By Lauren and Laura

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 GroupsLanguagesReligions Celtic 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

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POPULATION PROFILE Age structure: 0-14 years: 18.7% (male 6,314,779/female 6,029,258) years: 11.9% (male 4,017,893/female 3,840,268) years: 38.9% (male 12,877,039/female 12,764,229) 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 Fertility Rates - There is 2.08 children born per woman as estimated in This positions France 117th in world Birth Rates births per 1000 occur - Ranks France 157 th in the world Death Rates - There are 8.96 deaths per 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 GenderFranceWorld Both Sexes8270 Females8572 Males7863

CONTRACEPTIVE USE AMONG MARRIED WOMEN (15-49) BY METHOD MethodFranceWorld Condom7.4%6.0% Female Sterilization4.7%21.0% Injection-4.0% IUD17.3%14.0% Male Sterilization0.0%4.0% Periodic Abstinence1.3%3.0% Pill45.4%8.0% Withdrawal2.3%4.0% Other Modern Methods0.9%1.0% Method TypeFranceWorld All Methods77%62% Modern Methods75%56%

LITERACY, UNEMPLOYMENT & POVERTY RATES LiteracyUnemploymentPoverty 2003 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 is 22.1% (21.2% male 23.2% female). Compared to the world population unemployed being % as estimated by estimates: Within the population of France, 7.8% fall below the poverty line

OBESITY & EXPENDITURES ObesityEducationHealth - Adult prevalence rate is 18.2% as estimated in Country comparison identifies France as 108 th in the world - 5.9% estimated in 2009 was spent on Education systems. - Country comparison positions France 40 th in the world % of GDP in 2010 was incorporated into health funds - In comparison other countries, France ranks 8 th 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 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

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