France: People & Society#
| Population | 66,836,154 note: the above figure is for metropolitan France and five overseas regions; the metropolitan France population is 62,814,233 (July 2016 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women) adjective: French |
| Ethnic groups | Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minoritiesoverseas 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 | Christian (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic) 63-66%, Muslim 7-9%, Buddhist 0.5-0.75%, Jewish 0.5-0.75%, other 0.5-1.0%, none 23-28% note: France maintains a tradition of secularism and has not officially collected data on religious affiliation since the 1872 national census, which complicates assessments of France's religious composition; an 1872 law prohibiting state authorities from collecting data on individuals' ethnicity or religious beliefs was reaffirmed by a 1978 law emphasizing the prohibition of the collection or exploitation of personal data revealing an individual's race, ethnicity, or political, philosophical, or religious opinions; a 1905 law codified France's separation of church and state (2015 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 18.59% (male 6,354,241/female 6,070,971) 15-24 years: 11.8% (male 4,035,407/female 3,853,153) 25-54 years: 38.04% (male 12,799,923/female 12,625,781) 55-64 years: 12.44% (male 4,011,853/female 4,303,261) 65 years and over: 19.12% (male 5,510,337/female 7,271,227) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 60.3% youth dependency ratio: 29.6% elderly dependency ratio: 30.6% potential support ratio: 3.3% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 41.2 years male: 39.5 years female: 42.9 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.41% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 12.3 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 9.3 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Population distribution | much of the population is concentrated in the north and southeast; although there are many urban agglomerations throughout the country, Paris is by far the largest city, with Lyon ranked a distant second |
| Urbanization | urban population: 79.5% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 0.84% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | PARIS (capital) 10.843 million; Lyon 1.609 million; Marseille-Aix-en-Provence 1.605 million; Lille 1.027 million; Nice-Cannes 967,000; Toulouse 938,000 (2015) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 28.1 (2010 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 8 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 3.3 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.6 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 81.8 years male: 78.7 years female: 85.1 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.07 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 76.4% note: percent of women aged 20-49 (2008) |
| Health expenditures | 11.5% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 3.19 physicians/1,000 population (2013) |
| Hospital bed density | 6.4 beds/1,000 population (2011) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 98.6% of population rural: 98.9% of population total: 98.7% of population unimproved: urban: 1.4% of population rural: 1.1% of population total: 1.3% of population (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 1,500 (2013 est.) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 25.7% (2014) |
| Education expenditures | 5.5% of GDP (2013) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2014) |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 23.2% male: 24.1% female: 22.1% (2014 est.) |