France Demographics Profile 2008

Population

total: 64,057,792
note: 62,150,775 in metropolitan France (July 2008 est.)

Age structure

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.)

Median age

total: 39.2 years
male: 37.7 years
female: 40.7 years (2008 est.)

Population growth rate

0.574% (2008 est.)

Birth rate

12.73 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Death rate

8.48 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate

1.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 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: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

Infant mortality rate

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.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 80.87 years
male: 77.68 years
female: 84.23 years (2008 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.98 children born/woman (2008 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.4% (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

120,000 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 1,000 (2003 est.)

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

Religions

Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4%
overseas departments: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, pagan

Languages

French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
overseas departments: French, Creole patois

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: 17 years (2006)

Education expenditures

5.7% of GDP (2005)