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France

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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
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

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Geographic properties

total area | 551500 km^2 (square kilometers) (world rank: 49th) land area | 549970 km^2 (square kilometers) (world rank: 49th) continent | Europe
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
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)
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
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)
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)
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%
| 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)
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

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Religions

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Capital city

Paris, Ile-de-France
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)
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) = $1.18 (US dollars)
currency unit | €1 (euro) currency code | EUR currency conversion | €1 (euro) = $1.18 (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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)

Education

public education spending | 5.433% of GDP (world rank: 46th) (2016 estimate) students | 12.32 million people (18.85% of population) (world rank: 21st) (2011 estimate) teachers | 686520 people (world rank: 19th) (2013 estimate)
public education spending | 5.433% of GDP (world rank: 46th) (2016 estimate) students | 12.32 million people (18.85% of population) (world rank: 21st) (2011 estimate) teachers | 686520 people (world rank: 19th) (2013 estimate)

Students

primary school | 4.31 million people (world rank: 37th) (2017 estimate) secondary school | 6.058 million people (world rank: 19th) (2017 estimate) college | 2.259 million people (world rank: 19th) (2011 estimate)
primary school | 4.31 million people (world rank: 37th) (2017 estimate) secondary school | 6.058 million people (world rank: 19th) (2017 estimate) college | 2.259 million people (world rank: 19th) (2011 estimate)

Teachers

primary school | 229471 people (world rank: 31st) (2013 estimate) secondary school | 457049 people (world rank: 14th) (2013 estimate)
primary school | 229471 people (world rank: 31st) (2013 estimate) secondary school | 457049 people (world rank: 14th) (2013 estimate)

Duration of educational stages

standard starting age | 6 years (world rank: 36th) (2019 estimate) primary school duration | 5 years (world rank: 153rd) (2019 estimate) secondary school duration | 7 years (world rank: 23rd) (2019 estimate) total school duration | 12 years (world rank: 57th) (2019 estimate)
standard starting age | 6 years (world rank: 36th) (2019 estimate) primary school duration | 5 years (world rank: 153rd) (2019 estimate) secondary school duration | 7 years (world rank: 23rd) (2019 estimate) total school duration | 12 years (world rank: 57th) (2019 estimate)

Education flow

fraction of children starting primary school (gross) | 96.48% of grade-1-aged children (world rank: 150th) (2000 estimate) persistence to grade 5 | 97.96% of students enrolled in grade 1 (world rank: 40th) (1999 estimate) persistence to last grade of primary | 97.96% of students enrolled in grade 1 (world rank: 40th) (1999 estimate) fraction of students completing primary school | 92.93% of graduation-age children (world rank: 108th) (2000 estimate) fraction of students repeating a primary school grade | 4.165% of primary school students (world rank: 69th) (2000 estimate) progression to secondary school | 99% of students completing primary school (world rank: 65th) (2000 estimate) fraction of students repeating a secondary school grade | 4.21% of secondary school students (world rank: 91st) (2013 estimate)
fraction of children starting primary school (gross) | 96.48% of grade-1-aged children (world rank: 150th) (2000 estimate) persistence to grade 5 | 97.96% of students enrolled in grade 1 (world rank: 40th) (1999 estimate) persistence to last grade of primary | 97.96% of students enrolled in grade 1 (world rank: 40th) (1999 estimate) fraction of students completing primary school | 92.93% of graduation-age children (world rank: 108th) (2000 estimate) fraction of students repeating a primary school grade | 4.165% of primary school students (world rank: 69th) (2000 estimate) progression to secondary school | 99% of students completing primary school (world rank: 65th) (2000 estimate) fraction of students repeating a secondary school grade | 4.21% of secondary school students (world rank: 91st) (2013 estimate)

Health care

health spending | $3694 per person per year (US dollars per year per person) (purchasing power parity adjusted) (2007 estimate) physicians per capita | 3.37 people per 1000 people hospital beds | 7.3 per 1000 people (2005 estimate)
health spending | $3694 per person per year (US dollars per year per person) (purchasing power parity adjusted) (2007 estimate) physicians per capita | 3.37 people per 1000 people hospital beds | 7.3 per 1000 people (2005 estimate)

UN Human Development Index

health | 0.959 (world rank: 10th) education | 0.839 (world rank: 24th) living standards | 0.898 (world rank: 24th) total | 0.897 (world rank: 21st) (2015 estimate)
health | 0.959 (world rank: 10th) education | 0.839 (world rank: 24th) living standards | 0.898 (world rank: 24th) total | 0.897 (world rank: 21st) (2015 estimate)

Wikipedia summary

France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. The metropolitan area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany to the northeast, Switzerland, Monaco, and Italy to the east, and Andorra and Spain to the south. The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. The country's 18 integral regions (five of which are situated overseas) span a combined area of 643, 801 square kilometres (248, 573 sq mi) and a total population of 67.08 million (as of March 2020). France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. Other major urban areas include Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lille and Nice. France, including its overseas territories, has the most number of time zones of any country, with a total of 12.
France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. The metropolitan area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany to the northeast, Switzerland, Monaco, and Italy to the east, and Andorra and Spain to the south. The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. The country's 18 integral regions (five of which are situated overseas) span a combined area of 643, 801 square kilometres (248, 573 sq mi) and a total population of 67.08 million (as of March 2020). France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. Other major urban areas include Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lille and Nice. France, including its overseas territories, has the most number of time zones of any country, with a total of 12.