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France Population and Religion Percentage
France, officially the French Republic is a country primarily located in Western Europe, consisting of metropolitan France and several overseas regions and territories. It’s the fourth most populous country in Europe.
As per the UN World Population Prospects report, the estimated population of France in 2022 is 64,626,628. . According to the National Institute of Statistics as on Sept 2022, the population of France is 67,939,000 (67.9 million)
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France | 2023 Population |
Total Population | 67,939,000 (68 million) |
Global Rank | 20th |
Share of World Pop. | 0.84% |
Land Area | 640,427 sq. km (247,270 sq. mi) |
Area Rank | 42nd |
Pop. Density | 106 per sq. km (275 people per sq. mi). |
Growth Rate | 0.20% |
Fertility Rate* in France | 1.9 |
Infant mortality rate** in France | 2.7 |
Median Age in France | 42.3 years |
Life Expectancy in France | 83.13 years |
Urban Population of France | 81.5 % |
Religion in France
France is a religiously diverse and secular nation. Christianity is the majority religion and is followed by almost half of the population. It has a high percentage of the Irreligious population, people who don’t follow or adhere to any religion.
Among Christians about three-fifths of the French people belong to the Roman Catholic Church. Protestants, who number 700,000 or 2% of the population, belong to several different denominations. Eastern Orthodoxy and Other Christians account for 4% of the population.
Non-Christian faiths account for 12%, and the remaining 40% are classified as unaffiliated, which can mean agnostic, atheist, or “nothing in particular.”
Among other religions, Muslims account for 5% of the France population. Reflecting the presence of immigrants from North Africa, Algeria, and Morocco, France has one of Europe’s largest Muslim populations: an estimated 5,000,000 Muslims, a sizable percentage of them living in and around Marseille in southeastern France, as well as in Paris and Lyon.
There are more than 700,000 adherents of Judaism accounting for 1% of France’s Population. Buddhism is also followed by a sizeable number of the population and accounts for 1-2 % of the population. Other faiths include Hinduism, Sikhism, Baháʼí Faith, Paganism, and New Age religion.
Religion Percentage in France as on 2021
Religion / Affiliations | Percentage |
Christianity | 47% |
– Catholicism | – 41% |
– Protestantism | – 2% |
– Eastern Orthodoxy | – 2% |
– Other Christians | – 2% |
No religion/ Agnostic/ Atheist | 40% |
Islam | 5% |
Buddhism | 1% |
Jewish | 1% |
Other religions | 5% |
Undeclared | 1% |
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Top Cities in France by Population
# | City | Province | Population |
1 | Paris | Île-de-France | 21,90,327 |
2 | Marseille | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 8,62,211 |
3 | Lyon | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 5,15,695 |
4 | Toulouse | Occitanie | 4,75,438 |
5 | Nice | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 3,42,637 |
6 | Nantes | Pays de la Loire | 3,06,694 |
7 | Montpellier | Occitanie | 2,81,613 |
8 | Strasbourg | Grand Est | 2,79,284 |
9 | Bordeaux | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 2,52,040 |
10 | Lille | Hauts-de-France | 2,32,440 |
11 | Rennes | Brittany | 2,16,268 |
12 | Reims | Grand Est | 1,83,113 |
13 | Saint-Étienne | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 1,71,924 |
14 | Le Havre | Normandy | 1,70,352 |
15 | Toulon | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 1,69,634 |
16 | Grenoble | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 1,58,180 |
17 | Dijon | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | 1,55,090 |
18 | Angers | Pays de la Loire | 1,51,229 |
19 | Nîmes | Occitanie | 1,51,001 |
20 | Villeurbanne | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 1,49,019 |
Source: 2016 Census
Source: UN World Population Prospects and National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies, France
*Fertility rate, average number of children born to women during their reproductive years.
**Infant mortality rate is the number of deaths per 1,000 live births of children under one year of age.