Infant mortality rate: 4.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 78.76 years male: 74.85 years female: 82.89 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.75 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality: noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women) adjective: French
Ethnic groups: 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: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (1980 est.)
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Country name: conventional long form: French Republic conventional short form: France local long form: Republique Francaise local short form: France