1. DEMOGRAPHICS By Alessia Caruso

2. POPULATION  65,630,692 (July 2012 est.)  0-14 years: 18.7% (male 6,285,130/female 5,998,821)  15-24 years: 12% (male 4,025,189/female 3,849,970)  25-54 years: 39.2% (male 12,896,692/female 12,804,661)  55-64 years: 12.7% (male 4,032,279/female 4,283,020)  65 years and over: 17.5% (male 4,857,441/female 6,597,489) (2012 est.)

3. PAST PRESIDENTS 1st: Bonaparte, Louis-NapoléonBonaparte, Louis-Napoléon2nd: Thiers, Marie Joseph Louis AdolpheThiers, Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe 3rd: de Mac-Mahon, Marie Edme Patrice Mauricede Mac-Mahon, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice 4th: Grévy, François Paul JulesGrévy, François Paul Jules 5th: Carnot, Marie François SadiCarnot, Marie François Sadi6th: Casimir-Perier, Jean Paul PierreCasimir-Perier, Jean Paul Pierre 7th: Faure, Félix FrançoisFaure, Félix François8th: Loubet, Émile FrançoisLoubet, Émile François 9th: Fallières, Clément ArmandFallières, Clément Armand10th: Poincaré, RaymondPoincaré, Raymond 11th: Deschanel, Paul Eugène LouisDeschanel, Paul Eugène Louis 12th: Millerand, AlexandreMillerand, Alexandre 13th: Doumergue, Pierre Paul Henri GastonDoumergue, Pierre Paul Henri Gaston 14th: Doumer, Joseph Athanase Gaston PaulDoumer, Joseph Athanase Gaston Paul 15th: Lebrun, Albert FrançoisLebrun, Albert François16th: Auriol, Vincent JulesAuriol, Vincent Jules 17th: Coty, René Jules GustaveCoty, René Jules Gustave18th: de Gaulle, Charles André Joseph Mariede Gaulle, Charles André Joseph Marie 19th: Pompidou, Georges Jean RaymondPompidou, Georges Jean Raymond 20th: Giscard d Estaing, Valéry Marie RenéGiscard d Estaing, Valéry Marie René 21st: Mitterrand, François Maurice Adrien MarieMitterrand, François Maurice Adrien Marie 22nd: Chirac, Jacques RenéChirac, Jacques René 23rd: Sarkozy, NicolasSarkozy, Nicolas24th: Hollande, François Gérard Georges NicolasHollande, François Gérard Georges Nicolas

4. RELIGION IN FRANCE  France has traditionally been a Catholic country and today approximately 80% of the population of France ascribe, at least nominally, to the Catholic religion. In reality, however, France is a deeply secular country which has seen the role of organized religion in the lives of people in France diminish ever since the revolutions in in1780 and 1804. Many French people who are counted as belonging to the Catholic religion have not been. The vast majority of Catholics in France do not attend church regularly or even at all.   The Catholic Church in France is viewed as quite progressive and keeping in step with the changes that living in modern society brings. The former Archbishop of Paris since 1981, Jean Marie, was born to Jewish parents in Paris in 1926 and converted to the Catholic religion at the age of 14.