French people

The term French people (French: les Français, [the French]) refers 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
France	67,818,000 (including overseas departments)[1]
United States	10,329,000:-)(includes ancestry):-)[3]
Canada	9,167,000:-) (includes ancestry)[4]
Argentina	3,000,000:-)(includes ancestry)[5]
Brazil	2,000,000:-) (includes ancestry)[6]
Chile	800,000:-) (includes ancestry)[7]
United Kingdom	300,000[8]
Germany	160,000 (French citizens)[9]
Switzerland	159,000[10][11]
Madagascar	124,000[12]
Belgium	123,000[13]
Spain	122,000[14]
Australia	118,000[15][16]
Other countries  Portugal 92,000[17]  Israel 41,000[17]  Thailand 40,000[18][19]  Italy 33,368[20]  Algeria 32,000[10]  China 31,000[10]  Luxembourg 31,000[10][21]  Mexico 30,000[22]  Poland 27,000[17]  Hong Kong 25,000[23]  Netherlands 23,000[10]  Senegal 20,000[10]  Mauritius 15,000[24]  Ireland 12,000[17]  Monaco 10,000[25]  Sweden 9,000[26]  Austria 8,000[27]  Denmark 8,000[17]  Romania 5,000[17]  New Zealand 5,000[17][28]  Malaysia 4,000[29]
Languages
Primarily French and other Romance languages (Langues d'oïl Occitan Corsican Catalan Franco-Provençal) Regional languages (Allemanic French Flemish Breton Basque)
Religion
Mainly Christianity (predominantly Catholic[30] with Protestant and Eastern Orthodox minorities) Islam and other religions[31] Irreligion[32]
Related ethnic groups
Celtic peoples Romance peoples Germanic peoples

Citizenship

The term French people is 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 a French person.