Couples
2006 | 2020 | |||||||
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In a cohabiting union | Not in a cohabiting union | In a cohabiting union | Not in a cohabiting union | |||||
Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | |
15 - 19 | 25 629 | 67 755 | 2 009 538 | 1 877 949 | 26 029 | 48 121 | 2 029 791 | 1 896 981 |
20 - 24 | 355 523 | 636 266 | 1 605 738 | 1 310 024 | 311 467 | 494 324 | 1 552 957 | 1 312 686 |
25 - 39 | 4 000 006 | 4 427 298 | 2 107 622 | 1 754 286 | 3 620 444 | 4 155 417 | 2 180 322 | 1 838 140 |
40 - 54 | 4 806 700 | 4 780 015 | 1 480 905 | 1 744 780 | 4 551 438 | 4 502 153 | 1 746 675 | 1 955 678 |
55 - 64 | 2 722 686 | 2 503 428 | 675 987 | 1 049 245 | 2 902 056 | 2 834 176 | 1 066 513 | 1 436 693 |
65 - 79 | 2 542 102 | 2 200 217 | 667 289 | 1 883 463 | 3 297 579 | 2 939 848 | 977 025 | 2 044 557 |
80 and over | 632 377 | 397 228 | 331 826 | 1 553 855 | 951 935 | 657 284 | 488 512 | 1 927 371 |
Total | 15 085 023 | 15 012 207 | 8 878 905 | 11 173 602 | 15 660 948 | 15 631 323 | 10 041 795 | 12 412 106 |
Metropolitan France
Definition Insee of the couple (in the meaning of living in a couple, census survey) : A person is living in a couple if, at 14 or more, he or she answers yes to the question " Are you living in a union ? ". Introduced in the census individual form since 2004, this question imposes no condition on legal marital status or on the partner (he or she may live or not in the same dwelling, be or not of opposite sex).
Source: INSEE, exploitation of 2006 and 2020 census data
Update: august 2023
Links for more info
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Couples selon le statut conjugal des conjoints et le nombre d'enfants de moins de 25 ans en 2020
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The demographic situation in France – Population review
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Couples et familles. Insee Références, édition 2015
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Le couple dans tous ses états. Insee première, n°1435, 2013
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De plus en plus de couples dans lesquels l’homme est plus jeune que la femme. Insee Première, n°1613, 2016
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Population de 15 ans ou plus par sexe, âge et vie en couple en 2020, Insee [XLS | 3.7 K.o.]
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First cohabiting relationships: recent trends in France. Population and societies, 521 [PDF | 839.6 K.o.]
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Singlehood: preconceptions versus experiences. Population and Societies n° 584 [PDF | 605.3 K.o.]
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Are Heterosexual Couples in Civil Partnerships Different from Married Couples? Population & Societies, 497 [PDF | 1.3 M.o.]