France People:
Population:
60,656,178 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 18.4% (male:5,717,761; female:5,440,060)
15-64 years: 65.2% (male:19,784,749; female:19,752,432)
65 years and over: 16.4% (male:4,084,193; female:5,876,983) (2005)
Median age:
total: 38.85 years
male: 37.3 years
female: 40.39 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
0.37% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
12.15 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
9.08 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
0.66 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 4.26 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 4.76 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 3.73 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 79.6 years (2005 est.)
male: 75.96 years
female: 83.42 years
Total fertility rate:
1.85 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
0.4% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
120,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
less than 1000 (2003 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women)
adjective: French
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 rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish 100%
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (1980)
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