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Population: total: 64,057,792 note: 62,150,775 in metropolitan France (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 18.6% (male 6,129,729/female 5,838,925) 15-64 years: 65% (male 20,963,124/female 20,929,280) 65 years and over: 16.4% (male 4,403,248/female 6,155,767) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 39.4 years male: 38 years female: 40.9 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.549% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 8.48 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: 1.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 3.33 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.66 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 80.98 years male: 77.79 years female: 84.33 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.98 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.4% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 140,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 1,600 (2007 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.)