| France :
Geographic coordinates
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46 00 N, 2 00 E
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| France :
Population growth rate
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0.525% (2010 est.)
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| France :
Birth rate
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12.43 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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| France :
Death rate
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8.65 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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| France :
People living with HIV/AIDS
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140,000 (2007 est.)
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| France :
Independence
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N/A
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| France :
National holiday
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N/A
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| France :
Constitution
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N/A
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| France :
GDP
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purchasing power parity - $2.11 trillion (2009 est.)
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| France :
GDP - per capita
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purchasing power parity - $32,800 (2009 est.)
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| France :
Electricity - consumption
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447.2 billion kWh (2007 est.)
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| France :
Exports
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$325 billion machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceutical
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| France :
Imports
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$320 billion machinery and equipment, vehicles, crude oil, aircraft, plastics, chemicals
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| France :
Telephones
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35.909 million; 35.0 million (metropolitan France) (2008)
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| France :
Mobile cellular
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59.259 million; 57.972 million (metropolitan France) (200
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| France :
Radio broadcast stations
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AM 41, FM about 3,500 (this figure is an approximation and includes many repeaters), shortwave 2 (1998)
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| France :
Radios
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55.3 million
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| France :
Television broadcast stations
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584 (plus 9,676 repeaters) (1995)
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| France :
Televisions
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34.8 million
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| France :
Internet country code
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.fr
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| France :
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
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14.327 million; 14.314 million (metropolitan France) (2009)
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| France :
Internet users
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42.912 million; 42.315 million (metropolitan France) (2008)
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| France :
Railways
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29,213 km
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| France :
Highways
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1,027,183 km (metropolitan France; includes 10,950 km of expressways)
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| France :
Waterways
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8,501 km (1,621 km accessible to craft of 3,000 metric tons)
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| France :
Pipelines
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gas 14,688 km; oil 2,943 km; refined products 5,080 km (2009)
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| France :
Ports and harbors
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Bordeaux, Calais, Dunkerque, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes, Paris, Rouen, Strasbourg
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| France :
Merchant marine
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138 ships
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| France :
Airports
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475
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| France :
Heliports
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1
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| France :
Military branches
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Army (Armee de Terre; includes Marines, Foreign Legion, Army Light Aviation), Navy (Marine Nationale, includes Naval Air, Maritime Gendarmerie (Coast Guard)), Air Force (Armee de l'Air (AdlA), includes Air Defense), National Gendarmerie (2010)
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| France :
Military expenditures
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2.6% of GDP (2005 est.)
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