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| People | France |
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Population:
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60,180,529 (July 2003 est.) |
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 18.6% (male 5,725,170; female 5,449,991)
15-64 years: 65.1% (male 19,619,994; female 19,583,850) 65 years and over: 16.3% (male 4,006,857; female 5,794,667) (2003 est.) |
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Median age:
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total: 38.3 years
male: 36.8 years female: 39.8 years (2002) |
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Population growth rate:
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0.42% (2003 est.) |
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Birth rate:
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12.54 births/1,000 population (2003 est.) |
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Death rate:
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9.05 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.) |
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Net migration rate:
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0.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.) |
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Sex ratio:
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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 (2003 est.) |
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 4.37 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.) male: 4.89 deaths/1,000 live births |
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 79.28 years
male: 75.63 years female: 83.11 years (2003 est.) |
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Total fertility rate:
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1.85 children born/woman (2003 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.3% (2001 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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100,000 (2001 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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800 (2001 est.) |
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Nationality:
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noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women)
adjective: French |
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Ethnic groups:
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Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities |
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Religions:
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Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4% |
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Languages:
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French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) |
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (1980 est.) |
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