France Demographics Profile 2009

Population

total: 64,057,792
note: 62,150,775 in metropolitan France (July 2009 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 18.6% (male 6,129,729/female 5,838,925)
15-64 years: 65% (male 20,963,124/female 20,929,280)
65 years and over: 16.4% (male 4,403,248/female 6,155,767) (2009 est.)

Median age

total: 39.4 years
male: 38 years
female: 40.9 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate

0.549% (2009 est.)

Birth rate

12.57 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate

8.56 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate

1.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 77% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.8% annual rate of change (2005-10 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: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 3.33 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.66 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 80.98 years
male: 77.79 years
female: 84.33 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.98 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.4% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

140,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

1,600 (2007 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)