Citizenship
Children born in France to foreign parents are automatically granted French citizenship upon reaching the age of 18. People born abroad and living in France can acquire French citizenship if they satisfy certain conditions. In 2009 the number of naturalised persons was 135,000, mainly from Maghreb (41.2%).
| Naturalisations by origin | 2000 | 2005 | 2009 | % Total 2009 |
| Africa | 84 182 | 98 453 | 85 144 | 62.7 |
| Maghreb | 68 185 | 75 224 | 56 024 | 41.2 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 10 622 | 15 624 | 22 214 | 16.4 |
| Other Africa | 5 375 | 7 605 | 6 906 | 5.1 |
| Asia | 27 941 | 26 286 | 19 494 | 14.4 |
| South-East Asia | 7 265 | 4 069 | 2 475 | 1.8 |
| East Asia | 1 139 | 1 280 | 1 622 | 1.2 |
| South Asia | 4 246 | 4 436 | 3 660 | 2.7 |
| Other Asia | 15 291 | 16 501 | 11 737 | 8.6 |
| Europe (not including CIS ) | 22 085 | 18 072 | 14 753 | 10.9 |
| CIS | 1 181 | 2 108 | 4 704 | 3.5 |
| CIS (Europe) | 1 000 | 1 535 | 4 454 | 3.3 |
| CIS (Asia) | 181 | 573 | 250 | 0.2 |
| America | 5 668 | 6 352 | 6 677 | 4.9 |
| North America | 1 048 | 854 | 747 | 0.5 |
| South and Central America | 4 620 | 5 498 | 5 930 | 4.4 |
| Oceania | 87 | 127 | 108 | 0.1 |
| Others | 8 882 | 3 245 | 4 962 | 3.7 |
| Total | 150 026 | 154 643 | 135 842 | 100 |
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