France

total: 4,668 km
Country name conventional long form: French Republic
Country name conventional short form: France
Country name former: French Republic
Population: 65,102,719
Age structure: 0-14 years: 18.5% (male 6,180,905/female 5,886,849); 15-64 years: 64.7% (male 21,082,175/female 21,045,867); 65 years and over: 16.8% (male 4,578,089/female 6,328,834) (2011 est.);
Population growth rate: 0.5% (2011 est.)
Birth rate: 12.29 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Death rate: 8.76 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)
Net migration rate: 1.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.051 male(s)/female; under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female; 15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female; 65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female; total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2011 est.);
Infant mortality rate: total: 3.29 deaths/1,000 live births; male: 3.61 deaths/1,000 live births; female: 2.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.);
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 81.19 years; male: 78.02 years; female: 84.54 years (2011 est.);
Total fertility rate: 1.96 children born/woman (2011 est.);
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.4% (2009 est.);
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 150,000 (2009 est.);
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 1,700 (2009 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 (official) 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): $2.16 trillion (2010 est.); $2.126 trillion (2009 est.); $2.18 trillion (2008 est.);
GDP (official exchange rate): $2.555 trillion (2010 est.);
GDP - real growth rate: 1.6% (2010 est.); -2.5% (2009 est.); 0.1% (2008 est.);
GDP - per capita (PPP): $33,300 (2010 est.); $33,000 (2009 est.); $34,000 (2008 est.);
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 1.8%; industry: 19.2%; services: 79% (2010 est.);
Population below poverty line: 6.2% (2004);
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3%; highest 10%: 24.8% (2004);
Labor force: 28.21 million (2010 est.);
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 3.8%; industry: 24.3%; services: 71.8% (2005);
Unemployment rate: 9.5% (2010 est.); 9.1% (2009 est.);
Budget: revenues: $1.241 trillion; expenditures: $1.441 trillion (2010 est.);
Industries: machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft, electronics; textiles, food processing; tourism;
Industrial production growth rate: 3.5% (2010 est.);
Electricity - production: 535.7 billion kWh (2007 est.);
Electricity - consumption: 447.2 billion kWh (2007 est.);
Electricity - exports: 58.69 billion kWh (2008 est.);
Electricity - imports: 10.68 billion kWh (2008 est.);

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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