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France
Languages:
French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects (Provençal,
Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
Ethnicity/race:
Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North
African, Southeast Asian, and Basque minorities
Religions:
Roman Catholic 83%–88%, Protestant 2%, Islam 5%–10%,
Jewish 1%, unaffiliated 4%
National Holiday: Fete de la Federation, July 14
Literacy rate: 99% (2003 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2009 est.): $2.11
trillion; per capita $32,800. Real growth rate: –2.2%.
Inflation:
0.1%. Unemployment: 9.7%. Arable land: 34%. Agriculture:
wheat, cereals, sugar beets, potatoes, wine grapes;
beef, dairy products; fish.
Labor force:
27.76 million; services 71.5%, industry 24.4%,
agriculture 4.1% (1999).
Industries:
machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft,
electronics; textiles, food processing; tourism.
Natural
resources: coal, iron ore, bauxite, zinc, uranium,
antimony, arsenic, potash, feldspar, fluorospar, gypsum,
timber, fish.
Exports:
$456.8 billion (2009 est.): machinery and transportation
equipment, aircraft, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceutical
products, iron and steel, beverages.
Imports:
$532.2 billion (2009 est.): machinery and equipment,
vehicles, crude oil, aircraft, plastics, chemicals.
Major trading
partners: Germany, Spain, UK, Italy, Belgium, U.S.,
Netherlands (2006).
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