France:
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Population	total: 63,713,926 note: 60,876,136 in metropolitan France (July 2007 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 18.6% (male 6,063,181/female 5,776,272) 15-64 years: 65.2% (male 20,798,889/female 20,763,283) 65 years and over: 16.2% (male 4,274,290/female 6,038,011) (2007 est.)
Median Age	total: 39 years male: 37.5 years female: 40.4 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate	0.588% (2007 est.)
Birth rate	12.91 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate	8.55 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate	1.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.002 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.708 male(s)/female total population: 0.956 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate	total: 3.41 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.76 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 80.59 years male: 77.35 years female: 84 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate	1.98 children born/woman (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	0.4% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	120,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths	less than 1,000 (2003 est.)
Nationality	noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women) adjective: French
Ethnic groups	Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities overseas departments: black, white, mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian
Religions	Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4% overseas departments: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, pagan
Languages	French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) overseas departments: French, Creole patois
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)