France: People

The World Factbook 1993: France People

Population: 57,566,091 (July 1993 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.48% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 13.24 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 9.3 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: 0.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 6.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 78 years male: 74.04 years female: 82.16 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.8 children born/woman (1993 est.)

Nationality: noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women) adjective: French

Ethnic divisions: Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities

Religions: Roman Catholic 90%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim (North African workers) 1%, unaffiliated 6%

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

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1980) total population: 99% male: NA% female: NA%

Labor force: 24.17 million

by occupation: services 61.5%, industry 31.3%, agriculture 7.2% (1987)