France People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population: 55,239,000 (July 1986), average annual growth rate 0.4%

Nationality: noun—Frenchman (men); adjective—French

Ethnic divisions: Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, and Basque minorities

Religion· 90% Roman Catholic, 2% Protestant, 1% Jewish, 1% Muslim (North African workers), 6% unaffiliated

Language: French (100% of population); rapidly declining regional dialects—Provencal, Breton, Germanic, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish

Infant mortality rate: 9/1,000 (1983)

Life expectancy: 75

Literacy: 99%

Labor force: 23.8 million (1984); 61.2% services, 21 7% industry, 7.0% agriculture;

10.1% unemployed

Organized labor approximately 20% of labor force

NOTE: The information regarding France on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of France 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about France 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.