France November 27, 2020 1st French Empire , Alps , Alsace , Atlantic , Atlantic Ocean , Auvergne , Avignon , Bay of Biscay , Bordeaux , Brittany , Calais , Celtic Sea , Corse , Côte d'Azur , Europe , European Union , fleuve Garonne , fleuve Loire , fleuve Rhône , fleuve Seine , France , French , French elections , French Empire , French Guiana , French language , French Overseas Region and Department , French Polynesia , French presidential elections , French Revolution , French Riviera , French Southern and Antarctic Lands , Garonne , gastronomie , Grenoble , Kingdom of France , Landes , Lille , Loire , Lyon , Marseille , Montpellier , mountains , Nantes , Nice , Normandie , Paris , Périgord , Provence , Pyrénées , Rennes , Rhine , Rhine River , Rhône , Rouen , Seine , soft power , Strasbourg , Toulon , Toulouse , tourism , Western Europe , wine Official name French Republic Name in local language France ; République française (fr) Continent Europe Subcontinent European Union Population (ranking: 21e ) 67,063,703 inhabitants (2020) Population growth 0.28 % / year Area 551,695 km² Density 117.63 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 7e )2,715.518 billions $USD (2019) GDP/capita (ranking ) 40,494 $USD (2019) GDP growth 1.50 % / year (2019) Life expectancy (ranking ) 82.65 years (2019) Birth rate 11.20 ‰ (2019) Fertility rate 1.87 children / woman (2019) Death rate (ranking ) 9.10 ‰ (2019) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 3.80 ‰ (2019) Literacy rate 100.00 % (2020) Official languages French Currency Euro (€ EUR) HDI (ranking: 40e )0.891 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )83.95 (2018) Government Unitary senatorial semi‑presidential republic Head of State President Emmanuel Macron National Day 14 July (French Revolution of 1789) ISO Codes FR, FRA Demonym French Tourists (ranking ) 86,918,000 people (2017)
France is a country in Western Europe sharing borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north, Germany , Switzerland , Italy and Monaco to the east, Spain and Andorra to the south. Through the Channel Tunnel, it also shares a border with the United Kingdom .
Paris, Eiffel Tower. Photo: Wladyslaw Île Vierge, Brittany, France. Source: Wildlife Archives France: evolution of the total population from 1982 to 2016. Source: Insee Urban areas (2017) Urban areas Population Paris 13,024,518 inhabitants Lyon 2,238,656 inhabitants Marseille - Aix-en-Provence 1,851,736 inhabitants Lille (French part) 1,498,143 inhabitants Toulouse 1,414,936 inhabitants Bordeaux 1,323,402 inhabitants Nantes 983,310 inhabitants Strasbourg (French part) 838,566 inhabitants Montpellier 775,862 inhabitants Rennes 739,974 inhabitants Grenoble 713,291 inhabitants Rouen 699,321 inhabitants Nice 606,494 inhabitants Toulon 561,968 inhabitants Tours 515,076 inhabitants Nancy 511,257 inhabitants Clermont-Ferrand 498,877 inhabitants Saint-Étienne 496,132 inhabitants Caen 467,642 inhabitants Orléans 447,829 inhabitants Angers 429,669 inhabitants Annemasse (French part of Geneva) 421,855 inhabitants Dijon 410,168 inhabitants Mulhouse 409,929 inhabitants Perpignan 409,557 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Regions and overseas territories Population Area Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 8,032,377 inhabitants 69,711 km² Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 2,783,039 inhabitants 47,784 km² Brittany 3,340,379 inhabitants 27,208 km² Centre-Val-de-Loire 2,559,073 inhabitants 39,151 km² Corsica 344,679 inhabitants 8,680 km² French Guiana 290,691 inhabitants 83,846 km² French Polynesia 275,918 inhabitants 3,792 km² Grand Est 5,511,747 inhabitants 57,433 km² Guadeloupe 376,879 inhabitants 1,628 km² Hauts-de-France 5,962,662 inhabitants 31,813 km² Île-de-France 12,278,210 inhabitants 12,011 km² Martinique 358,749 inhabitants 1,128 km² Mayotte 279,471 inhabitants 375 km² New Caledonia 271,940 inhabitants 18,576 km² Normandy 3,303,500 inhabitants 29,906 km² Nouvelle-Aquitaine 5,999,982 inhabitants 84,061 km² Occitanie 5,924,858 inhabitants 72,724 km² Pays de la Loire 3,801,797 inhabitants 32,082 km² Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 5,055,651 inhabitants 31,400 km² Réunion 859,959 inhabitants 2,512 km² Saint Barthélemy 9,793 inhabitants 21 km² Saint Martin 35,746 inhabitants 53 km² Saint Pierre and Miquelon 6,008 inhabitants 242 km² Wallis and Futuna 14,231 inhabitants 142 km²
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