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Europe > France > People

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African diaspora > Afro-descendants 3% [29th of 34]
African diaspora > Population 1,900,000 [8th of 34]
Age at first marriage for men 31.2 years [3rd of 19]
Age at first marriage for women 29.1 years [3rd of 19]
Age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population 0.53 Time series [106th of 185]
Age structure > 0-14 years 18.3 % [183rd of 225]
Age structure > 0-14 years 18.4 [183rd of 226]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Females 5,803,127 Time series [29th of 225]
Age structure > 0-14 years > From total 18.6% Time series [169th of 227]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Males 6,091,571 Time series [29th of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years 65.2 [111st of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years 65.3 % [109th of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Females 20,849,988 Time series [21st of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years > From total 65.2% Time series [111st of 227]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Males 20,884,919 Time series [20th of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over 16.4 % [20th of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Females 6,092,189 Time series [11th of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > From total 16.3% Time series [23rd of 227]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Males 4,335,996 Time series [11th of 225]
Average size of households 2.5 [8th of 17]
Birth rate 12.73 births/1,000 population Time series [161st of 226]
Chinese population 300,000 [11th of 127]
    Chinese population (per capita) 494.592 per 100,000 people [31st of 126]
Couples with children 56% [8th of 23]
Death rate 8.48 deaths/1,000 population Time series [96th of 226]
Disabled persons earning capacity 83% [11th of 14]
Disabled persons employment 72% [2nd of 15]
Disbility benefit recipients 4.7% [11th of 14]
Education expenditures 5.7 % of GDP Time series [13th of 55]
Elderly living in institution 7% [5th of 16]
Elderly living with children 17% [4th of 12]
Ethnic groups
Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities
Ethnicity > London 38,130 [18th of 21]
Female population > Age 10-14 1,781,935 [30th of 224]
Female population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 2.93 [196th of 224]
Female population > Age 100-104 13,148 [5th of 49]
Female population > Age 100-104 > % of the total 0.02 [8th of 49]
Female population > Age 15-19 1,866,460 [28th of 224]
Female population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 3.07 [197th of 224]
Female population > Age 20-24 1,895,956 [25th of 224]
Female population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 3.11 [199th of 224]
Female population > Age 25-29 1,896,091 [23rd of 224]
Female population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 3.11 [200th of 224]
Female population > Age 30-34 2,054,822 [22nd of 224]
Female population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 3.38 [133rd of 224]
Female population > Age 35-39 2,156,600 [21st of 224]
Female population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 3.54 [88th of 224]
Female population > Age 40-44 2,177,474 [20th of 224]
Female population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 3.58 [71st of 224]
Female population > Age 45-49 2,149,226 [15th of 224]
Female population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 3.53 [55th of 224]
Female population > Age 50-54 2,104,376 [12th of 224]
Female population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 3.46 [32nd of 224]
Female population > Age 55-59 2,095,132 [9th of 224]
Female population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 3.44 [15th of 224]
Female population > Age 60-64 1,464,369 [13th of 224]
Female population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 2.41 [41st of 224]
Female population > Age 65-69 1,314,643 [13th of 224]
Female population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 2.16 [46th of 224]
Female population > Age 70-74 1,357,641 [10th of 224]
Female population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 2.23 [23rd of 224]
Female population > Age 75-79 1,271,293 [10th of 224]
Female population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 2.09 [20th of 224]
Female population > Age 80-84 1,047,360 [9th of 224]
Female population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 1.72 [14th of 224]
Female population > Age 85-89 526,638 [8th of 66]
Female population > Age 85-89 > % of the total 0.87 [18th of 66]
Female population > Age 90-94 271,353 [7th of 49]
Female population > Age 90-94 > % of the total 0.45 [4th of 49]
Female population > Age 95-99 92,078 [5th of 49]
Female population > Age 95-99 > % of the total 0.15 [3rd of 49]
Gender development 0.926 [11th of 141]
Greek diaspora > Number of Greeks in all countries > Capital Paris
Greek diaspora > Number of Greeks in all countries > Number of ethnic Greeks
35,000 (est.) (Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: )
Home ownership 54% [11th of 14]
Households with more than 5 people 9% [7th of 16]
Jew > Significant geographic populations > Jewish population 600,000 [3rd of 15]
Jewish population > By country > Jews > % Jewish 1 % [5th of 97]
Jewish population > By country > Jews > Estimated number of Jews 606,561 [4th of 102]
Jewish population > Largest Jewish populations > Top 50 countries by Jewish population > Jews 606,561 [4th of 50]
Lone parent families 7% [14th of 23]
Male population > Age 10-14 1,870,091 [31st of 224]
Male population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 3.07 [197th of 224]
Male population > Age 100-104 2,856 [5th of 49]
Male population > Age 100-104 > % of the total 0 [24th of 49]
Male population > Age 15-19 1,952,105 [28th of 224]
Male population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 3.21 [195th of 224]
