On the French territory live, in 1999, 60 186 184 people. A number that places France to the 17th rank of the world’s states in constant receding (in 2020, the projections give it the 24th rank). The French population presents two essential features:
- It is a population under ageing. In 1999, 21% of the population is aged of more than 50 years and the strong decrease of the fertility doesn't assure anymore today the demographic renewal;
- In second place, It profited always at the same time of important foreign contributions in known a strong integration; the strangers are estimated to vicinity 4 millions (1999) and the birth rate is raised more in the immigrant’s families.

Demographic situation in 1999

Average of France (in inhabitants by km2).
1789: 50; 1872: 68,46; 1901: 73,97; 11: 75,42; 36: 76,20; 75: 96; 80: 97,6; 90: 102,7; 98: 106,9. The French population lives on 200 000 km2 living space, Italy have therefore a middle density of 289, 25,5 millions of Italian (either 43%) live on 25% of the territory (density 1 558).

Departments (1990).
The densest: Paris 20 421. Hauts-de-Seine 7 923. Seine St.-Dennis 5 847. Val-de-Marne 4 976. Val-d'Oise 842. Essonne 601. Yvelines 572. Rhone 464. North 441. Bouches-du-Rhône 346. Maritime- Alps 226. Belford 220. Pas-de-Calais 215. Low Rhine 200. Seine Maritime 195. Ht-Rhine 190. Seine And Marne 182. Moselle 163. Loire 156. Atlantic Loire 154. Hte-Garonne 147, Isere 138, Var 137, Meurthe and Moselle 136, Vaucluse 131. Hte-Savoie 130. Herault 130. Finistere 125. Oise 124. Ille-et-Vilaine 118. Calvados 111. Least dense: Yonne 44. Dordogne 43. Correze 41. Hte-Loire 42, Indre 35. Moors 34. Nievre 34. Hte-Marne 33. Meuse 32. Aveyron 31. Lot 30. Ariege 28. Cantal 28. Hte-Corsican 28. Gers 28. Corsican of South 27. Dig 24. Htes-Alps 20. Alps Hte-Provence 19. Lozere 14.