Here are the figures that tell the story of immigration in France:1 - Born abroadSince January 1st 2019, France's population has stood at 66.9 million. According to the latest National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies figures, 6.5 million immigrants lived in France in 2018, representing 9.7 percent of the total population. This consisted of 4.1 million immigrants who had not acquired French nationality and 0.7 million people born in France of foreign nationality. With the 6.5 million immigrants, this means a total of 8.2 million people living in France were therefore born abroad, or 12.3 percent of the population. Foreign students represented 83,082 people in 2018, immigrants for "humanitarian" reasons 33,981 and economic migrants 33,502.

Source: The Local October 08, 2019 09:22 UTC