France People 1997

Population 58,609,285 (July 1997 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 19% (male 5,712,739; female 5,449,139)
15-64 years : 65% (male 19,178,683; female 19,126,672)
65 years and over: 16% (male 3,687,216; female 5,454,836) (July 1997 est.)

Population growth rate 0.35% (1997 est.)

Birth rate 11.98 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Death rate 9.08 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Net migration rate 0.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

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: 0.68 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

Infant mortality rate 5.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 78.38 years
male: 74.44 years
female: 82.53 years (1997 est.)

Total fertility rate 1.66 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Nationality
noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women)
adjective: French

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

Religions Roman Catholic 90%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim (North Africanworkers) 1%, unaffiliated 6%

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

Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (1980 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding France on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of France People 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about France People 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.