What do French people think about immigration?
Social axis · 🇫🇷 France · measured continuously, published only above 100 responses.
33% of French respondents take the position “Newcomers add more to our way of life than they take away.”, against 41% for “Too many newcomers puts our way of life at risk.”, with 26% choosing neither. n = 113, margin of error ±9.8, weighted to France's adult population.
Where France sits on social
What is measured about France on this axis. These are facts about the country, not what its people think about them — that is the part of this page waiting on a sample.
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Born in another country
UN DESA migrant stock · 2024
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13.8% |
somewhat above the middle
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Urban population
UN World Urbanization Prospects · 2025
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78.8% |
somewhat above the middle
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Unemployment
ILO modelled estimate · 2025
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7.5% |
somewhat above the middle
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Income per person
World Bank / ICP · 2025
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$55,124 |
higher than most countries
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Ranked against every country with a published figure for the same series. Sources: World Bank World Development Indicators, which republish UN, ILO, UNESCO, WHO, SIPRI, IISS and UNODC data.
The questions that bear on immigration
Asked as a forced choice between two written positions, in randomised order, with the sides flipped for half of respondents.
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A · Too many newcomers puts our way of life at risk.
B · Newcomers add more to our way of life than they take away.
World, unweighted: 53% A ·
17% neither ·
30% B · n = 4753
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33% B 🇫🇷 n=113 |
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A · A country has every right to choose who may cross its border.
B · Where you were born should not decide where you may live.
World, unweighted: 53% A ·
22% neither ·
25% B · n = 4740
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26% B 🇫🇷 n=115 |
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A · A country should pick who moves in, based on what it needs.
B · People should be free to live and work in any country they choose.
World, unweighted: 52% A ·
22% neither ·
26% B · n = 4758
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23% B 🇫🇷 n=110 |
A national figure appears only once that nation clears 100 responses on the question. The world column is a raw count of every answer received and is not post-stratified — it is shown because withholding it would say less, not more.
Asked another way
The same question, as people put it.
- France public opinion on immigration
- Immigration poll france
- What do french people think about immigration
- What percentage of french people support immigration
Each has one answer on this page, and it is the same answer.