# Foreign-born population in France

Foreign-born population in France was 9.63 million in 2025 (provisional). Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

- Indicator id: `foreign_born_population`
- Place id: `fr`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Residents on 1 January whose country of birth is not the reporting country, all ages and both sexes (Eurostat migr_pop4ctb, country of birth FOR).
- Note: Based on country of birth, not citizenship: people born abroad who hold the nationality of the reporting country are counted, and foreign nationals born in the country are not. People born in another EU country count as foreign born. For the share of the population use foreign_born_share.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Population on 1 January by group of country of birth, foreign country (migr_pop4ctb) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/migr_pop4ctb/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Eurostat reuse policy (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: Eurostat. Population on 1 January by group of country of birth, foreign country (migr_pop4ctb). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/migr_pop4ctb/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/foreign-born-population-number/france
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=foreign_born_population&place=fr

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 9,633,730 (provisional) |
| 2024 | 9,362,105 (provisional) |
| 2023 | 8,963,311 (provisional) |
| 2022 | 8,635,504 |
| 2021 | 8,548,924 |
| 2020 | 8,473,346 |
| 2019 | 8,368,280 |
| 2018 | 8,199,663 |
| 2017 | 8,098,872 |
| 2016 | 8,028,227 |
| 2015 | 7,915,838 |
| 2014 | 7,746,520 (break) |
| 2013 | 7,543,950 |
| 2012 | 7,463,157 (break) |
| 2011 | 7,335,966 |
| 2010 | 7,309,986 |
| 2009 | 7,245,620 |
| 2008 | 7,076,824 |
| 2007 | 7,013,242 |