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.) 

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