| Population: |
59,551,227 (July 2001 est.)
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| Age structure: |
0-14 years:
18.68% (male 5,698,604; female 5,426,838)
15-64 years:
65.19% (male 19,424,018; female 19,399,588)
65 years and over:
16.13% (male 3,900,579; female 5,701,600) (2001 est.)
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| Population growth rate: |
0.37% (2001 est.)
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| Birth rate: |
12.1 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Death rate: |
9.09 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Net migration rate: |
0.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Sex ratio: |
at birth:
1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.68 male(s)/female
total population:
0.95 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
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| Infant mortality rate: |
4.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
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| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population:
78.9 years
male:
75.01 years
female:
83.01 years (2001 est.)
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| Total fertility rate: |
1.75 children born/woman (2001 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.44% (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
130,000 (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
2,000 (1999 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
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| Religions: |
Roman Catholic 90%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim (North African workers) 3%, unaffiliated 4%
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| Languages: |
French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
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| Literacy: |
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
99%
male:
99%
female:
99% (1980 est.)
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