FRANCE

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France People

Country Name: French Republic

Capital City: Paris

Population: 60,876,136 (2006)

Population Growth: 0.35% (2006)

Currency: euro (EUR)

Languages: French

Area: 547,030 sq km

Inflation Rate: 1.5% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 8.7% (December 2006)

Domain extension: .fr

PEOPLE OF FRANCE

Age Structure 0-14 years:

18.6% (male 6,063,181/female 5,776,272)

Age Structure 15-64 years:

65.2% (male 20,798,889/female 20,763,283)

Age Structure 65 years and over:

16.2% (male 4,274,290/female 6,038,011) (2007 est.)

Median Age - total:

39 years

Median Age - male:

37.5 years

Median Age - female:

40.4 years (2007 est.)

Population Growth Rate:

0.588% (2007 est.)

Birth Rate:

12.91 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death Rate:

8.55 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net Migration Rate:

1.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex Ratio - at birth:

1.05 male(s)/female

Sex Ratio - under 15 years:

1.05 male(s)/female

Sex Ratio - 15-64 years:

1.002 male(s)/female

Sex Ratio - 65 years and over:

0.708 male(s)/female

Sex Ratio - total population:

0.956 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth - total:

80.59 years

Life Expectancy at Birth - male:

77.35 years

Life Expectancy at Birth - female:

84 years (2007 est.)

Major Infectious Diseases:

Nationality:

Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women)

Ethnic Groups:

Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities

Religions:

Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4%

Languages:

French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)