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Population:
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total: 64,057,790 note: 60,876,136 in metropolitan France (July 2008 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 18.6% (male 6,091,571/female 5,803,127) 15-64 years: 65.2% (male 20,884,919/female 20,849,988) 65 years and over: 16.3% (male 4,335,996/female 6,092,189) (2008 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 39.2 years male: 37.7 years female: 40.7 years (2008 est.)
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Population growth rate:
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0.574% (2008 est.)
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Birth rate:
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12.73 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
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Death rate:
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8.48 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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1.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
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Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2008 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 3.36 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.69 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 80.87 years male: 77.68 years female: 84.23 years (2008 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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1.98 children born/woman (2008 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.4% (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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120,000 (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 1,000 (2003 est.)
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Nationality:
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noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women) adjective: French
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Ethnic groups:
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Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities overseas departments: black, white, mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian
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Religions:
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Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4% overseas departments: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, pagan
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Languages:
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French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) overseas departments: French, Creole patois
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
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