68,521,974 (2023 est.)
note: the above figure is for metropolitan France and five overseas regions; the metropolitan France population is 62,814,233
noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women)
adjective: French
Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African (Algerian, Moroccan, Tunisian), Indochinese, Basque minorities
note: overseas departments: Black, White, Mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian
French (official) 100%, declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish, Occitan, Picard); note - overseas departments: French, Creole patois, Mahorian (a Swahili dialect)
major-language sample(s):
The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
French audio sample:
Roman Catholic 47%, Muslim 4%, Protestant 2%, Buddhist 2%, Orthodox 1%, Jewish 1%, other 1%, none 33%, unspecified 9% (2021 est.)
note: France maintains a tradition of secularism and has not officially collected data on religious affiliation since the 1872 national census, which complicates assessments of France's religious composition; an 1872 law prohibiting state authorities from collecting data on individuals' ethnicity or religious beliefs was reaffirmed by a 1978 law emphasizing the prohibition of the collection or exploitation of personal data revealing an individual's race, ethnicity, or political, philosophical, or religious opinions; a 1905 law codified France's separation of church and state
0-14 years: 18.04% (male 6,322,021/female 6,040,773)
15-64 years: 60.53% (male 20,846,592/female 20,632,418)
65 years and over: 21.42% (2023 est.) (male 6,409,883/female 8,270,287)
2023 population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio: 63.1
youth dependency ratio: 28.3
elderly dependency ratio: 34.8
potential support ratio: 2.9 (2021 est.)
total: 42.4 years (2023 est.)
male: 40.9 years
female: 44 years
0.21% (2023 est.)
10.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
9.9 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
much of the population is concentrated in the north and southeast; although there are many urban agglomerations throughout the country, Paris is by far the largest city, with Lyon ranked a distant second
urban population: 81.8% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 0.67% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
11.208 million PARIS (capital), 1.761 million Lyon, 1.628 million Marseille-Aix-en-Provence, 1.079 million Lille, 1.060 million Toulouse, 1.000 million Bordeaux (2023)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2023 est.)
28.9 years (2020 est.)
8 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)
total: 3.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)
male: 3.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.8 deaths/1,000 live births
total population: 82.5 years (2023 est.)
male: 79.7 years
female: 85.5 years
1.9 children born/woman (2023 est.)
0.93 (2023 est.)
N/A
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
12.2% of GDP (2020)
3.27 physicians/1,000 population (2019)
5.9 beds/1,000 population (2018)
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
21.6% (2016)
total: 11.44 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 2.52 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 6.44 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 2.3 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0.18 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total: 33.4% (2020 est.)
male: 34.9% (2020 est.)
female: 31.9% (2020 est.)
N/A
54.8% (2023 est.)
5.5% of GDP (2020 est.)
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2020)
NOTE: The information regarding France on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of France 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about France 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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