By Lauren and Laura

FRANCE

POPULATION

It was estimated in July 2013, that France had a population of 65,951,611 and it had a growth rate of 0.47%. France has a

slightly declining population due to it’s slightly under replacement level fertility rate.

Ethnic Groups Languages ReligionsCeltic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North

African, Indochinese, Basque

minorities

French (official) 100%, rapidly declining

regional dialects and languages (Provencal,

Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)

Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant

2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%,

unaffiliated

Overseas Departments: Black, white, mulatto, East

Indian, Chinese, Amerindian

Overseas Departments: French,

Creole patois, Mahorian (a Swahili dialect))

4% Overseas Departments: Roman Catholic, Protestant,

Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, pagan

POPULATION DENSITY MAPS

POPULATION PROFILE

Age structure:0-14 years: 18.7% (male 6,314,779/female 6,029,258)

15-24 years: 11.9% (male 4,017,893/female 3,840,268)

25-54 years: 38.9% (male 12,877,039/female 12,764,229)

55-64 years: 12.6% (male 4,020,974/female 4,287,381)

65 years and over: 17.9% (male 5,029,801/female 6,769,989) (2013 est.)

METROPOLITAN FRANCE

DEMOGRAPHIC BALANCE SHEET

FERTILITY, BIRTH & DEATH RATES

Fert

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es- There is 2.08 children born per woman as estimated in 2013- This positions France 117th in world

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- 12.6 births per 1000 occur- Ranks France 157th in the world D

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- There are 8.96 deaths per 1000- France is ranked 68th in the world

INFANT MORTALITY RATES & LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH

Infant Mortality Rate• In 2011, France had an infant

mortality rate of 3.6% compared to the world’s 44.0%.

Life Expectancy at Birth by Gender

Gender France WorldBoth Sexes 82 70Females 85 72Males 78 63

CONTRACEPTIVE USE AMONG MARRIED WOMEN (15-49) BY

METHOD

Method France World

Condom 7.4% 6.0%Female Sterilization 4.7% 21.0%

Injection - 4.0%

IUD 17.3% 14.0%

Male Sterilization 0.0% 4.0%Periodic Abstinence 1.3% 3.0%

Pill 45.4% 8.0%

Withdrawal 2.3% 4.0%Other Modern Methods 0.9% 1.0%

Method Type France WorldAll Methods 77% 62%

Modern Methods 75% 56%

LITERACY, UNEMPLOYMENT & POVERTY RATES

Literacy Unemployment Poverty2003

estimates: Show

those aged 15 and over can read and

write with the total

male/female population at

99%

2012 estimates: Identify 10.3% of the population as

being unemployed.

Youth ages 15-24 is 22.1% (21.2%

male 23.2% female).

Compared to the world population

unemployed being 1119.2% as

estimated by 2011

2012 estimates: Within the

population of France, 7.8% fall below the poverty line

OBESITY & EXPENDITURES

Obesity Education Health- Adult prevalence rate is 18.2% as

estimated in 2008

- Country comparison

identifies France as 108th in the

world

- 5.9% estimated in 2009 was

spent on Education systems.

- Country comparison

positions France 40th in the world

- 11.9% of GDP in 2010 was

incorporated into health funds

- In comparison other countries, France ranks 8th

in the world

- Fact: Hospital bed density is 7.11 beds per

1000 population

The projection of 2050 indicates that France will be in a state of duress due to the declining population This will be caused by the fact that the death rate

is increasing while the birth rate is decreasing, the higher life expectancy,

and the lack of immigration. 

    

CHALLENGES FOR GOVERNMENT AS DIRECTED BY

FRANCEDEMOGRAPHICS.WEEBLY

The dependency load will be too big for the country to handle. The elderly support will drop from 4:1 to 2:1. This means that for every senior, there will be just two adults to support him/her. All of the previously large workforce will now be dependent on the previously had children. With an elderly support ratio that low, the government will be relied on more to provide for the older citizens. This coupled with longer life expectancy means that the government has to support more people for a longer period of time.

The declining birth rate and death rate means that from 2010 to 2025, the birth rate per thousand will have gone from 805 to 751 and the death rate will

have gone from 560 to 676. This lowers the growth rate from an already low 0.5% to 0.2%.

Less people will mean that the country will lose money and wont be able to support large scale organisations due the low level of employment.

Assuming the immigration rate continues to decline and residents don’t emigrate the population pyramid

will be reduced to a small coffin shape. 

RESPONSES

France has recently raised the normal legal retirement age to 62 since 2011. While this change has been generally accepted, it has led to significant social conflict in others, indicating that further moves in this direction are possible but may not be easy.

Sorry, it was a bit difficult to find answers for this area

http://www.prb.org/DataFinder/Geography/Data.aspx?loc=429

http://www.indexmundi.com/france/demographics_profile.html

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fr.html

http://www.insee.fr/fr/ppp/bases-de-donnees/donnees-detaillees/bilan-demo/pyramide/pyramide.htm?champ=fm&lang=en

http://www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?v=2227&t=20

http://francedemographics.weebly.com/population-challenges.html

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/pgda/WorkingPapers/2011/PGDA_WP_71.pdf

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