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France

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France is a country. The capital city is Paris, located in the Western Europe region of Europe. It has a land area of 547,557 km², a population of 68,287,487 people and uses the currency Euro. The President is Emmanuel Macron.

Key facts

currency: Euro
capital city: Paris
region: Western Europe
continent: Europe
land area: 547,557 km²
population: 68,287,487 people
political leader: Emmanuel Macron (President)

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central government debt: 98.05 % of GDP
expense: 48.70 % of GDP
GDP: 3,051,831,611,384.76 current US$
inflation: 4.88 annual %
self-employed workers: 12.92 % of total employment
tax revenue: 24.47 % of GDP
unemployment: 7.33 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 8.08 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 304,000 people
democracy score: 7.80
democracy type: Flawed democracy
individuals using the Internet: 86.80 % of population
military expenditure: 2.06 % of GDP
net migration: 91,862 people
press freedom: 3.52
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 37.78 %
birth rate: 10.60 per 1,000 people
death rate: 9.80 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 5,380.88 current US$
health expenditure: 12.31 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.09 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 6.00 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 82
suicide mortality rate: 13.80 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 285,537.54 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 49.06 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 282.43 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 2.16 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 3.51 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 9.66 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 77.63 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 0.38 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 6.20 % of total
net energy imports: 44.11 % of energy use
fertility rate: 1.79 births per woman
forest area: 174,198 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 46.49 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 385.52 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 37.80
methane emissions: 65.89 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 30.37 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 35,189,170 people
male population: 33,098,317 people
renewable energy consumption: 16.20 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 522,936.10 km²
rural population: 12,444,029 people
urban land area: 23,030.66 km²
urban population: 55,843,458 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 1.26 % of total population

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