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France vs. Monaco

Demographics

FranceMonaco
Population68,084,217 (July 2021 est.)

note: the above figure is for metropolitan France and five overseas regions; the metropolitan France population is 62,814,233
31,223 (July 2021 est.)

note: immigrants make up almost 68% of the total population, according to UN data (2019)
Age structure0-14 years: 18.36% (male 6,368,767/female 6,085,318)

15-24 years: 11.88% (male 4,122,981/female 3,938,938)

25-54 years: 36.83% (male 12,619,649/female 12,366,120)

55-64 years: 12.47% (male 4,085,564/female 4,376,272)

65 years and over: 20.46% (male 6,029,303/female 7,855,244) (2020 est.)
0-14 years: 9.41% (male 1,497/female 1,415)

15-24 years: 9.52% (male 1,538/female 1,406)

25-54 years: 30.46% (male 4,779/female 4,644)

55-64 years: 15.47% (male 2,370/female 2,417)

65 years and over: 35.15% (male 4,817/female 6,057) (2020 est.)
Median agetotal: 41.7 years

male: 40 years

female: 43.4 years (2020 est.)
total: 55.4 years

male: 53.7 years

female: 57 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate0.33% (2021 est.)0.53% (2021 est.)
Birth rate11.77 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)6.63 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Death rate9.58 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)10.47 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Net migration rate1.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)9.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Sex ratioat 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: 1.02 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female

total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.09 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 1.03 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female

total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
Infant mortality ratetotal: 3.19 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 3.57 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 2.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
total: 1.78 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 2.09 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 1.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birthtotal population: 82.39 years

male: 79.31 years

female: 85.61 years (2021 est.)
total population: 89.4 years

male: 85.55 years

female: 93.4 years (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate2.04 children born/woman (2021 est.)1.52 children born/woman (2021 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate0.3% (2019 est.)NA
Nationalitynoun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women)

adjective: French
noun: Monegasque(s) or Monacan(s)

adjective: Monegasque or Monacan
Ethnic groupsCeltic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities

note: overseas departments: Black, White, Mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian
Monegasque 32.1%, French 19.9%, Italian 15.3%, British 5%, Belgian 2.3%, Swiss 2%, German 1.9%, Russian 1.8%, American 1.1%, Dutch 1.1%, Moroccan 1%, other 16.6% (2016 est.)

note: data represent population by country of birth
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS190,000 (2019 est.)NA
ReligionsChristian (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% (2015 est.)

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
Roman Catholic 90% (official), other 10%
HIV/AIDS - deaths<500 (2019 est.)NA
LanguagesFrench (official) 100%, declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish, Occitan, Picard); note - overseas departments: French, Creole patois, Mahorian (a Swahili dialect)

major-language sample(s):
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
French (official), English, Italian, Monegasque

major-language sample(s):
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
Education expenditures5.5% of GDP (2017)1.5% of GDP (2017)
Urbanizationurban population: 81.2% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 0.67% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
urban population: 100% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 0.5% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Drinking water sourceimproved: 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 (2017 est.)
improved: urban: 100% of population

total: 100% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
Sanitation facility accessimproved: 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 (2017 est.)
improved: urban: 100% of population

total: 100% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
Major cities - population11.079 million PARIS (capital), 1.734 million Lyon, 1.614 million Marseille-Aix-en-Provence, 1.068 million Lille, 1.037 million Toulouse, 980,000 Bordeaux (2021)39,000 MONACO (capital) (2018)
Health expenditures11.3% (2018)1.6% (2018)
Physicians density3.27 physicians/1,000 population (2018)7.51 physicians/1,000 population (2014)
Hospital bed density6 beds/1,000 population (2017)13.8 beds/1,000 population (2012)

Source: CIA Factbook