How many gay people are in France?

The official population estimates for Jan. 1, 2015 are:

66,3 million inhabitants (mainland France plus oversea possessions).

(figures updated Jan. 15, 2015)

(source: French national statistics body: French population data)

According to the French government estimates, on Jan 1, 2015:

64.2 million people live in mainland France;

2.1 million people live in oversea departments and oversea territories.

These people are not all French; in early 2013, 5.8 million foreign born-immigrants lived in France, making about 8.8% of its population, and about 2 million French nationals lived abroad in 2007.

Some figures for previous years:

2014 - 65,821,000 (provisory) (a few thousands over 66 millions when including Mayotte)

2013 - 65,543,000 (provisory)

2012 - 65,241,000 (definitive, "legal" figure - as are older ones)

2011 - 64,933,400

2010 - 64,612,939 (breakdown: mainland 62,765,235; overseas 1,847,704)

2009 - 64,304,500 (breakdown: mainland 62,465,709; overseas 1,838,791)

2008 - 63,962,000

2007 - 63,601,000

2006 - 63,186,000

2005 - 62,731,000

2004 - 62,251,000