Male population > Age 20-24 1,977,463 [25th of 224]
Male population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 3.25 [197th of 224]
Male population > Age 25-29 1,969,847 [23rd of 224]
Male population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 3.24 [197th of 224]
Male population > Age 30-34 2,124,109 [22nd of 224]
Male population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 3.49 [129th of 224]
Male population > Age 35-39 2,176,357 [22nd of 224]
Male population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 3.58 [97th of 224]
Male population > Age 40-44 2,137,663 [20th of 224]
Male population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 3.51 [78th of 224]
Male population > Age 45-49 2,084,353 [17th of 224]
Male population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 3.42 [66th of 224]
Male population > Age 50-54 2,031,399 [11th of 224]
Male population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 3.34 [39th of 224]
Male population > Age 55-59 2,037,812 [10th of 224]
Male population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 3.35 [19th of 224]
Male population > Age 60-64 1,395,120 [13th of 224]
Male population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 2.29 [40th of 224]
Male population > Age 65-69 1,166,767 [12th of 224]
Male population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 1.92 [40th of 224]
Male population > Age 70-74 1,082,977 [10th of 224]
Male population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 1.78 [18th of 224]
Male population > Age 75-79 883,327 [9th of 224]
Male population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 1.45 [13th of 224]
Male population > Age 80-84 604,300 [8th of 224]
Male population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 0.99 [18th of 224]
Male population > Age 85-89 249,111 [7th of 66]
Male population > Age 85-89 > % of the total 0.41 [19th of 66]
Male population > Age 90-94 90,919 [6th of 49]
Male population > Age 90-94 > % of the total 0.15 [8th of 49]
Male population > Age 95-99 23,626 [6th of 49]
Male population > Age 95-99 > % of the total 0.04 [6th of 49]
Marriage rate 5.1 [25th of 27]
Median age > Female 40.7 years Time series [35th of 224]
Median age > Male 37.7 years Time series [35th of 224]
Median age > Total 39.2 years Time series [33rd of 224]
Nationality > Adjective French Time series
Nationality > Noun
Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women)
Nobel prize laureates 49 [4th of 44]
    Nobel prize laureates (per capita) 0.807834 per 1 million people [13th of 44]
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Age 122 yr 164 d
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Born 21 February 1875
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Died 4 August 1997
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Name Jeanne Calment
Oldest people > By nation of death or current residence > Sex F
One person households 12 [14th of 22]
Overseas Chinese > 2005 Population 230,515 [16th of 20]
Percentage living in rural areas. 24% [150th of 193]
Percentage living in urban areas 76% [50th of 199]
Persons per room 0.7 [49th of 60]
Population 61,037,510 Time series [21st of 242]
Population > CIA Factbook 60,876,136 Time series [22nd of 240]
Population > Note
60,876,136 in metropolitan France (July 2007 est.)
Population ages 0-14 > % of total 18.17 % Time series [152nd of 185]
Population ages 15-64 > % of total 65.22 % Time series [82nd of 185]
Population ages 65 and above > % of total 16.61 % Time series [12th of 185]
Population growth > annual % 0.58 annual % Time series [146th of 195]
Population growth rate 0.574% Time series [152nd of 235]
Population in 2015 62,339 [21st of 225]
Population in largest city 9,819,525 Time series [15th of 118]
    Population in largest city (per capita) 0.161 per capita Time series [52nd of 118]
Population in the largest city > % of urban population 21.03 % Time series [82nd of 118]
Population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million 13,633,110 Time series [21st of 106]
    Population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million (per capita) 0.224 per capita Time series [46th of 106]
Population, female > % of total 51.3 % Time series [40th of 190]
Projected population growth 9.99% [103rd of 141]
Righteous Among the Nations > Count 2,646 [3rd of 43]
Rights of the Child Convention > Ratification Dates 7 Aug 1990
Rights of the Child Convention > Signatories 26 Jan 1990
Romanian diaspora > Romanian Population 100,000
Rural population 14,183,410 Time series [35th of 193]
    Rural population (per capita) 0.233 per capita Time series [156th of 194]
Rural population growth > annual % -0.19 annual % Time series [132nd of 193]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 1 [120th of 223]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 1 male(s)/female Time series [109th of 224]
Sex ratio > 65 years and over 0.71 male(s)/female Time series [158th of 223]
Sex ratio > At birth 1.05 male(s)/female Time series [100th of 223]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > 15–65 1 [112nd of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > at birth 1.05 [90th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > over 65 0.7 [154th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > total 0.95 [177th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > under 15 1.05 [63rd of 215]
Sex ratio > Total population 0.96 male(s)/female Time series [159th of 224]
Sex ratio > Under 15 years 1.05 male(s)/female Time series [73rd of 224]
Size of houses 36% [12th of 18]
Teenage birth rate 9.3 [19th of 28]
Total fertility rate 1.98 children born/woman Time series [133rd of 225]
Total Population 60,876,136 [21st of 227]
Total population > Age 10-14 3,652,026 [30th of 224]
Total population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 6 [197th of 224]
Total population > Age 100-104 16,004 [5th of 49]
Total population > Age 100-104 > % of the total 0.03 [5th of 49]
