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Population: total: 63,713,926 note: 60,876,136 in metropolitan France (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 18.6% (male 6,063,181/female 5,776,272) 15-64 years: 65.2% (male 20,798,889/female 20,763,283) 65 years and over: 16.2% (male 4,274,290/female 6,038,011) (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 under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.002 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.708 male(s)/female total population: 0.956 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 3.41 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.76 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 80.59 years male: 77.35 years female: 84 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 1.98 children born/woman (2007 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 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 overseas departments: black, white, mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian.

Religions: Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4% overseas departments: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, pagan.

Languages: French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) overseas departments: French, Creole patois.

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $1.891 trillion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 2.1% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $31,100 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 2.2% industry: 20.6% services: 77.2% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 27.88 million (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 4.1% industry: 24.4% services: 71.5% (1999).

Population below poverty line: 6.2% (2004).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3% highest 10%: 24.8% (2004).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.5% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 8.7% (December 2006 est.).

Budget: revenues: $1.15 trillion expenditures: $1.211 trillion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: wheat, cereals, sugar beets, potatoes, wine grapes; beef, dairy products; fish.

Industries: machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft, electronics; textiles, food processing; tourism.

Industrial production growth rate: 0.2% (2006 est.).

Electricity - production: 549.4 billion kWh (2005).

Electricity - consumption: 482.4 billion kWh (2005).

Electricity - exports: 68.3 billion kWh (2005).

Electricity - imports: 8 billion kWh (2005).

Exports: $490 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beverages.

Exports - partners: Germany 14.7%, Spain 9.7%, Italy 8.7%, UK 8.3%, Belgium 7.1%, US 7.1% (2005).

Imports: $529.1 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, vehicles, crude oil, aircraft, plastics, chemicals.

Imports - partners: Germany 18.9%, Belgium 10.7%, Italy 8.3%, Spain 7%, Netherlands 6.6%, UK 5.9%, US 5.1% (2005).

Debt - external: $3.461 trillion (30 June 2006).

Economic aid - donor: ODA, $10.1 billion (2006).

Currency (code): euro (EUR) note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced the euro as a common currency to be used by financial institutions of member countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the sole currency for everyday transactions within the member countries.

Exchange rates: euros per US dollar - 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002).

Fiscal year: calendar year.