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Geography
Area : 547,030 km² (Metropolitan France); 643,427 km² (with overseas regions)
Borders : 2,889 km (Andorra 56.6 km, Belgium 620 km, Germany 451 km, Italy 488 km, Luxembourg 73 km, Monaco 4.4 km, Spain 623 km, Switzerland 573 km)
Coastline : 3,427 km (Metropolitan France); 4,668 km (with overseas regions)
Capital : Paris
Official language : français
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Population
Population : 68,172,977 (2023)
Crude natural change rate : 0.8‰ (2023 est.)
Population repartition: 17.3% under 15 years old (2023), 21,2% over 65 years old (2023)
Foreign residents: 2.2% EU nationals, 5.1% non-EU nationals (2019)
Crude net migration rate: 1.1‰ (2023 est.)
First time asylum applicants: 166,880 (2023)
Life expectancy: men 80.1 years, women 85.9 years (2023)
Religions: Roman Catholic 47%, Muslim 4%, Protestant 2%, Buddhists 2%, Orthodox 1%, Jewish 1%, other 1%, none 33%, unspecified 9% (2022 est.) (overseas departments: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, pagan)
Ethnic groups: Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities (overseas departments: black, white, mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian)
Source : Eurostat, INSEE, CIA World Factbook
Economy
Currency: Euro
GDP: € 2,803,100 million (2023)
GDP per capita (PPS): € 33,290 (2023)
GDP growth : 0.7% (2023)
Inflation: 2.7% (May 2024)
Public debt: 110.6% of GDP (Q4 2023)
Unemployment: 7.3% (April 2024)
Public deficit: -1.7% of GDP (Q4 2023)
Budget balance: -5.5% of GDP (2023)
Source : Eurostat, INSEE
Political system
Republic, parliamentary democracy
Head of State: Emmanuel Macron (La République en Marche) was re-elected on 24th April 2022 for a second 5-year term.
Head of Government: Gabriel Attal (presidential majority) since 9th January 2024. On 16th July 2024, the Prime Minister and his government resigned, but remain in office until a new government is appointed.
Bicameral legislative power: The Assemblée nationale (House of Representatives) numbers 577 representatives, elected for a term of five years by direct universal suffrage The Sénat (Senate) comprises 348 senators who are elected for six years by indirect universal suffrage by a college made up of approximately 150,000 people. Every three years, half of the seats are up for re-election.
Political representation
Composition of the Assemblée nationale (after the general elections in July 2024):
- 126 seats National Rally (RN)
- 99 seats Ensemble pour la République
- 72 seats La France Insoumise (LFI)
- 66 seats Socialists and affiliated
- 47 seats The Republican Right
- 38 seats Écologiste et Social
- 36 seats The Democratic, MoDem and Independents group
- 31 seats Horizons and affiliated
- 21 seats Liberties, Independents, Overseas and Territories (LIOT)
- 17 seats Gauche Démocrate et Républicaine
- 16 seats À Droite
- 8 non affiliated
Composition of the Senate (in September 2023):
- 133 seats Les Républicains (LR)
- 64 seats Socialist Party (PS)
- 56 seats Centrist Union group (UC)
- 22 seats Rally of Democrats, Progressive and Independent group (RDPI)
- 18 seats Communist, Republican, Citizen and Ecologist group (CRCE)
- 16 seats European Democratic and Social Rally group (RDSE)
- 18 seats The Independents – Republic and Territories group (LIRT)
- 17 seats Ecologist group (EST)
- 4 seats Administrative meeting of senators not appearing on the list of any group
Women's representations
- in the government: 5/13
- in the Assemblée nationale: 208/577
- in the Sénat: 126/348
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