T1D Index estimates for 2025 · IDF Europe region · High-Income country
An estimated 178,585 people are living with type 1 diabetes in France in 2025. Each year about 6,413 people are newly diagnosed and 1,862 people with T1D die. A further 58,850 people would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes.
People living with T1D
178,585
New diagnoses this year
6,413
Deaths this year
1,862
Missing people
58,850
Expected age at death, diagnosed at 10
68.2years
How many people have type 1 diabetes in France?
178,585 people in France are living with type 1 diabetes in 2025, or 268.1 per 100,000 people. That is lower than the Europe average of 298.6 per 100,000 and higher than the global average of 115.5. France has the 15th-largest number of people living with T1D of the 202 countries in the T1D Index, and the 7th-largest of the 53 countries in the IDF Europe region.
For every 100 people living with T1D in France, another 33 are missing: people who would be alive today had they not died early from T1D.
Is type 1 diabetes increasing in France?
The number of people living with T1D in France went from 84,397 in 2000 to 178,585 in 2025, and is projected to rise to 226,944 by 2040 (+27%).
People living with type 1 diabetes in France, 2000–2040. Solid line: modelled estimates to 2025; dashed line: projection to 2040.
Type 1 diabetes in France over time, all ages
Year
Living with T1D
New diagnoses
Deaths
Missing people
2000
84,397
4,326
1,517
36,608
2010
114,473
6,162
2,391
48,682
2020
157,527
6,550
1,836
57,149
2025
178,585
6,413
1,862
58,850
2030 (projected)
197,250
6,547
2,236
61,276
2040 (projected)
226,944
6,441
2,653
67,147
What is the life expectancy with type 1 diabetes in France?
A 10-year-old diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in France today is expected to live to 68.2, compared with 83.9 for a 10-year-old without T1D: 15.7 years of life lost. Counting years lived with complications as well, T1D costs 28.5 years of healthy life at today's level of care. If everyone received timely diagnosis, insulin and test strips, and insulin pumps and CGMs, that loss would fall to 14.6 years.
Healthy years of life for a 10-year-old diagnosed with T1D in France, as each level of care is added in turn
Level of care
Healthy years restored
Healthy years of life
Healthy years still lost
Current level of care
–
55.4
28.5
+ Timely diagnosis for everyone
–
55.4
28.5
+ Insulin and test strips for everyone
+6.2
61.6
22.3
+ Insulin pumps and CGMs for everyone
+7.7
69.3
14.6
How does France compare?
Type 1 diabetes in France compared with the Europe region and the world, 2025
2025
France
Europe
World
People living with T1D per 100,000
268.1
298.6
115.5
New diagnoses per 100,000
9.6
12.1
6.2
Missing people per 100 living with T1D
33.0
30.5
43.0
Expected age at death, 10-year-old with T1D
68.2
62.1
51.3
Expected age at death, 10-year-old in general population
All figures are T1D Index version 3.0 estimates for all ages. Missing people are those who would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes. Expected age at death is for a 10-year-old. See Data & Methods for how the estimates are made and the peer-reviewed publications behind them.
