Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level (demo_gind)

1.1. Contact organisation

Insee - Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques

1.2. Contact organisation unit

Direction des Statistiques Démographiques et Sociales
Unité des études démographiques et sociales
Division "Enquêtes et études démographiques"

Section Comptabilité Démographique

1.3. Contact name

Confidential because of GDPR

1.4. Contact person function

Confidential because of GDPR

1.5. Contact mail address

Timbre F170

88 avenue Verdier

CS 70058 92541 Montrouge Cedex

FRANCE

1.6. Contact email address

Confidential because of GDPR

1.7. Contact phone number

Confidential because of GDPR

1.8. Contact fax number

Confidential because of GDPR

2.1. Metadata last certified

10 June 2025

2.2. Metadata last posted

10 June 2025

2.3. Metadata last update

10 June 2025

3.1. Data description

First results on the main demographic developments in the year of reference.

3.2. Classification system

Not applicable.

3.3. Coverage - sector

Not applicable.

3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

3.4.1 Please indicate the definition of:
Population				The mother's residence				The data deaths
1.Usual Residence Population	2.Legal Residence Population	3.Registered Residence Population	4.Other	1.Usual Residence Population	2.Legal Residence Population	3.Registered Residence Population	4.Other	1.Usual Residence Population	2.Legal Residence Population	3.Registered Residence Population	4.Other
X				X				X

 

3.4.2 Please describe the national definition of:
Population	Live births	Deaths	Immigrants	Emigrants
Individuals having their habitual residence in France (see decree n°2003-485 of June 5th 2003)	UN definition	UN definition

 

3.4.3 Please provide details of the deviations of the  national definition used from the usual residence definition.
Population	Live births	Deaths	Immigrants	Emigrants
no deviation	no deviation	no deviation

3.5. Statistical unit

Number of persons.

3.6. Statistical population

In case of survey as data source, please describe the target statistical population (one or more) which the data set refers to:
Population	Live births	Deaths	Immigrants	Emigrants
Source: Census based / Population components

3.7. Reference area

Data are available at national level of geographical detail.

3.8. Coverage - Time

Optional

3.9. Base period

Not applicable.

Counts of statistical units

The reference date for population data is the end of the reference period (midnight of 31st December).
The reference period for vital events data is the calendar year in which the events occurred.  
The reference period for migration flow data is the calendar year in which the migration occurred.

6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements

Optional

6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing

Optional

7.1. Confidentiality - policy

Optional

7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

Optional

8.1. Release calendar

Live births: First estimates of births registered in year N are disseminated in january N+1. They are usually revised 7 month later and data are considered as definitive.

Deaths: First estimates of deaths registered in year N are disseminated in january N+1. They are revised 11 month later and data are considered as definitive.

Population: The definitive total population is given by the census. Population on 1st January N is published in January N + 3. Population estimates are produced for other years with data on births and deaths (definitive or estimations) and estimations of net migration and adjustment. They are not definitive and revised every year after, until they are definitive.

8.2. Release calendar access

Optional

8.3. Release policy - user access

Optional

Optional

10.1. Dissemination format - News release

Annual regular publications in January N + 1 and summer N+1 for national level. Publications in January N + 1 for population at regional level.

No regular publications for immigrants and emigrants; annual regular dissemination on Acquistion of citizeship N in june N+1

10.2. Dissemination format - Publications

Thélot H., «Bilan démographique 2024», Insee Première n° 2033, janvier 2025.

and then Births and Deaths. 

10.3. Dissemination format - online database

Births (2023).

Births (2022). 

Deaths (2023).

Deaths (2022). 

Before 2022 :

Births, deaths and marriages 2021

Births, deaths and marriages 2020

Births, deaths and marriages 2019

Births, deaths and marriages 2018

Births, deaths and marriages 2017

Births, deaths and marriages 2016

Births, deaths and marriages 2015

Births, deaths and marriages 2014

Aquisition of citizenship. 

10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

Not applicable.

10.5. Dissemination format - other

Optional

10.6. Documentation on methodology

Please provide a link to national methodology reports and reference metadata files available on-line concerning the supplied data.
Population	Live births	Deaths	Immigrants	Emigrants	Net migration
Population Population		Deaths  Deaths

10.7. Quality management - documentation

Optional

11.1. Quality assurance

Population: see in English and in French.  

