Couples
2006 | 2021 | |||||||
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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 | 26 526 | 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
Update: July 2024
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 2021, Insee [XLS | 31.0 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.]