Short facts about people of France

Population:

59,551,227 (July 2001 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:  18.68% (male 5,698,604; female 5,426,838) 15-64 years:  65.19% (male 19,424,018; female 19,399,588) 65 years and over:  16.13% (male 3,900,579; female 5,701,600) (2001 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.37% (2001 est.)

Birth rate:

12.1 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Death rate:

9.09 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Net migration rate:

0.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth:  1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  1 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.68 male(s)/female total population:  0.95 male(s)/female (2001 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

4.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:  78.9 years male:  75.01 years female:  83.01 years (2001 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.75 children born/woman (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.44% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

130,000 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

2,000 (1999 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 90%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim (North African workers) 3%, 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.)

Source: World Factbook