Immigrants account for just over 8% of France’s population, with Paris being home to around 40% of its 4.9 foreign-born citizens. The City of Light is also home to 60% of all sub-Saharan Africans living in the country.
By nationality, the number of foreigners living in France are:
- 1.5 million Maghreban (Algerian, Moroccan, Tunisian)
- 1.2 million Latin (Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese)
- 1.2 million other nationalities
- 570,000 sub-Saharan African
Around 270 million people worldwide speak French in one form or another, with approximately 120 million speakers being native or fluent speakers. Fewer than 60 million native standard French speakers are Caucasian.