As the Institut national d'études démographiques, France's national statistics agency, does not collect data on ethnicity there is no reliable information about the number of French people of Armenian ancestry. Various experts, media and organizations have estimated the number of French Armenians to be 250,000,[41] 300,000,[3][42] 400,000,[43] 450,000,[44][38] 500,000,[45][46][47] 500,000-700,000,[48] 750,000.[49] As of 2005, there were 12,355 Armenian-born people residing in France.[50]