| Population | total: 63,713,926
note: 60,876,136 in metropolitan France (July 2007 est.) |
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| Age structure | 0-14 years: 18.6% (male 6,063,181/female 5,776,272)
15-64 years: 65.2% (male 20,798,889/female 20,763,283)
65 years and over: 16.2% (male 4,274,290/female 6,038,011) (2007 est.) |
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| Median age | total: 39 years
male: 37.5 years
female: 40.4 years (2007 est.) |
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| Population growth rate | 0.588% (2007 est.) |
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| Birth rate | 12.91 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Death rate | 8.55 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Net migration rate | 1.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.002 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.708 male(s)/female
total population: 0.956 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
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| Infant mortality rate | total: 3.41 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.76 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
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| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 80.59 years
male: 77.35 years
female: 84 years (2007 est.) |
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| Total fertility rate | 1.98 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
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People living
with HIV/AIDS | 120,000 (2003 est.) |
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths | less than 1,000 (2003 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women)
adjective: French |
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| Ethnic groups | Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities
overseas departments: black, white, mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian |
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| Religions | Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4%
overseas departments: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, pagan |
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| Languages | French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
overseas departments: French, Creole patois |
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| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.) |
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