10. 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
11. Population:
◦ 65,630,692 (July 2012 est.)
◦ country comparison to the world: 21
◦ note: the above figure is for metropolitan France
and five overseas regions; the metropolitan France
population is 62,814,233
12.
13. 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.)
Median age:
◦ total: 39.9 years
◦ male: 38.4 years
◦ female: 41.5 years (2011 est.)
14. Population growth rate:
◦ 0.497% (2012 est.)
◦ country comparison to the world: 150
Birth rate:
◦ 12.72 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
◦ country comparison to the world: 155
Death rate:
◦ 8.85 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
◦ country comparison to the world: 72
15.
16. Net migration rate:
◦ 1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
◦ country comparison to the world: 51
17. Infant mortality rate:
◦ total: 3.37 deaths/1,000 live births
◦ country comparison to the world: 212
◦ male: 3.7 deaths/1,000 live births
◦ female: 3.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
◦ Total population: 81.46 years
◦ country comparison to the world: 14
◦ male: 78.35 years
◦ Female: 84.73 years (2012 est.)
18. Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
◦ total: 22.6%
◦ country comparison to the world: 40
◦ male: 23.4%
◦ female: 21.7% (2009)
19.
20. Languages:
◦ French (official) 100%, rapidly declining regional
dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian,
Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
◦ overseas departments: French, Creole patois,
Mahorian (a Swahili dialect)
21.
22. Religions:
◦ Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%,
Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4%
◦ overseas departments: Roman Catholic, Protestant,
Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, pagan
23.
24. Health expenditures:
◦ 3.5% of GDP (2009)
◦ country comparison to the world: 171
Physicians density:
◦ 3.497 physicians/1,000 population (2008)
◦ country comparison to the world: 29
Hospital bed density:
◦ 7.11 beds/1,000 population (2008)
◦ country comparison to the world: 13
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26.
27. Education expenditures:
◦ 5.6% of GDP (2007)
◦ country comparison to the world: 38
Literacy:
◦ definition: age 15 and over can read and write
◦ total population: 99%
◦ male: 99%
◦ female: 99% (2003 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary
education):
◦ total: 16 years
◦ male: 16 years
◦ female: 16 years (2008)