Births: Quality checks are done about double counts, exhaustivity (for instance by comparing with social security data), consistency...

Deaths: Quality checks are done about double counts, exhaustivity, inconsistencies, errors... Insee compares the death certificates with bulletins in order to check the exhaustiveness of the bulletins received . Insee tries then to recover missing bulletins 7 bis from municipalities.

11.2. Quality management - assessment

Population: see in English and in French. 

Births: exhaustivity

Deaths: exhaustivity

12.1. Relevance - User Needs

Optional

12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

Optional

12.3. Completeness

Optional

13.1. Accuracy - overall

Please report on the reasons for any unreliability of the data on:
Population	Live births	Deaths	Immigrants	Emigrants	Net migration
not applicable	not applicable	not applicable			not applicable

13.2. Sampling error

In case of survey as data source, please provide information on the part of the difference between a population value and an estimate thereof, derived from a random sample, which is due to the fact that only a subset of the population is enumerated.
Population	Live births	Deaths	Immigrants	Emigrants

13.3. Non-sampling error

In case of survey as data source, please provide information on the error in survey estimates which cannot be attributed to sampling fluctuations.
Population	Live births	Deaths	Immigrants	Emigrants

14.1. Timeliness

Optional

14.2. Punctuality

Optional

15.1. Comparability - geographical

Data are comparable between national and regional data. See also 18.6

Differences in the field for France. Data published by INSEE do not take into account data of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthelemy islands, which are not included in Guadeloupe any more since 2007. Data requested by Eurostat include the two islands (until 2011) or only Saint-Martin (since 2012)

15.2. Comparability - over time

Please provide information on the length of comparable time series (indicate the first reference year for which data are availble), reference periods at which series occur, the reasons for the breaks and treatments of them.
Population	Live births	Deaths	Immigrants	Emigrants
Eurostat database: 1991-now Data on Saint Barthelemey are excluded starting with January 1, 2012. Data on Mayotte are included starting with the statistics on population on January 1, 2014.	Eurostat database: 1994-now Data on Saint Barthelemey are excluded starting with January 1, 2012. Data on Mayotte are included starting with the statistics on vital events for the reference year 2013.	Eurostat Database: 1998-now Data on Saint Barthelemey are excluded starting with January 1, 2012. Data on Mayotte are included starting with the statistics on vital events for the reference year 2013.

15.3. Coherence - cross domain

Optional

15.4. Coherence - internal

Coherence for immigration, emmigrants, population by country of birth or citizenship, because based on census.

pop Y+1 = pop Y + births Y - deaths Y + net migration Y + adjustment

Optional

17.1. Data revision - policy

Data are first provisionnal and then definitive

Population estimates are produced with data on births and deaths (definitive or estimations) and estimations of net migration and adjustment. They are not definitive and revised every year after, until they are definitive.

no revision for immigrants.

revision for emigrants : same as population.

revision for acquisition of nationality N in N+1.

17.2. Data revision - practice

No revision for immigrants, revision for emigrants : same as population.

Revision for acquisition of nationality N in N+1.

Live births : First estimates of births registered in year N are disseminated in january N+1. They are usually revised 7 months later and data are considered as definitive.

Deaths : First estimates of deaths registered in year N are disseminated in january N+1. They are revised 11 months later and data are considered then as definitive.

Population : The definitive total population is given by the census. Population on 1st January N is published in January N + 3 (except for Mayotte). Population estimates are produced for other years with data on births and deaths (definitive or estimations) and estimations of net migration and adjustment. Adjustment is provisionnal.

For Mayotte, the definitive total population is given by the census. Population is revised every 5 years. Last revision in 2017.

18.1. Source data

Please report on the data sources used for the first reference year and inform of any changes thereto, to produce:
Population	Live births	Deaths	Immigrants	Emigrants
census	civil status	civil status

18.2. Frequency of data collection

Annual statistical productions.

18.3. Data collection

Civil status : data validation on summer N+1, publications on fall N+1. Estimations updated each year.

Population : definitive for january 1st N-2. Updated each year.

Emigrants : definitive for january 1st N-2. Updated each year.

