Country+12

**Country One Profile**

** Demographics **
**Population**: 64,057,792 0-14 years: 18.6% (male 6,160,071/female 5,866,997) 15-64 years: 64.9% (male 21,041,384/female 21,008,320) 65 years and over: 16.5% (male 4,470,839/female 6,220,778) (2010 est.) total population: 81.09 years country comparison to the world:  [| 10] male: 77.91 years female: 84.44 years
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 * Religions:**
 * Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4% overseas departments: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, pagan ||

Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities overseas departments: black, white, mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian
 * Ethnicity:**
 * Languages:**French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)

** Landscape **

 * Natural hazards**:flooding; avalanches; midwinter windstorms; drought; forest fires in south near the Mediterranean overseas departments: hurricanes (cyclones); flooding; volcanic activity
 * Geography:**
 * mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in north and west; remainder is mountainous, especially Pyrenees in south, Alps in east low-lying coastal plains rising to hills and small mountains <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;"> is volcanic in origin with interior mountains; Grande-Terre is low limestone formation; most of the seven other islands are volcanic in origin <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">mountainous with indented coastline; dormant volcano <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">mostly rugged and mountainous; fertile lowlands along coast ||

**Climate:** <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">tropical; hot, humid; little seasonal temperature variation <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">subtropical tempered by trade winds; moderately high humidity; rainy season (June to October); vulnerable to devastating cyclones (hurricanes) every eight years on average <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">tropical, but temperature moderates with elevation; cool and dry (May to November), hot and rainy (November to April)
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** Economy **

 * Natural Resources:**
 * wheat, cereals, sugar beets, potatoes, wine grapes; beef, dairy products; fish ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Exports:**
 * machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beverages ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">** Imports: ** machinery and equipment, vehicles, crude oil, aircraft, plastics, chemicals <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">** Industries: ** machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft, electronics; textiles, food processing; tourism
 * machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft, electronics; textiles, food processing; tourism ||

revenues: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">$1.229 trillion expenditures: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">$1.445 trillion
 * Percentage of People Below Poverty Line**: 6.2%
 * Budget:**

Military
males age 16-49: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">14,591,656 females age 16-49: <span class="category_data" style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: top;">14,285,551
 * Manpower available for military service:**