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Population:
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60,424,213 (July 2004 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 18.5% (male 5,724,185; female 5,446,716)
15-64 years: 65.1% (male 19,698,497; female 19,663,776)
65 years and over: 16.4% (male 4,049,970; female 5,841,069) (2004 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 38.6 years
male: 37 years
female: 40.1 years (2004 est.)
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Population growth rate:
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0.39% (2004 est.)
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Birth rate:
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12.34 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Death rate:
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9.06 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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0.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Sex ratio:
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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: 0.69 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 4.31 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 4.83 deaths/1,000 live births
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 79.44 years
male: 75.8 years
female: 83.27 years (2004 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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1.85 children born/woman (2004 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.4% (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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120,000 (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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less than 1,000 (2003 est.)
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Nationality:
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noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women)
adjective: French
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Ethnic groups:
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Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities
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Religions:
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Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4%
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Languages:
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French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (1980 est.)
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