| People | France |
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Population:
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65,312,249 (July 2011 est.)
note: the above figure is for metropolitan France and five overseas regions; the metropolitan France population is 62,814,233 |
Population density:
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102 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 85% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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PARIS (capital) 10.41 million; Marseille-Aix-en-Provence 1.457 million; Lyon 1.456 million; Lille 1.028 million; Nice-Cannes 977,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 18.5% (male 6,180,905/female 5,886,849)
15-64 years: 64.7% (male 21,082,175/female 21,045,867)
65 years and over: 16.8% (male 4,578,089/female 6,328,834) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 39.9 years
male: 38.4 years
female: 41.5 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.5% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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12.29 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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8.76 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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1.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.051 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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8 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 3.29 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.61 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 81.19 years
male: 78.02 years
female: 84.54 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.96 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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3.5% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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3.497 physicians/1,000 population (2008) |
Hospital bed density:
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7.11 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.4% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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150,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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1,700 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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16.9% (2007) |
Nationality:
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noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women)
adjective: French |
Ethnic groups:
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Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities
overseas departments: black, white, mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian |
Religions:
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Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4%
overseas departments: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, pagan |
Languages:
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French (official) 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
overseas departments: French, Creole patois, Mahorian (a Swahili dialect) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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5.6% of GDP (2007) |
People - note:
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void |
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