Couples

Population aged 15 or over by sex, age and cohabitation situation
  2006 2021
  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 26 526 47 519 2 041 197 1 904 691
20 - 24 355 523 636 266 1 605 738 1 310 024 316 584 490 839 1 573 793 1 333 729
25 - 39 4 000 006 4 427 298 2 107 622 1 754 286 3 592 349 4 127 620 2 207 868 1 857 735
40 - 54 4 806 700 4 780 015 1 480 905 1 744 780 4 527 322 4 485 122 1 751 164 1 955 461
55 - 64 2 722 686 2 503 428 675 987 1 049 245 2 903 805 2 833 908 1 093 126 1 456 822
65 - 79 2 542 102 2 200 217 667 289 1 883 463 3 365 412 3 023 408 1 018 052 2 098 759
80 and over 632 377 397 228 331 826 1 553 855 963 406 666 236 489 966 1 910 657
Total 15 085 023 15 012 207 8 878 905 11 173 602 15 695 405 15 674 650 10 175 166 12 517 854

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 2021 census data

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Update: July 2024