| Population : |
60,424,213 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age Structure : |
0-14 years: 18.5% (male 5,724,185; female 5,446,716)
15-64 years: 65.1% (male 19,698,497; female 19,663,776)
65 years and over: 16.4% (male 4,049,970; female 5,841,069) (2004 est.) |
| Population Growth Rate : |
0.39% (2004 est.) |
| Birth Rate / 1000 : |
12.34 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death Rate / 1000 : |
9.06 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net Migration Rate : |
0.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Sex Ratio : |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant Mortality Rate / 1,000 Live Births : |
total: 4.31 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy At Birth : |
total population: 79.44 years
male: 75.8 years
female: 83.27 years (2004 est.) |
| Fertility Rate - Children Born/Woman : |
1.85 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate : |
0.4% (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Infected People Living : |
120,000 (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Deaths : |
less than 1,000 (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 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) |
| Literacy : |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (1980 est.) |
