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Age structure:
0-14 years:
19% (male 5,719,502; female 5,448,608)
15-64 years:
65% (male 19,345,269; female 19,322,902)
65 years and over:
16% (male 3,849,783; female 5,643,627) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.38% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 12.27 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 9.14 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: 0.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 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 (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 4.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
78.76 years
male:
74.85 years
female:
82.89 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.75 children born/woman (2000 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 African workers) 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.)