Insee – Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques

Direction des Statistiques Démographiques et Sociales
Unité des études démographiques et sociales

— Division “Enquêtes et études démographiques”, Section Comptabilité Démographique

— Cellule Statistique et Etudes sur l'immigration 

Timbre F170

88 avenue Verdier

CS 70058

92541 Montrouge Cedex

FRANCE

Data and metadata are transmitted to Eurostat by the Member States in the framework of the Unified Demographic Data Collection which is in accordance with Regulation (EC) 862/2007 and Regulation (EU) 1260/2013 and their implementing regulations.

This Euro SDMX Metadata Structure is used for the purpose of quality reporting. The definition of the quality concepts and guidelines are described in the European Statistical System Handbook for Quality Reports.

The regional breakdown of the Member States in the regional demographic tables is done under the most recent NUTS classification. There are agreements between Eurostat and Candidate countries as well as between Eurostat and EFTA countries, for which statistical regions have been coded in a way that resembles NUTS.

For more information on the versions in force, please see: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/nuts/.

Not applicable.

Number of persons.

Population, live births and deaths data are available at national and regional level of geographical detail.

Immigrants, emigrants and acquisition of citizenship data are available at national level.

Population: since 1982.

Population by sex and age: since 1991.

Number of births: since 1957.

Births by sex and age: since 1994.

Number of deaths: since 1957.

Deaths by sex and age: since 1994.

Birth order: since 2013.

Immigration: since 2004.

Emigration: since 2004.

Not applicable.

Data is collected at unit (person) level.

The reference date for population data is the end of the reference period (midnight of 31 December).
The reference period for vital and dual 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.

Not available.

Not available.

Statistical confidentiality is guaranteed in law.

Statistical confidentiality gives people and legal entities that provide information used to produce statistics the assurance that they will not be the subject of an individual administrative decision concerning them. It is guaranteed by French Act No 51-71 of 7 June 1951 on Legal Obligation, Coordination and Confidentiality in Statistical Matters, as amended.

In particular, Article 6 thereof lays down the rules on confidentiality and the conditions that apply to all surveys conducted by the French Official Statistical Service. The data on individuals from these surveys may not, unless the archive administration decides otherwise, be communicated by the department holding the data before a period of 75 years for natural persons and 25 years for legal entities has elapsed.

The obligations relating to statistical confidentiality also apply to administrative data that INSEE or the Ministerial Statistical Offices (MSOs) may receive under Article 7bis of the aforementioned Act.

The confidentiality obligation also applies to private data used for the needs of surveys for statistical purposes by the French Official Statistical Service under Article 3bis of the aforementioned Act.

Finally, Article 6 bis of this Act establishes the Statistical Confidentiality Committee, the mission of which is to make a decision on any question relating to statistical confidentiality and to issue opinions on requests for the provision of data on individuals collected by means of statistical surveys or transmitted to the French Official Statistical Service for the purpose of compiling statistics.

At European level, the confidentiality of statistical information is ensured by Article 338 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: “The production of Union statistics shall conform to [...] statistical confidentiality”. Statistical confidentiality is also addressed in Chapter V of Regulation No 223/2009, as amended, and in Implementing Regulation No 557/2013 as regards access to confidential data for statistical purposes.

For more information: https://www.insee.fr/en/information/4256480.

Not concerned.

Every Tuesday before the third Thursday of the year. For example: 16/01/2024.

Not available.

Everyone: https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7750004.

Annual.

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.

Papon S., “Bilan démographique 2022 - L’espérance de vie stagne en 2022 et reste inférieure à celle de 2019”, Insee Première n° 1935, January 2023. See: https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/6687000; and

Births: https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7673431;

Deaths: https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7678731.

https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/6652160 for 2021;

https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/5419788 for 2020;

https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4768339 for 2019;

https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4215184 for 2018;

https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/3596198 for 2017;

Aquisition of citizenship: https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2381644.

Not applicable.

Not available.

https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/source/serie/s1169.

Not available.

Not available.

Not available.

According to Article 4 (2) of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 205/2014, each year Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with data at national and regional level as described in Annex II and related standard reference metadata ( In the metadata structure definition defined for the Euro SDMX Metadata Structure) for the reference year within 12 months of the end of the reference year. According to Article 3 (2) of the Commission Regulation (EU) No 862/2007, Statistics on international migration, usually resident population and acquisition of citizenship shall be supplied to the Commission (Eurostat) within 12 months of the end of the reference year.

Not applicable.

Data are comparable between national and regional data.

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. Saint Martin is a EU territory.

Moreover, residence Permits Statistics only concern immigrants from countries whose nationals require a residence permit, and who actually obtain a permit ; International Migration Statistics include immigrants who do not need or get such permit.

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

Population Y+1 = population Y + births Y - deaths Y + net migration Y + adjustment.

Not available.

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.

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 revised 9 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 1 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.

Revision for acquisition of nationality N in N+1.

Live births and deaths are definitive for 2022 and before. Population is definitive for 2021 and before. Net migration and adjustment are definitive for 2020 and before.

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

Annual statistical productions.

Civil status: data validation on fall N+1.

Population, net migration and adjustment: definitive for 31 December N-2. Updated each year.

Emigrants: definitive for 31 December N-2. Updated each year.

Civil status: annual validation.

Census: annual validation.

Statistics on live-birth order are smoothed for mothers older than 45.

Data collection, coding, validation and imputation if needed.

Due to an improvement in the questionnaire, population data in 31/12/2015 (and after) are not comparable to previous population data. An adjustment has been introduced to allow time comparison.

Adjustment is estimated at national level to:  -65330 in 2015;  -82982 in 2016; -100263 in 2017, -83625 in 2018, -83893 in 2019, -34038 in 2020, -34000 (p) in 2021 and 17000 (p) in 2022.

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 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 December 2012.

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