‰ (2021)
Fertility rate
1.68 children / woman (2023)
Death rate (ranking )
9.70 ‰ (2021)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
4.00 ‰ (2023)
Literacy rate
100.00 % (2024)
Official languages
French
Currency
Euro (€ EUR)
HDI (ranking: 38e )0.903 / 1 (2021)
EPI (ranking )83.95 (2018)
Government
Unitary senatorial semi‑presidential republic
Head of State
President Emmanuel Macron
National Day
14 July (French Revolution of 1789)
ISO Codes FR, FRA
Demonym
French
Tourists (ranking )
79,400,000 people (2022)
France is a country in Western Europe sharing borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north, Germany , Switzerland , Italy and Monaco to the east, Spain and Andorra to the south. Through the Channel Tunnel, it also shares a border with the United Kingdom .
Paris, Eiffel Tower. Photo: Wladyslaw Île Vierge, Brittany, France. Source: Wildlife Archives France: evolution of the total population from 1982 to 2016. Source: Insee Urban areas (2019)
Urban areas
Population
Paris
13,171,056 inhabitants
Lyon
2,308,818 inhabitants
Marseille - Aix-en-Provence
1,888,788 inhabitants
Lille (French part)
1,521,660 inhabitants
Toulouse
1,490,640 inhabitants
Bordeaux
1,393,764 inhabitants
Nantes
1,031,953 inhabitants
Strasbourg (French part)
864,993 inhabitants
Montpellier
823,120 inhabitants
Rennes
771,320 inhabitants
Grenoble
722,904 inhabitants
Rouen
709,065 inhabitants
Nice
626,218 inhabitants
Toulon
581,948 inhabitants
Tours
522,597 inhabitants
Nancy
508,793 inhabitants
Clermont-Ferrand
508,699 inhabitants
Saint-Étienne
500,562 inhabitants
Caen
480,087 inhabitants
Orléans
456,452 inhabitants
Angers
441,234 inhabitants
Annemasse (French part of Geneva)
433,194 inhabitants
Perpignan
422,786 inhabitants
Dijon
414,633 inhabitants
Mulhouse
408,968 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Regions and overseas territories
Population
Area
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
8,092,598 inhabitants
69,711 km²
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
2,786,205 inhabitants
47,784 km²
Brittany
3,371,297 inhabitants
27,208 km²
Centre-Val-de-Loire
2,562,431 inhabitants
39,151 km²
Corsica
349,273 inhabitants
8,680 km²
French Guiana
294,071 inhabitants
83,846 km²
French Polynesia
275,918 inhabitants
3,792 km²
Grand Est
5,524,817 inhabitants
57,433 km²
Guadeloupe
375,857 inhabitants
1,628 km²
Hauts-de-France
5,977,462 inhabitants
31,813 km²
Île-de-France
12,326,429 inhabitants
12,011 km²
Martinique
355,094 inhabitants
1,128 km²
Mayotte
288,926 inhabitants
375 km²
New Caledonia
271,940 inhabitants
18,576 km²
Normandy
3,306,092 inhabitants
29,906 km²
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
6,039,767 inhabitants
84,061 km²
Occitanie
5,985,751 inhabitants
72,724 km²
Pays de la Loire
3,838,060 inhabitants
32,082 km²
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
5,089,661 inhabitants
31,400 km²
Réunion
858,450 inhabitants
2,512 km²
Saint Barthélemy
9,793 inhabitants
21 km²
Saint Martin
35,746 inhabitants
53 km²
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
6,008 inhabitants
242 km²
Wallis and Futuna
14,231 inhabitants
142 km²
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