Population growth rate: 0.76% (1998 est.)
Birth rate: 12.45 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Death rate: 5.49 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Net migration rate: 0.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 8.62 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 76.91 years male: 75.35 years female: 78.79 years (1998 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.6 children born/woman (1998 est.)
Nationality: noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women) adjective: French
Ethnic groups: Basques and Bretons (French fishermen)
Religions: Roman Catholic 99%