First residence permits issued (total)

In 2024, France's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 2.0% compared to 2023, reaching 345,587.

France accounts for 9.9% of the EU-27 total of 3,504,650.

France ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 20.2% (from 287,443 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.