French people and their descendants living outside France
French diaspora Diaspora française
Total population
c. 30 million worldwide[1]
Regions with significant populations
Canada
9.6 million[2]27.4%
United States
9.4 million[3]2.9%
Argentina
c. 6 million[4]17%
United Kingdom
c. 3 million[5]4.6%
Brazil
c. 1 million[6]0.5%
Chile
c. 800,000[7]
South Africa
c. 700,000[8][9]1.3%
Uruguay
c. 300,000[10]8.7%
Australia
c. 148,000[11]0.6%
French expatriates
United Kingdom
c. 300,000[12]
United States
c. 300,000[13]
Germany
c. 254,000[14]
Switzerland
c. 179,597[15]
Belgium
c. 124,978[16]
Canada
c. 150,000[17]
Languages
French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Afrikaans
Religion
Roman Catholic, Protestant
Related ethnic groups
European diaspora
The French diaspora (French: Diaspora française) consists of French people and their descendants living outside France. Countries with significant numbers of people with French ancestry include Canada and the United States, whose territories were partly colonized by France between the 17th and 19th centuries, as well as Argentina and Uruguay. Although less important than in other European countries, immigration from France to the New World was numerous from the start of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century. As of 2013, French authorities estimate that between 2[18] and 3.5 million[19] French nationals are living abroad but the diaspora includes over 30 million people.[1]
^ ab"La diaspora française, nouvel acteur de diplomatie ?". Le Monde.fr. 17 March 2015. Certains spécialistes avancent que la diaspora française serait composée de 30 millions de personnes.
^"Census Profile, 2016 Census – Quebec Province & Canada". Acadian: 119,675; Canadian (in Québec only): 4,647,840; Québécois: 194,560; French origins: 4,680,820; Total: 9,642,895.
^"People reporting ancestry – 2018 American Community Survey 1-year Estimates". Alsatian: 11,485; Cajun: 114,577; French (except Basque): 7,275,203; French Canadian: 2,032,630. Total: 9,433,895.
^"Les merveilleux francophiles argentins–1". Canal Académies. Retrieved 11 October 2021. Il faut savoir qu'en 2006, 17% d'Argentins ont un ancêtre venu de France. Près de 6 millions d'Argentins ont donc des origines françaises.
^"Britons can trace French ancestry after millions of records go online". The documents disclose that despite our rivalry with our continental counterparts, 3 million Britons – one in 20 – can trace their ancestry back to France.
^"La France et le Brésil en chiffres 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2016. Descendants estimés de Français au Brésil: 1 million.
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^Rateau, Michel André (2007). "Traitement des noms de huguenots français émigrés en Afrique du Sud (XVIIe-XIXe siècles)". Nouvelle Revue d'Onomastique. 47: 157–178. doi:10.3406/onoma.2007.1589. En 1965, les dix-huit patronymes huguenots les plus portés totalisaient 520 000 porteurs. Au total, ils sont alors estimés à 700 000.
^"Sur les traces des Huguenots de Franschhoek" (PDF). Aujourd'hui ce sont environ 700 000 Sud-Africains qui portent encore un nom d'origine française.
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^"Australia – Ancestry". French: 148,922.
^"Royaume-Uni". La communauté française au Royaume-Uni est cependant évaluée à plus de 300 000 personnes.
^"États-Unis". Sur l'ensemble du territoire des États-Unis, la communauté française est estimée à environ 300 000 personnes.
^"Bevölkerung in Privathaushalten nach Migrationshintergrund".
^"La Suisse, l'eldorado des jeunes diplômés ?". Le Monde. 5 June 2018. C'est d'ailleurs la principale terre d'accueil des expatriés français de tout âge: près de 190 000 y sont domiciliés. Les ressortissants français en Suisse constituent l'une des plus importantes communautés françaises dans le monde: on l'évalue en effet à quelque 179 597 personnes.
^"Belgique". Les ressortissants français en Belgique constituent l'une des plus importantes communautés françaises dans le monde: on l'évalue en effet à quelque 124 978 personnes.
^"Canada". La communauté française installée au Canada est estimée à 150 000 personnes.
^"La communauté française inscrite au registre des Français établis hors de France". On estime le nombre global de Français vivant à l'étranger, y compris ceux qui ne sont pas inscrits au registre entre 2 et 2,5 millions.
^"L'analyse des flux migratoires entre la France et l'étranger entre 2006 et 2013". En 2013, un peu moins de 3 millions et demi de personnes nées en France vivraient à l'étranger.
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