FRANCE
Birthplace region share of immigrants
Percentage of all INSEE immigrants born in the selected continent or published birthplace group. Nested groups overlap.
Where France’s immigrants were born
INSEE definition · 2025 · Provisional estimates
Data 2025 · Source retrieved 17 Sept 2026
Retrieval confirms when the source was collected, not that the underlying figures describe today.
INSEE
Published 4 Jun 2026 · Retrieved 17 Sept 2026
Source period: 2014-01-01–2025-01-01
Release schedule: Annual; stage updated archives for validation before publication.
Next release: No confirmed next publication date is recorded here.
How updates are checked →Born abroad with foreign nationality at birth, including people who later became French citizens. Every origin percentage below uses all INSEE immigrants in France as its denominator.
Africa49.2%
Europe30.3%
Asia14.3%
Americas and Oceania6.2%
| Birthplace | Immigrants | Share of all immigrants |
|---|---|---|
| Africa | 3,923,200 | 49.2% |
| Europe | 2,414,300 | 30.3% |
| Asia | 1,140,500 | 14.3% |
| Americas and Oceania | 491,600 | 6.2% |
| Birthplace | Immigrants | Share of all immigrants |
|---|---|---|
| Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia) | 2,333,400 | 29.3% |
| Africa outside the Maghreb | 1,589,800 | 19.9% |
The Maghreb here is Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. “Africa outside the Maghreb” includes other North African countries, so it is neither West Africa nor exactly sub-Saharan Africa. These figures do not count descendants born in France.
Detailed African birthplace groups
| Birthplace | Immigrants | Share of all immigrants |
|---|---|---|
| Sahel (INSEE classification) | 429,700 | 5.4% |
| Guinean or Central Africa (INSEE classification) | 643,900 | 8.1% |
| Comoros and Madagascar | 269,700 | 3.4% |
| Remaining African countries | 246,500 | 3.1% |
Sahel and Guinean or Central Africa follow INSEE’s TeO2 grouping, not the West Africa boundary.
INSEE changed census collection in 2024. Values before 2024 are not directly comparable with 2024–2025; the apparent increase across that break is not a measure of immigration growth.
Leading countries of birth
INSEE’s published country shares · 2025. These percentages refer to immigrant residents, not arrivals during the year.
| Birthplace | Share of all immigrants |
|---|---|
| Algeria | 12.6% |
| Morocco | 11.7% |
| Portugal | 7.2% |
| Tunisia | 4.9% |
| Italy | 3.5% |
| Türkiye | 3.5% |
| Spain | 3.0% |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 2.2% |
| Comoros | 2.1% |
| Senegal | 2.0% |
| United Kingdom | 1.9% |
| Romania | 1.8% |
| Belgium | 1.8% |
| Cameroon | 1.6% |
| Germany | 1.5% |
All published countries
| Birthplace | Share of all immigrants |
|---|---|
| Algeria | 12.6% |
| Morocco | 11.7% |
| Portugal | 7.2% |
| Tunisia | 4.9% |
| Italy | 3.5% |
| Türkiye | 3.5% |
| Spain | 3.0% |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 2.2% |
| Comoros | 2.1% |
| Senegal | 2.0% |
| United Kingdom | 1.9% |
| Romania | 1.8% |
| Belgium | 1.8% |
| Cameroon | 1.6% |
| Germany | 1.5% |
| China | 1.5% |
| Mali | 1.4% |
| Madagascar | 1.3% |
| Haiti | 1.3% |
| Republic of the Congo | 1.2% |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.2% |
| Guinea | 1.1% |
| Ukraine | 1.1% |
| Russia | 1.1% |
| Brazil | 1.1% |
| Poland | 1.0% |
| Serbia | 1.0% |
| Vietnam | 1.0% |
| Switzerland | 0.9% |
| Afghanistan | 0.9% |
| Lebanon | 0.8% |
| India | 0.8% |
| Sri Lanka | 0.7% |
| Syria | 0.7% |
| Moldova | 0.6% |
| Cambodia | 0.6% |
| United States | 0.6% |
| Colombia | 0.6% |
| Mauritius | 0.5% |
| Egypt | 0.5% |
| Armenia | 0.5% |
| Netherlands | 0.5% |
| Albania | 0.5% |
| Benin | 0.4% |
| Togo | 0.4% |
| Cabo Verde | 0.4% |
| Gabon | 0.4% |
| Angola | 0.4% |
| Sudan | 0.4% |
| Bulgaria | 0.4% |
| Pakistan | 0.4% |
| Bangladesh | 0.4% |
| Laos | 0.4% |
| Iran | 0.4% |
| Suriname | 0.4% |
| Georgia | 0.3% |
| Philippines | 0.3% |
| Thailand | 0.3% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.2% |
| Greece | 0.2% |
| South Korea | 0.2% |
| Japan | 0.2% |
| Iraq | 0.2% |
| Canada | 0.2% |
| Mexico | 0.2% |
| Peru | 0.2% |
| Venezuela | 0.2% |
| Argentina | 0.2% |
| Indonesia | 0.1% |
| Kazakhstan | 0.1% |
The source publishes selected countries, not every country. Shares are rounded to one decimal; missing countries are not zero. Counts are not inferred from those rounded percentages.
Data 2025 · Source retrieved 17 Sept 2026
Retrieval confirms when the source was collected, not that the underlying figures describe today.
INSEE
Published 25 Jun 2026 · Retrieved 17 Sept 2026
Source period: 2014-01-01–2025-01-01
Release schedule: Annual; stage updated archives for validation before publication.
Next release: No confirmed next publication date is recorded here.
How updates are checked →What this measures
Residents of France born abroad with foreign nationality at birth, including those who subsequently acquired French nationality.
Calculation
Published INSEE percentage; denominator: All INSEE immigrants in France in the same year
Limitations
INSEE immigrants exclude people born abroad with French nationality at birth. Birthplace is not current citizenship, ethnicity or legal status. Figures are estimates; 2024 and 2025 are provisional. A census collection change creates a break between 2023 and 2024; levels across that break must not be interpreted as comparable growth. The workbook reports counts in thousands (whole thousands in 2022, otherwise up to one decimal); converted to people at its original precision. Published percentages are retained. Nested groups overlap and must not all be summed. Africa outside the Maghreb is neither West Africa nor exactly sub-Saharan Africa.
Keep INSEE immigrants distinct from Eurostat foreign-born people. Never combine overlapping geographic groups or infer West Africa from all Africa. Published rounding can prevent exact reconciliation.
Data 2014–2025 · Source retrieved 17 Sept 2026
Retrieval confirms when the source was collected, not that the underlying figures describe today.
INSEE
Published 4 Jun 2026 · Retrieved 17 Sept 2026
Source period: 2014-01-01–2025-01-01
Release schedule: Annual; stage updated archives for validation before publication.
Next release: No confirmed next publication date is recorded here.
How updates are checked →INSEE
Immigrants by group of countries of birth, June 2026
Original source ↗ · Retrieved 2026-09-17T18:07:32.096876+00:00