France People - 2022
SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
68,305,148 (2022 est.)
note: the above figure is for metropolitan France and five overseas regions; the metropolitan France population is 62,814,233
Nationality
noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women)
adjective: French
Ethnic groups
Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African (Algerian, Moroccan, Tunisian), Indochinese, Basque minorities
note: overseas departments: Black, White, Mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian
Languages
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.
Religions
Roman Catholic 47%, Muslim 4%, Protestant 2%, Buddhist 2%, Orthodox 1%, Jewish 1%, other 1%, none 33%, unspecified 9%
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
Age structure
0-14 years: 18.36% (male 6,368,767/female 6,085,318)
15-24 years: 11.88% (male 4,122,981/female 3,938,938)
25-54 years: 36.83% (male 12,619,649/female 12,366,120)
55-64 years: 12.47% (male 4,085,564/female 4,376,272)
65 years and over: 20.46% (male 6,029,303/female 7,855,244) (2020 est.)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 63.1
youth dependency ratio: 28.3
elderly dependency ratio: 34.8
potential support ratio: 2.9 (2021 est.)
Median age
total: 41.7 years
male: 40 years
female: 43.4 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate
0.32% (2022 est.)
Birth rate
11.66 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate
9.54 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
1.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Population distribution
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
Urbanization
urban population: 81.8% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 0.67% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
11.142 million PARIS (capital), 1.748 million Lyon, 1.620 million Marseille-Aix-en-Provence, 1.073 million Lille, 1.049 million Toulouse, 991,000 Bordeaux (2022)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
28.9 years (2020 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
8 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 3.15 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.53 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 82.59 years
male: 79.53 years
female: 85.79 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate
2.03 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
N/A
Drinking water source
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.)
Current health expenditure
11.1% of GDP (2019)
Physicians density
3.27 physicians/1,000 population (2019)
Hospital bed density
5.9 beds/1,000 population (2018)
Sanitation facility access
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.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
0.3% (2021 est.)
Major infectious diseases
note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout France; as of 9 December 2022, France has reported a total of 37,252,086 cases of COVID-19 or 57276.2 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with a total of 155,898 cumulative deaths or a rate 239.7 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 7 December 2022, 80.54% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
21.6% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
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.)
Tobacco use
total: 33.4% (2020 est.)
male: 34.9% (2020 est.)
female: 31.9% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
N/A
Education expenditures
5.5% of GDP (2020 est.)
Literacy
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2020)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
total: 18.9%
male: 19%
female: 18.8% (2021 est.)
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