Page last updated on February 20, 2013
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
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)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4%
overseas departments:
Roman Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, pagan
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
[see also: Population country ranks ]
Age structure:
0-14 years: 18.7% (male 6,285,130/female 5,998,821)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years:
12% (male 4,025,189/female 3,849,970)
25-54 years:
39.2% (male 12,896,692/female 12,804,661)
55-64 years:
12.7% (male 4,032,279/female 4,283,020)
65 years and over:
17.5% (male 4,857,441/female 6,597,489) (2012 est.)
Median age:
total: 40.4 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male:
38.8 years
female:
41.9 years (2012 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.5% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 150
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
Birth rate:
12.7 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 156
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
Death rate:
8.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 70
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
Net migration rate:
1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 51
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
Urbanization:
urban population: 85% of total population (2010)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization:
1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Major cities - population:
PARIS (capital) 10.41 million; Marseille-Aix-en-Provence 1.457 million; Lyon 1.456 million; Lille 1.028 million; Nice-Cannes 977,000 (2009)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
under 15 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.74 male(s)/female
total population:
0.96 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
Maternal mortality rate:
8 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 157
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
Infant mortality rate:
total: 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 213
male:
3.7 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
3 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.)
Total fertility rate:
2.08 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 121
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
Health expenditures:
3.5% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 171
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
Physicians density:
3.497 physicians/1,000 population (2008)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
Hospital bed density:
7.11 beds/1,000 population (2008)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
Sanitation facility access:
improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
