France - Geography
Here, let us take a look at the Geography of France. Largest Western European nation; most major French rivers -- the Meuse, Seine, Loire, Charente, Dordogne, and Garonne -- flow northward or westward into the Atlantic Ocean, only the Rhone flows southward into the Mediterranean Sea. Mother's mean age at first birth is N/A , whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is N/A.
Population Distribution
Much of the population is concentrated in the north and southeast; although there are many urban agglomerations throughout the country, Paris is by far the largest city, with Lyon ranked a distant second
People and Society
In France, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African (Algerian, Moroccan, Tunisian), Indochinese, Basque minorities
| Population | N/A |
|---|---|
| Pop growth rate | 0.2% (2025 est.) |
| Birth rate | 10.88 births/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Death rate | 9.91 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Current health expenditure | N/A |
| Physicians Density | N/A |
| Hospital bed Density | 6 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.9 children born/woman (2025 est.) |
| Gross reproduction rate | 0.93 (2025 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | N/A |
| Est married women (ages 15-49) | N/A |
| Literacy | N/A |
| Education expenditures | N/A |
| Net Migration rate | N/A |
| Nationality | French | Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women) |
| Languages | N/A |
| Religions | N/A |
| Age Structure | |
| 0-14 years | 17.3% (male 6,060,087/female 5,792,805) |
| 15-64 years | 60.7% (male 20,875,861/female 20,615,847) |
| 65 years and over | 22% (2024 est.) (male 6,621,146/female 8,408,845) |
| Dependency Ratios | |
| Total dependency ratio | 65.2 (2025 est.) |
| Youth dependency ratio | 28.4 (2025 est.) |
| Elderly dependency ratio | 36.8 (2025 est.) |
| Potential support ratio | 2.7 (2025 est.) |
| Median Age | |
| Total | 42.7 years (2025 est.) |
| Male | 41 years |
| Female | 44.2 years |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 81.8% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.67% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 11.208 million PARIS (capital), 1.761 million Lyon, 1.628 million Marseille-Aix-en-Provence, 1.079 million Lille, 1.060 million Toulouse, 1.000 million Bordeaux (2023). |
| Sex Ratio | |
| At birth | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| 0-14 years | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| 15-64 years | 1.01 male(s)/female |
| 65 years and over | 0.79 male(s)/female |
| Total population | 0.96 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
| Infant Motality | |
| Total | 3.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.) |
| Male | 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Female | 2.8 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy at birth | |
| Total population | 82.6 years (2024 est.) |
| Male | 79.8 years |
| Female | 85.5 years |
| Drinking Water Sources | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Sanitation facility acess | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Major Infectious diseases | |
| Alcohol consumption per capita | |
| Total | 11.44 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Beer | 2.52 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Wine | 6.44 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Spirits | 2.3 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Other alcohols | 0.18 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Tobacco use | |
| Total | 28.9% (2025 est.) |
| Male | 30.7% (2025 est.) |
| Female | 27.3% (2025 est.) |
| Child marriage | |
Demographic profile
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