Life expectancy at birth: total population: 78.37 years male: 74.5 years female: 82.44 years (1995 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.8 children born/woman (1995 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 (1991 est.)
total population: 99%
Labor force: 24.17 million
by occupation: services 61.5%, industry 31.3%, agriculture 7.2% (1987)
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Names:
conventional long form: French Republic
conventional short form: France
local long form: Republique Francaise
local short form: France