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Introduction ::FRANCE
Background:
France today is one of the most modern countries in the world and is a leader among European nations. It plays an influential global role as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, NATO, the G-8, the G-20, the EU and other multilateral organizations. France rejoined NATO's integrated military command structure in 2009, reversing de Gaulle's 1966 decision to take French forces out of NATO. Since 1958, it has constructed a hybrid presidential-parliamentary governing system resistant to the instabilities experienced in earlier more purely parliamentary administrations. In recent decades, its reconciliation and cooperation with Germany have proved central to the economic integration of Europe, including the introduction of a common exchange currency, the euro, in January 1999. In the early 21st century, five French overseas entities - French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, and Reunion - became French regions and were made part of France proper.
People and Society ::FRANCE
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
Age structure:
0-14 years: 18.7% (male 6,285,130/ female 5,998,821)
15-64 years: 63.8% (male 20,954,160/ female 20,937,651)
65 years and over: 17.5% (male 4,857,441/ female 6,597,489) (2012 est.)
population pyramid:
Median age:
total: 40.4 years
male: 38.8 years
female: 41.9 years (2012 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.5% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 150
Birth rate:
12.7 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 156
Death rate:
8.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 70
Net migration rate:
1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 51
Urbanization:
urban population: 85% of total population (2010)
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
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
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: 119
Health expenditures:
3.5% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 171
Physicians density:
3.497 physicians/1,000 population (2008)
Hospital bed density:
7.11 beds/1,000 population (2008)
Sanitation facility access:
improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.4% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 75
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
150,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 33
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
1,700 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 57
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
16.9% (2007)
country comparison to the world: 26
Education expenditures:
5.6% of GDP (2007)
country comparison to the world: 38
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2008)
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
total: 22.6%
country comparison to the world: 40
male: 23.4%
female: 21.7% (2009)
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