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[[History of Atheism#French Revolution and atheism|Due to its past]], namely the anti-clerical [[French Revolution]] and its after effects, in 2005 [[France]] had the 8th highest rate of atheism in the world with 43–54% of the population being atheists/agnostics/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref> In 2010, in a Eurobarometer poll,<ref>{{cite web|author1=Eurobarometer |authorlink1=Eurobarometer |title=Eurobarometer report on Biotechnology |url=http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_341_en.pdf |date=2010 |page=381 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215001129/http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_341_en.pdf |archivedate=15 December 2010 |df= }}</ref> 27% of French respondents answered "I believe there is a God", 27% answered "I believe there is some sort of spirit or life force", and 40% answered "I don't believe there is any sort of spirit, God or life force".

[[History of Atheism#French Revolution and atheism|Due to its past]], namely the anti-clerical [[French Revolution]] and its after effects, in 2005 [[France]] had the 8th highest rate of atheism in the world with 43–54% of the population being atheists/agnostics/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref> In 2010, in a Eurobarometer poll,<ref>{{cite web|author1=Eurobarometer |authorlink1=Eurobarometer |title=Eurobarometer report on Biotechnology |url=http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_341_en.pdf |date=2010 |page=381 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215001129/http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_341_en.pdf |archivedate=15 December 2010 |df= }}</ref> 27% of French respondents answered "I believe there is a God", 27% answered "I believe there is some sort of spirit or life force", and 40% answered "I don't believe there is any sort of spirit, God or life force".

France has had a significant amount of Islamic and evangelical immigrants in recent years. Many of France's immigrants are from former French colonies in Africa and Asia. According the ''Seattle Times'' article ''French cuisine, shaped by the immigrant experience'', immigration is having an influence on French cuisine.<ref>[https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/french-cuisine-shaped-by-the-immigrant-experience/ French cuisine, shaped by the immigrant experience], ''Seattle Times''</ref>

Irreligious/nonreligious countries/populations have sub-replacement levels of births and over time this can have a significant efective in terms of [[desecularization]] (see: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]).

In April 2010, the British academic and [[agnosticism|agnostic]] [[Eric Kaufmann]] declared that "the rate of secularisation has flattened to zero in most of [[Protestantism|Protestant]] [[Europe]] and [[France]]."<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/03/british-academic-eric-kaufmann-says.html British academic Eric Kaufmann says "the rate of secularisation has flattened to zero in most of Protestant Europe and France". Also, Kaufmann writes that secularism "appears exhausted and lacking in confidence"]</ref>

In April 2010, the British academic and [[agnosticism|agnostic]] [[Eric Kaufmann]] declared that "the rate of secularisation has flattened to zero in most of [[Protestantism|Protestant]] [[Europe]] and [[France]]."<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/03/british-academic-eric-kaufmann-says.html British academic Eric Kaufmann says "the rate of secularisation has flattened to zero in most of Protestant Europe and France". Also, Kaufmann writes that secularism "appears exhausted and lacking in confidence"]</ref>

On July 12, 2012, the ''Christian Science Monitor'' reported:

On July 12, 2012, the ''Christian Science Monitor'' reported: