Residence permits by nationality

First residence permits issued for one year or more, by most important nationalities in 2022
  2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Morocco 21 616 22 738 23 935 25 056 25 698 28 479 30 634 33 455 28 763 33 395 37 371
Algeria 24 460 24 017 24 545 26 521 27 658 30 003 28 948 27 745 23 846 25 903 29 682
Tunisia 11 374 12 301 12 931 12 996 14 076 15 010 17 674 18 662 15 100 17 025 22 165
Ivory Coast 3 898 4 358 5 178 5 220 5 707 6 508 7 530 9 703 9 094 11 346 11 594
Afghanistan 714 1 014 940 832 1 943 5 359 5 833 6 284 5 914 9 305 11 461
Senegal 4 700 5 358 5 141 5 482 6 033 7 463 8 274 8 341 7 241 7 999 8 457
Guinea 2 255 2 526 2 882 3 404 3 567 3 730 4 495 6 192 6 675 8 774 8 356
China 12 678 14 064 12 691 12 406 12 727 11 872 11 494 10 058 6 968 7 209 7 638
Cameroon 4 158 4 355 4 299 4 258 4 272 4 621 4 927 5 466 5 097 6 620 7 146
Lebanon 1 213 1 426 1 671 1 656 1 783 1 914 2 051 2 543 4 078 6 409 7 057
India 3 180 3 462 3 569 3 897 4 389 5 222 6 836 6 849 4 040 5 260 6 984
Turkey 5 626 5 738 4 917 4 480 4 414 4 392 4 232 4 449 3 740 5 116 6 672
Mali 3 709 4 075 4 408 4 112 4 585 4 491 4 608 4 782 4 951 6 287 6 030
Russia 4 992 5 265 5 664 5 580 5 618 5 637 5 060 4 728 3 200 3 986 5 848
United States of America 4 006 3 777 3 800 3 969 4 143 4 354 4 655 4 160 2 929 4 350 5 164
Comoros 3 151 5 160 6 440 8 365 4 704 4 594 5 569 5 745 4 563 4 062 4 999
Brazil 4 049 4 236 4 550 5 219 4 092 4 358 4 797 4 406 3 156 3 786 4 791
Congo (Congo Brazzaville) 2 381 2 373 2 420 2 392 2 558 2 756 2 826 3 197 3 108 4 503 4 268
Congo DRC 4 219 4 485 4 702 4 721 5 058 5 109 4 617 4 635 3 402 3 914 4 199
Syria 682 1 242 1 902 2 887 4 404 5 791 5 553 5 492 3 441 3 721 3 501
Madagascar 2 491 2 531 2 785 2 641 2 450 2 600 2 628 3 028 2 489 2 738 3 420
Bangladesh 927 1 300 1 914 2 255 2 713 2 731 2 805 2 885 2 483 3 511 3 405
Haiti 3 564 3 521 3 365 3 098 2 737 2 843 2 882 2 814 1 809 2 772 3 022
Benin 962 1 085 1 204 1 445 1 397 1 368 1 751 2 062 1 913 2 659 2 902
Albania 497 662 975 1 436 1 869 2 354 2 641 2 966 2 160 2 569 2 745
Total (all nationalities) 180 010 192 398 199 885 210 040 218 354 237 741 249 474 257 137 211 255 251 650 282 957

Coverage: Residence permits issued to foreign citizens of third countries (non member states of the European Economic area and Switzerland)
Source: Authors’ compilation on the basis of data records from AGDREF; D. Breton, N. Belliot, M. Barbieri, J. Chaput, H. d’Albis, Recent demographic trends in France, Population (English), 79 (4), 2024.

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Update: February 2025