Residence permits by nationality

First residence permits issued for one year or more, by most important nationalities in 2020
  2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Morocco 22 155 21 624 21 612 22 735 23 925 25 053 25 698 28 475 30 632 33 447 28 755
Algeria 23 792 23 229 24 454 24 009 24 540 26 512 27 656 29 993 28 936 27 722 23 816
Tunisia 11 770 11 153 11 373 12 301 12 929 12 994 14 075 15 006 17 668 18 650 15 097
Ivory Coast 4 152 3 941 3 898 4 358 5 177 5 220 5 706 6 507 7 529 9 701 9 093
Senegal 5 038 4 630 4 699 5 358 5 139 5 481 6 033 7 462 8 271 8 340 7 240
China 13 225 12 452 12 678 14 063 12 691 12 406 12 727 11 871 11 494 10 058 6 968
Guinea 2 471 2 275 2 255 2 525 2 882 3 404 3 567 3 728 4 491 6 190 6 674
Afghanistan 418 517 714 1 014 940 832 1 942 5 359 5 832 6 283 5 914
Cameroon 4 537 4 245 4 157 4 355 4 298 4 256 4 270 4 620 4 925 5 463 5 093
Mali 5 419 5 101 3 708 4 075 4 408 4 112 4 584 4 489 4 608 4 780 4 950
Comoros 2 887 2 618 3 148 5 158 6 440 8 364 4 704 4 591 5 556 5 709 4 514
Lebanon 1 269 1 222 1 213 1 426 1 671 1 656 1 782 1 914 2 051 2 543 4 078
India 2 627 2 813 3 180 3 462 3 569 3 897 4 389 5 221 6 836 6 849 4 040
Turkey 6 407 5 772 5 626 5 738 4 916 4 479 4 414 4 390 4 228 4 448 3 739
Syria 596 610 682 1 242 1 902 2 887 4 404 5 789 5 550 5 487 3 441
Congo DRC 3 955 4 028 4 218 4 485 4 701 4 720 5 056 5 107 4 609 4 630 3 398
Russia 4 783 5 129 4 992 5 262 5 662 5 577 5 617 5 634 5 058 4 721 3 195
Brazil 3 989 3 554 4 049 4 236 4 549 5 216 4 091 4 358 4 797 4 406 3 154
Congo ("Congo-Brazzaville") 2 790 2 464 2 381 2 373 2 420 2 391 2 557 2 756 2 824 3 192 3 107
United States of America 3 886 4 092 4 006 3 777 3 799 3 967 4 141 4 354 4 655 4 160 2 929
Sudan 288 357 387 334 391 876 2 110 4 288 3 796 3 859 2 850
Bangladesh 678 703 927 1 300 1 914 2 255 2 713 2 730 2 804 2 885 2 481
Madagascar 2 961 2 728 2 491 2 531 2 785 2 640 2 449 2 600 2 627 3 020 2 480
Gabon 1 190 904 939 890 1 068 1 399 1 564 1 833 2 287 2 646 2 452
Albania 390 466 497 662 975 1 436 1 869 2 354 2 641 2 963 2 156
Total (all nationalities) 184 331 177 594 179 910 192 304 199 774 209 918 218 229 237 602 249 314 256 911 211 721

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 ; Breton, D., Belliot, N., Barbieri, M., d’Albis, H., & Mazuy, M. : Recent demographic trends in France, Population-E, 77 (4), 2022.

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Update : January 2023