Input interpretation
iodine | discovery country
Result
France
Name
full name | French Republic full native name | République française nationality name | French ISO name | FRANCE country code | FR internet code | .fr UN code | FRA UN number | 250 calling code | +33 license plate code | F
Flag
Flag
Location
Location
Geographic properties
total area | 551500 km^2 (square kilometers) (world rank: 49th) land area | 549970 km^2 (square kilometers) (world rank: 49th) continent | Europe
annual-crop land fraction | 33.26% (world rank: 27th) natural resources | antimony | arsenic | bauxite | coal | feldspar | fish | fluorspar | gypsum | iron | potash | timber | uranium | zinc | petroleum | kaolin | niobium | tantalum | clay coastline length | 3427 km (kilometers) (world rank: 36th) highest point | 4808 meters (Mont Blanc (mountain)) lowest point | -2 meters (Rhone River delta) time zones | UTC + 1 | UTC + 5
Bordering countries/regions
Spain | 623 km (kilometers) Belgium | 620 km (kilometers) Switzerland | 573 km (kilometers) Italy | 488 km (kilometers) Germany | 451 km (kilometers) Luxembourg | 73 km (kilometers) Andorra | 56.6 km (kilometers) Monaco | 4.4 km (kilometers)
Dependencies
French Guiana | French Polynesia | French Southern And Antarctic lands | Guadeloupe | Martinique | Mayotte | New Caledonia | Réunion | Saint Barthelemy | Saint Martin | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Wallis and Futuna Islands
Demographics
population | 65 million people (world rank: 22nd) (2017 estimate) population density | 119 people/km^2 (people per square kilometer) (world rank: 100th) (2017 estimate) population growth | 0.386 %/yr (world rank: 179th) (2017 estimate) life expectancy | 82 years (world rank: 18th) (2018 estimate) median age | 41.2 years (world rank: 26th) (2015 estimate)
Rates
annual births | 761031 people per year (world rank: 38th) (2017 estimate) birth rate fraction | 0.0117 people per person per year (world rank: 174th) (2017 estimate) annual deaths | 584370 people per year (world rank: 19th) (2017 estimate) death rate fraction | 0.00899 people per person per year (world rank: 60th) (2017 estimate) net migration per capita | +5.463×10^-4 people per person per year (world rank: 62nd) (2017 estimate) total fertility rate | 1.96 children per female (world rank: 138th) (2016 estimate)
Distribution
| child | adult | elderly | all male | 8.933% | 30.71% | 9.509% | 49.15% female | 9.241% | 31.77% | 9.837% | 50.85% all | 18.17% | 62.48% | 19.35% | 100%
Cultural properties
languages | French (99%) | Swiss German (2.4%) | Occitan (2.1%) | Italian (1.6%) | Portuguese (1.2%) | Breton (0.79%) | Spanish (0.69%) | Corsican (0.54%) | Gascon (0.39%) | Provençal (0.39%) | ... ethnic mix | white (85%) | North African (10%) | black (3.3%) | Asian (1.7%) religions | Christianity (69%) | Islam (8.2%) | Judaism (1%) | Buddhism (0.76%) | Chinese Universism (0.23%) | ethnic religions (0.18%) literacy rate | 99% (2003 estimate)
Ethnic mix
Cultural properties Ethnic mix
Religions
Cultural properties Religions
Capital city
Paris, Ile-de-France
Largest cities
city | population Paris, Ile-de-France | 2.206 million people Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur | 855393 people Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 506615 people Toulouse, Occitanie | 471941 people Nice, Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur | 342522 people Nantes, Pays-de-la-Loire | 303382 people Montpellier, Occitanie | 277639 people Strasbourg, Grand Est | 277270 people Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 249712 people Lille, Hauts-de-France | 232741 people (2004, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2017 estimates)
Currency
currency unit | €1 (euro) currency code | EUR currency conversion | €1 (euro) = $1.19 (US dollars)
Economic properties
GDP | $2.778 trillion per year (world rank: 6th) (2018 estimate) GDP at parity | $3.037 trillion per year (world rank: 9th) (2018 estimate) real GDP | $2.925 trillion per year (world rank: 5th) (2018 estimate) GDP per capita | $41464 per year per person (world rank: 36th) (2018 estimate) GDP real growth | +1.725% per year (world rank: 159th) (2018 estimate) Gini index | 0.327 (world rank: 38th) (2015 estimate) consumer price inflation | +1.85% per year (world rank: 124th) (2018 estimate)
Employment