18.4. Data validation

Civil status: annual validation

Census: annual validation

18.5. Data compilation

Data collection, coding, validation and imputation if needed.

18.6. Adjustment

Due to an improvment in the questionnary, population data in 2016 (and after) are not comparable to previous population data. An adjustment has been introduced to allow time comparison.

Adjustment is provisionally estimated at national level to :  -65330 in 2015 ;  -82982 in 2016 ; -100263 in 2017 ; -83625 in 2018 ; -83893 in 2019 ; -34038 in 2020 ; -34038 in 2021; -17000 in 2022.

A new adjustment has been introduced in 2025, for 2020 and 2021 to take account of changes to the census collection protocol and exceptional demographic changes due to the health crisis. A detailed explanation is available on INSEE's website in French and in English. This adjustment is estimated at national level to:  +83000 in 2020, +127000 in 2021.

Differences in the field for France : Data published by INSEE do not take into account data of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthelemy islands, which are not included in Guadeloupe any more since 2007.

All data before 2013 (2012 and before) submitted to Eurostat contains France metropolitan, four French overseas departments (Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Reunion) including Saint Martin and and Saint Barthelemy in Guadeloupe.

All data after 2012 (2013 and after) submitted to Eurostat contains France metropolitan, four French overseas departments (Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Reunion) including Saint Martin in Guadeloupe.

Statistics of population include Mayotte since 31 December 2013. As the population on 31 December 2012 does not include this island, an other adjustment is therefore needed. The adjustment in 2013 is equal to the population on Mayotte estimated on 31 Décember 2012.

Optional

First results on the main demographic developments in the year of reference.

10 June 2025

3.4.1 Please indicate the definition of:
Population				The mother's residence				The data deaths
1.Usual Residence Population	2.Legal Residence Population	3.Registered Residence Population	4.Other	1.Usual Residence Population	2.Legal Residence Population	3.Registered Residence Population	4.Other	1.Usual Residence Population	2.Legal Residence Population	3.Registered Residence Population	4.Other
X				X				X

 

3.4.2 Please describe the national definition of:
Population	Live births	Deaths	Immigrants	Emigrants
Individuals having their habitual residence in France (see decree n°2003-485 of June 5th 2003)	UN definition	UN definition

 

3.4.3 Please provide details of the deviations of the  national definition used from the usual residence definition.
Population	Live births	Deaths	Immigrants	Emigrants
no deviation	no deviation	no deviation

Number of persons.

In case of survey as data source, please describe the target statistical population (one or more) which the data set refers to:
Population	Live births	Deaths	Immigrants	Emigrants
Source: Census based / Population components

Data are available at national level of geographical detail.

The reference date for population data is the end of the reference period (midnight of 31st December).
The reference period for vital events data is the calendar year in which the events occurred.  
The reference period for migration flow data is the calendar year in which the migration occurred.

Please report on the reasons for any unreliability of the data on:
Population	Live births	Deaths	Immigrants	Emigrants	Net migration
not applicable	not applicable	not applicable			not applicable

Counts of statistical units

Data collection, coding, validation and imputation if needed.

Please report on the data sources used for the first reference year and inform of any changes thereto, to produce:
Population	Live births	Deaths	Immigrants	Emigrants
census	civil status	civil status

Optional

Optional

Data are comparable between national and regional data. See also 18.6

Differences in the field for France. Data published by INSEE do not take into account data of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthelemy islands, which are not included in Guadeloupe any more since 2007. Data requested by Eurostat include the two islands (until 2011) or only Saint-Martin (since 2012)

Please provide information on the length of comparable time series (indicate the first reference year for which data are availble), reference periods at which series occur, the reasons for the breaks and treatments of them.
Population	Live births	Deaths	Immigrants	Emigrants
Eurostat database: 1991-now Data on Saint Barthelemey are excluded starting with January 1, 2012. Data on Mayotte are included starting with the statistics on population on January 1, 2014.	Eurostat database: 1994-now Data on Saint Barthelemey are excluded starting with January 1, 2012. Data on Mayotte are included starting with the statistics on vital events for the reference year 2013.	Eurostat Database: 1998-now Data on Saint Barthelemey are excluded starting with January 1, 2012. Data on Mayotte are included starting with the statistics on vital events for the reference year 2013.