Population: 56,595,587 (July 1991), growth rate 0.4% (1991)

Birth rate: 14 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 9 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 6 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 74 years male, 82 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 1.8 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women); adjective--French

Ethnic divisions: Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, and Basque minorities

Religion: Roman Catholic 90%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim (North African workers) 1%, unaffiliated 6%

Language: French (100% of population); rapidly declining regional dialects (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)

Literacy: 99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)

Labor force: 24,170,000; services 61.5%, industry 31.3%, agriculture 7.3% (1987)

Organized labor: 20% of labor force (est.)

NOTE: The information regarding France on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of France People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about France People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.