Total population > Age 15-19 3,818,565 [28th of 224]
Total population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 6.27 [197th of 224]
Total population > Age 20-24 3,873,419 [25th of 224]
Total population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 6.36 [198th of 224]
Total population > Age 25-29 3,865,938 [23rd of 224]
Total population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 6.35 [202nd of 224]
Total population > Age 30-34 4,178,931 [22nd of 224]
Total population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 6.86 [129th of 224]
Total population > Age 35-39 4,332,957 [22nd of 224]
Total population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 7.12 [94th of 224]
Total population > Age 40-44 4,315,137 [20th of 224]
Total population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 7.09 [79th of 224]
Total population > Age 45-49 4,233,579 [16th of 224]
Total population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 6.95 [62nd of 224]
Total population > Age 50-54 4,135,775 [12th of 224]
Total population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 6.79 [37th of 224]
Total population > Age 55-59 4,132,944 [9th of 224]
Total population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 6.79 [16th of 224]
Total population > Age 60-64 2,859,489 [13th of 224]
Total population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 4.7 [42nd of 224]
Total population > Age 65-69 2,481,410 [13th of 224]
Total population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 4.08 [42nd of 224]
Total population > Age 70-74 2,440,618 [10th of 224]
Total population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 4.01 [19th of 224]
Total population > Age 75-79 2,154,620 [9th of 224]
Total population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 3.54 [14th of 224]
Total population > Age 80-84 1,651,660 [9th of 224]
Total population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 2.71 [13th of 224]
Total population > Age 85-89 775,749 [8th of 66]
Total population > Age 85-89 > % of the total 1.27 [17th of 66]
Total population > Age 90-94 362,272 [6th of 49]
Total population > Age 90-94 > % of the total 0.6 [4th of 49]
Total population > Age 95-99 115,704 [5th of 49]
Total population > Age 95-99 > % of the total 0.19 [3rd of 49]
Total Population > Female 31,181,873 [21st of 227]
Total Population > Male 29,694,263 [22nd of 227]
Urban population 46,689,590 Time series [15th of 195]
    Urban population (per capita) 0.767 per capita Time series [40th of 196]
Urban population growth > annual % 0.81 annual % Time series [153rd of 195]
Urbanization 76 [47th of 204]
Urbanization in 1975 73% [25th of 164]
Urbanization in 2015 78.4% [41st of 164]
Women > Antenatal care coverage % 99 [17th of 133]
Women > Contraceptive prevalence % 75 [23rd of 170]
Women > Life expectancy females as a % of males 111 [20th of 173]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio > reported 10 [127th of 154]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio adjusted 17 [138th of 166]
Women > Skilled attendant at delivery % 99 [48th of 172]

SOURCES: Wikipedia: African diaspora; Wikipedia: African diaspora ; 1980 figures and 1999 figures for EU countries are from European Social Statistics Demography 2001. Australian figures are from ABS, Year Book Australia 2003 - Population. Marriages and Divorces and the latest figure is for 2001. Figures for other European and North American countries come from UN Economic Commission for Europe, Trends in Europe and North America 2001 (UN, NY, 2001). New Zealand figures from Maureen Baker, Families, Labour and Love (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2001). Japanese figures from Japan Almanac 1998 (Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo). Figures for other countries from UN Statistics Division, The World's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics. Spanish Statistical Institute; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division, Trends in Europe and North America 2001 (UN Economic Commission for Europe, NY, 2001), p. 74; University Libraries, Ohio University; OECD; Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002. , Table SS5.1; Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002. , Table EQ6; Annex to GECD Society at a Glance 2002., Statistical Annex Table C6; Richard Disney and Edward Whitehouse, 'The Economic Well-Being of Older People in International Perspective: A Critical Review' (LIS Working Paper 306, June 2002), p. 7; Wikipedia: London ; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center ; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; Wikipedia: Greek diaspora ; Economist, 30 March 2002, and Euromonitor; Wikipedia: Jew ; Wikipedia: Jewish population ; United Nations, Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, April 2001; The Nobel Foundation; Wikipedia: Oldest people ; Wikipedia: Overseas Chinese ; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; United Nations Secretariat and United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), Compendium of Human Settlement Statistics 2001 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.01.XVII.5), Compendium of Human Settlement Statistics 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XVII.11) and United Nations, Compendium of Human Settlements Statistics 1983 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E/F.84.XVII.5); World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; Wikipedia: Righteous Among the Nations ; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human RIghts; Wikipedia: Romanian diaspora ; Wikipedia: Sex ratio ; Figures are all from the market analysts Euromonitor. See also Japan Almanac 1998 (Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo, 1998; UNICEF; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UN (United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; UNICEF

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