Newly released figures suggest France could become the most populous country among the current EU member states by the middle of the century.
The French government presented the revised forecasts to parliament on Thursday (12 May), suggesting there would be 75 million people in the country by 2050, about 11 million up on the current number.
If this turns out to be the case, France would overtake Germany whose population is forecast to fall from 82 million to 72 million over the sa...
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