Couples
2006 | 2019 | |||||||
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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 | 25 767 | 49 689 | 2 021 163 | 1 886 207 |
20 - 24 | 355 523 | 636 266 | 1 605 738 | 1 310 024 | 309 661 | 499 088 | 1 537 931 | 1 300 547 |
25 - 39 | 4 000 006 | 4 427 298 | 2 107 622 | 1 754 286 | 3 639 278 | 4 166 896 | 2 166 605 | 1 832 843 |
40 - 54 | 4 806 700 | 4 780 015 | 1 480 905 | 1 744 780 | 4 583 535 | 4 524 081 | 1 755 086 | 1 968 209 |
55 - 64 | 2 722 686 | 2 503 428 | 675 987 | 1 049 245 | 2 905 836 | 2 835 781 | 1 043 113 | 1 424 238 |
65 - 79 | 2 542 102 | 2 200 217 | 667 289 | 1 883 463 | 3 227 624 | 2 852 385 | 939 301 | 2 000 690 |
80 and over | 632 377 | 397 228 | 331 826 | 1 553 855 | 942 730 | 648 770 | 486 608 | 1 944 149 |
Total | 15 085 023 | 15 012 207 | 8 878 905 | 11 173 602 | 15 634 431 | 15 576 690 | 9 949 807 | 12 356 883 |
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 2019 census data
Update: July 2022
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 2019
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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 2019, 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.]