Residence permits by nationality

First residence permits issued for one year or more, by most important nationalities in 2021
  2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Morocco 21 624 21 612 22 735 23 925 25 053 25 698 28 475 30 632 33 447 28 755 33 378
Algeria 23 229 24 454 24 009 24 540 26 512 27 656 29 993 28 936 27 722 23 816 25 865
Tunisia 11 153 11 373 12 301 12 929 12 994 14 075 15 006 17 668 18 650 15 097 17 014
Ivory Coast 3 941 3 898 4 358 5 177 5 220 5 706 6 507 7 529 9 701 9 093 11 343
Afghanistan 517 714 1 014 940 832 1 942 5 359 5 832 6 283 5 914 9 302
Guinea 2 275 2 255 2 525 2 882 3 404 3 567 3 728 4 491 6 190 6 674 8 769
Senegal 4 630 4 699 5 358 5 139 5 481 6 033 7 462 8 271 8 340 7 240 7 997
China 12 452 12 678 14 063 12 691 12 406 12 727 11 871 11 494 10 058 6 968 7 205
Cameroon 4 245 4 157 4 355 4 298 4 256 4 270 4 620 4 925 5 463 5 093 6 615
Lebanon 1 222 1 213 1 426 1 671 1 656 1 782 1 914 2 051 2 543 4 078 6 407
Mali 5 101 3 708 4 075 4 408 4 112 4 584 4 489 4 608 4 780 4 950 6 285
India 2 813 3 180 3 462 3 569 3 897 4 389 5 221 6 836 6 849 4 040 5 257
Turkey 5 772 5 626 5 738 4 916 4 479 4 414 4 390 4 228 4 448 3 739 5 111
Congo (Congo Brazzaville) 2 464 2 381 2 373 2 420 2 391 2 557 2 756 2 824 3 192 3 107 4 499
United States of America 4 092 4 006 3 777 3 799 3 967 4 141 4 354 4 655 4 160 2 929 4 348
Comoros 2 618 3 148 5 158 6 440 8 364 4 704 4 591 5 556 5 709 4 514 4 023
Russia 5 129 4 992 5 262 5 662 5 577 5 617 5 634 5 058 4 721 3 195 3 966
Congo DRC 4 028 4 218 4 485 4 701 4 720 5 056 5 107 4 609 4 630 3 398 3 908
Brazil 3 554 4 049 4 236 4 549 5 216 4 091 4 358 4 797 4 406 3 154 3 783
Syria 610 682 1 242 1 902 2 887 4 404 5 789 5 550 5 487 3 441 3 714
Bangladesh 703 927 1 300 1 914 2 255 2 713 2 730 2 804 2 885 2 481 3 510
Haiti 4 212 3 562 3 518 3 365 3 095 2 734 2 843 2 881 2 814 1 807 2 771
Madagascar 2 728 2 491 2 531 2 785 2 640 2 449 2 600 2 627 3 020 2 480 2 729
Benin 833 962 1 085 1 203 1 444 1 397 1 367 1 751 2 062 1 912 2 659
Albania 466 497 662 975 1 436 1 869 2 354 2 641 2 963 2 156 2 561
Total (toutes nationalités) 177 669 180 010 192 398 199 885 210 040 218 354 237 741 249 474 257 137 211 255 251 650

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), 78(3-4), 2023.

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Update: February 2024