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France People 1996

Population:

58,109,160 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

19% (female 5,438,447; male 5,700,143)

15-64 years:

65% (female 18,889,771; male 19,001,536)

65 years and over:

16% (female 5,433,276; male 3,645,987) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.46% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

13 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

9.29 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

0.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

6.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

78.37 years

male:

74.5 years

female:

82.44 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.8 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women)

adjective:

French

Ethnic divisions:

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

Religions:

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

Languages:

French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1991 est.)

total population:

99%

Labor force:

24.17 million

by occupation:

services 61.5%, industry 31.3%, agriculture 7.2% (1987)

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