Facts and Figures
Full name: Republic of France
Nationality
noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women)
adjective: French
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Area
total: 547,030 sq km land: 545,630 sq km water: 1,400 sq km note: includes only metropolitan France; excludes the overseas administrative divisions
Population: 60,656,178 (July 2005 est.)
Ethnic groups
Celtic and Latin with Teutonic
Slavic North African Indochinese Basque minorities
Capital: Paris, population 11,174,743
Largest Cities
Paris
Lion Marseille Lille
Official Language
French: 42,100,000 (92%) Oc languages: 1,670,000 (3.65%) German and German dialects: 1,440,000 (3.15%) Oïl languages: 1,420,000 (3.10%) Arabic: 1,170,000 (2.55%)
Religion
Roman Catholic 83%-88% Protestant 2% Muslim 5%-10%
Political system: republic
GDP: purchasing power parity – $1.737 trillion (2004 est.)
GDP per head: purchasing power parity – $28,700 (2004 est.)
Annual growth: 2.1% (2004 est.)
GDP – composition by sector
agriculture: 2.7% industry: 24.3% services: 73% (2004 est.)
Inflation: 2.3% (2004 est.)