Population in France and its regions ( Statistics of 1999 ) Total France 60 185 831 dont métropole 59 850 000 Alsace 1 734 145 Aquitaine 2 908 359 Auvergne 1 308 878 Basse-Normandie 1 422 193 Bourgogne 1 610 067 Bretagne 2 906 197 Centre 2 440 329 Champagne-Ardenne 1 342 363 Corse 260 196 Franche-Comté 1 117 059 Haute-Normandie 1 780 192 Ile-de-France 10 952 011 Languedoc-Roussillon 2 295 648 Limousin 710 939 Lorraine 2 310 376 Midi-Pyrénées 2 551 687 Nord-Pas-de-Calais 3 996 588 Pays de la Loire 3 222 061 Picardie 1 857 481 Poitou-Charentes 1 640 068 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 4 506 151 Rhône-Alpes 5 645 407

Population of outre Mer ( statistics of 1996 ) Total 6 011 968 hab Guadloupe 422 496 hab Guyane 157 678 hab. Martinique 381 427 hab. Réunion 706 300 hab. Polynésie Française 196 836 hab Wallis 9708 hab Futuna 4639 hab Mayotte 131 320 hab. St-Pierre et Miquelon 6 600 hab. Nouvelle Calédonie 196 836 hab Les TAAF 128 hab

Demography in France :

_ Population to January 1st, 2002: 59 850 000 HAB
Percentage of the less than 15 years: 18,1%
Percentage of the more of 65 years: 16,4%
Religious distribution: Catholics (90%), Protestant (2%), Moslem (1%), Jewish (1%), other (6%)
Yearly natural growth: 0, 5%
Middle life expectancy: 79, 0 YEARS
Birth rate: 12, 7%O (99)
Indication of fertility (number of children by woman): 1,89 CHILDREN by woman (2000-2005)

Geography in France :

Surface: 547 026 KM2
Population: 59 850 000 HAB
Density: 108, 5 HAB/KM2

Capital: Paris
Main cities: LYONS, MARSEILLE, LILLE, TOULOUSE, NANTES,
Point culminating: MONT BLANC (4808, 4 M)
Geographical specificity: MOUNTAINS, PLAINS, COASTAL,
Climate: CONTINENTAL TO THE CENTER AND TO THE EAST, MEDITERRANEAN IN THE SOUTH AND OCEANIC IN THE WEST
Middle temperature: 25, 1°C IN PARIS AND 28, 1°C IN THE SOUTH IN JULY; 7,5°C IN PARIS AND 12,2°C IN THE SOUTH IN JANUARY
Yearly precipitations: 700 MM
Percentage of the cultivable earths: 54, 5% (29 960 000 HA) (is. 1998)
Death rate: 9, 2%O (99)
Infantile death rate: 5, 0%O