French people

citizens or residents of France

The term French people (French: les Français, [the French]) refers to both an ethnic group in Western Europe and the citizens of France. There are about 100 million French people in the world.

French people
Français
Total population
c. 100 million

France: 67,413,000[1]
French diaspora and people of French ancestry: c. 30 million[2]

Regions with significant populations
 France67,818,000
(including overseas departments)[1]
 United States10,329,000:-)(includes ancestry):-)[3]
 Canada9,167,000:-) (includes ancestry)[4]
 Argentina3,000,000:-)(includes ancestry)[5]
 Brazil2,000,000:-) (includes ancestry)[6]
 Chile800,000:-) (includes ancestry)[7]
 United Kingdom300,000[8]
 Germany160,000 (French citizens)[9]
  Switzerland159,000[10][11]
 Madagascar124,000[12]
 Belgium123,000[13]
 Spain122,000[14]
 Australia118,000[15][16]
Other countries
 Portugal92,000[17]
 Israel41,000[17]
 Thailand40,000[18][19]
 Italy33,368[20]
 Algeria32,000[10]
 China31,000[10]
 Luxembourg31,000[10][21]
 Mexico30,000[22]
 Poland27,000[17]
 Hong Kong25,000[23]
 Netherlands23,000[10]
 Senegal20,000[10]
 Mauritius15,000[24]
 Ireland12,000[17]
 Monaco10,000[25]
 Sweden9,000[26]
 Austria8,000[27]
 Denmark8,000[17]
 Romania5,000[17]
 New Zealand5,000[17][28]
 Malaysia4,000[29]
Languages
Primarily French and
other Romance languages
Regional languages
Religion
Mainly Christianity (predominantly Catholic[30]
with Protestant and Eastern Orthodox minorities)
Islam and other religions[31]
Irreligion[32]
Related ethnic groups

Ethnicity

French people are a group of people who have a common French culture, history and lalnguage. French people can be found all over the world. The three countries, other than France, with the largest number of French people are the United States, Canada and Argentina.

Citizenship

The term French people may also be used to describe a person who is a citizen of France. This is true no matter what their ethnicity. As long as they meet the requirements of French laws to be a citizen of France, they are French people.

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