unemployment rate | 9.1% (world rank: 59th highest) (2019 estimate) long-term unemployment rate | 4.36% (world rank: 37th highest) (2014 estimate) labor force | 30.32 million people (44.93% of population) (world rank: 20th) (2019 estimate)
Labor force information
primary education | 5.454 million people (world rank: 26th) (2014 estimate) secondary education | 13.59 million people (world rank: 11th) (2014 estimate) tertiary education | 11 million people (world rank: 10th) (2014 estimate)
Employment information
agriculture | 710177 people (world rank: 84th) (2019 estimate) industry | 5.55 million people (world rank: 23rd) (2019 estimate) services | 21.3 million people (world rank: 15th) (2019 estimate)
Business information
Business taxes
total business tax rate | 60.7% of profit (world rank: 18th) (2019 estimate) number of business taxes | 9 (world rank: 137th) (2019 estimate)
Business statistics
new businesses registered | 76276 per year (10.85% of total businesses) (world rank: 13th) (2016 estimate) total registered businesses | 1.267 million (world rank: 9th) (2006 estimate)
Business operating costs
typical cost of business start up procedures | 0% of GNI per capita (world rank: 1st lowest) (2019 estimate)
Business procedures
typical time required to register property | 42 days (world rank: 113th lowest) (2019 estimate) typical time required to start a business | 4 days (world rank: 15th lowest) (2019 estimate) typical time required to build a warehouse | 213 days (world rank: 158th lowest) (2019 estimate) typical time required to enforce a contract | 447 days (world rank: 44th lowest) (2019 estimate) time to prepare and pay taxes | 139 hours (world rank: 49th lowest) (2019 estimate) time to resolve insolvency | 1.9 years (world rank: 55th lowest) (2019 estimate)
Trade facilitation
typical cost to export one container | $1335 (US dollars) (world rank: 110th lowest) (2014 estimate) typical cost to import one container | $1445 (US dollars) (world rank: 100th lowest) (2014 estimate) typical documents required per export shipment | 2 (world rank: 2nd lowest) (2014 estimate) typical documents required per import shipment | 2 (world rank: 1st lowest) (2014 estimate)
Media and telecommunications
Telecommunications information
telephone lines | 38.62 million (world rank: 5th) (2018 estimate) mobile cellular subscriptions | 70.46 million (world rank: 22nd) (2018 estimate) internet usage | 54.96 million people (82.04% of population) (world rank: 16th) (2018 estimate) fixed broadband internet subscribers | 29.1 million people (world rank: 7th) (2018 estimate) average broadband upload rate | 2.6 Mb/s (megabits per second) (world rank: 41st) (2011 estimate) average broadband download rate | 12.6 Mb/s (megabits per second) (world rank: 28th) (2011 estimate) secure internet servers | 1.368 million (world rank: 6th) (2018 estimate)
Media information
daily newspaper circulation | 10.33 million (world rank: 9th) (2005 estimate) radio stations | 3543 (world rank: 3rd) (1998 estimate) FM radio stations | 3500 (world rank: 3rd) (1998 estimate) television receivers | 34.8 million (world rank: 8th) (1997 estimate) television stations | 584 (world rank: 8th) (1995 estimate)
Transportation
Vehicles in use
passenger cars | 30.4 million cars (2006 estimate) trucks and vans | 6.2 million vehicles (2006 estimate) buses | 83000 buses (2006 estimate) motorcycles | 2.5 million motorcycles (2006 estimate) vehicles in use | 39.1 million vehicles (598.1 vehicles per thousand people) (2006 estimate)
Fuel information
pump price for gasoline | $1.39/L (world rank: 32nd) (2016 estimate) pump price for diesel fuel | $1.2/L (world rank: 35th) (2016 estimate) road sector gasoline fuel consumption | 6925 metric kilotons of oil equivalent (106 metric kilotons of oil equivalent/person) (world rank: 21st) (2011 estimate) road sector diesel fuel consumption | 31236 metric kilotons of oil equivalent (478 metric kilotons of oil equivalent/person) (world rank: 5th) (2011 estimate)
Road network
length of motorways | 11000 km (kilometers) (2006 estimate) length of highways | 7500 km (kilometers) (2006 estimate) length of other road types | 550000 km (kilometers) (2006 estimate) length of other road types | 550000 km (kilometers) (2006 estimate) total road length | 951500 km (kilometers) (2006 estimate)
Road transport
goods carried by roads | 293 billion t km/yr (metric ton-kilometers per year) (world rank: 5th) (2011 estimate) road passengers | 864.1 billion person km/yr (person kilometers per year) (world rank: 5th) (2011 estimate)