The majority (370) of the French population is actually children.

Indeed, the French population has risen from 5,000 at independence to 18,000 today.

The French population, however, was initially unhappy with the new system.

The French population built a new church and moved closer to it.

The large French population of the time supplied an available workforce.

By 1901 only 41 per cent of the French population lived in towns.

But from 1860 onward, the French population really began to grow.

There is a great absence of poverty, except perhaps among the lowest French population.

This accounts for about 3.9% of the total French population.

France soon sought to discover ways to increase the French population.