France does not appear to publish a single, easy headline figure for “people aged 90 or over” in the snippet I found, but the available official-style sources do show that France is aging rapidly and had about 30,000 centenarians in 2023. Another demographic source reports that people aged 80+ made up about 6.3% of France’s population, which gives context for how large the 90+ group is likely to be, though it is not the exact 90+ count.

What I could confirm

  • France had about 30,000 people aged 100 or more in 2023.
  • A demographic profile for France lists 6.3% of the population as aged 80+.
  • INSEE is the national statistics office that publishes detailed age-structure data for France.

What this means

If you need the exact number of people aged 90 or over , that is usually found in INSEE’s age-by-age population tables rather than in broad summary articles. The sources I found confirm the topic, but not the exact 90+ total in a single snippet.

Best available reference point

A reliable anchor is the centenarian figure: around 30,000 people aged 100+ in France , with the 90–99 group being much larger. That means the total aged 90+ is substantially above 30,000, but the precise number needs a detailed age table from INSEE.

TL;DR: France has about 30,000 centenarians , and the 90+ population is definitely larger, but the exact 90+ count is not stated in the sources I found.