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People
64,768,389
country comparison to the world: 
21
note: the above figure is for metropolitan France and its four overseas regions; the metropolitan France population is 62,814,233 (July 2010 est.)
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) (2010 est.)
total: 39.7 years
male: 38.2 years
female: 41.2 years (2010 est.)
0.525% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 152
12.43 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 160
8.65 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 82
1.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 47
urban population: 77% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.8% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.051 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 (2010 est.)
total: 3.31 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 215
male: 3.63 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 81.09 years
country comparison to the world: 12
male: 77.91 years
female: 84.44 years (2010 est.)
1.97 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 131
0.4% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 83
140,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 38
1,600 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 65
noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women)
adjective: French
Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities
overseas departments: black, white, mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian
Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4%
overseas departments: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, pagan
French (official) 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
overseas departments: French, Creole patois
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2008)
5.6% of GDP (2006)
country comparison to the world: 42
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