primarily Fijian), leader Maj. Gen. Sitivini RABUKA; National
Federation Party (NFP; primarily Indian), Jai Ram REDDY; Fijian
Nationalist Party (FNP), Sakeasi BUTADROKA; Fiji Labor Party (FLP),
Mahendra CHAUDHRY; General Voters Party (GVP), Leo SMITH; Fiji
Conservative Party (FCP), leader NA; Conservative Party of Fiji
(CPF), leader NA; Fiji Indian Liberal Party, leader NA; Fiji Indian
Congress Party, leader NA; Fiji Independent Labor (Muslim), leader
NA; Four Corners Party, leader NA; Fijian Association Party (FAP),
Josevata KAMIKAMICA; General Electors' Association, leader NA
note: in early 1995, ethnic Fijian members of the All National
Congress (ANC) merged with the Fijian Association (FA); the
remaining members of the ANC have renamed their party the General
Electors' Association
International organization participation: ACP, AsDB, CP, ESCAP,
FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF,
IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ITU, PCA, Sparteca, SPC, SPF, UN,
UNAMIR, UNAVEM III, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNIKOM, UPU,
WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO
Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Pita Kewa NACUVA
chancery: Suite 240, 2233 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007
telephone: [1] (202) 337-8320
FAX: [1] (202) 337-1996
consulate(s): New York
US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Don Lee GEVIRTZ
embassy: 31 Loftus Street, Suva
mailing address: P. O. Box 218, Suva
telephone: [679] 314466
FAX: [679] 300081
Flag: light blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side
quadrant and the Fijian shield centered on the outer half of the
flag; the shield depicts a yellow lion above a white field quartered
by the cross of Saint George featuring stalks of sugarcane, a palm
tree, bananas, and a white dove
Economy
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Economic overview: Fiji, richly endowed with forest, mineral, and
fish resources, is one of the most developed of the Pacific island
economies, though still with a large subsistence sector. Sugar
exports and tourism are the major sources of foreign exchange.
Industry contributes 17% to GDP; sugar processing makes up one-third
of industrial activity. Roughly 250,000 tourists visit each year.
Political uncertainty and drought, however, contribute to
substantial fluctuations in earnings from tourism and sugar and to
the emigration of skilled workers. In 1992, growth was approximately
3%, based on growth in tourism and a lessening of labor-management
disputes in the sugar and gold-mining sectors. In 1993, the
government's budgeted growth rate of 3% was not achieved because of
a decline in non-sugar agricultural output and damage from Cyclone
Kina. Growth in 1994 of 5% was largely attributable to increased
tourism and expansion in the manufacturing sector.
GDP: purchasing power parity - $4.7 billion (1995 est.)
GDP real growth rate: 2.2% (1995 est.)
GDP per capita: $6,100 (1995 est.)
GDP composition by sector:
agriculture: 22%
industry: 17%
services: 61% (1994)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2% (1995)
Labor force: 235,000
by occupation: subsistence agriculture 67%, wage earners 18%, salary
earners 15% (1987)
Unemployment rate: 5.4% (1992)
Budget:
revenues: $495.6 million
expenditures: $591.2 million, including capital expenditures of $NA
(1995 est.)
Industries: sugar, tourism, copra, gold, silver, clothing, lumber,
small cottage industries
Industrial production growth rate: 0% (1993 est.)
Electricity:
capacity: 200,000 kW
production: 480 million kWh
consumption per capita: 581 kWh (1993)
Agriculture: sugarcane, coconuts, cassava (tapioca), rice, sweet
potatoes, bananas; cattle, pigs, horses, goats; fish catch nearly
33,000 tons (1989)
Exports: $571.8 million (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities: sugar 40%, clothing, gold, processed fish, lumber
partners: EC 26%, Australia 15%, Pacific Islands 11%, Japan 6%
Imports: $864.3 million (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities: machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products,
food, consumer goods, chemicals
partners: Australia 30%, NZ 17%, Japan 13%, EC 6%, US 6%
External debt: $670 million (1994 est.)
Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $NA
Currency: 1 Fijian dollar (F$) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: Fijian dollars (F$) per US$1 - 1.4347 (January
1996), 1.4063 (1995), 1.4641 (1994), 1.5418 (1993), 1.5030 (1992),
1.4756 (1991)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Transportation
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Railways:
total: 597 km; note - belongs to the government-owned Fiji Sugar
Corporation
narrow gauge: 597 km 0.610-m gauge (1995)
Highways:
total: 4,800 km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km
Waterways: 203 km; 122 km navigable by motorized craft and
200-metric-ton barges
Ports: Labasa, Lautoka, Levuka, Savusavu, Suva
Merchant marine:
total: 5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 16,267 GRT/17,884 DWT
ships by type: chemical tanker 2, oil tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off
cargo 2 (1995 est.)
Airports:
total: 21
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 1
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 1
with paved runways under 914 m: 15
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 3 (1995 est.)
Communications
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Telephones: 60,017 (1987 est.)
Telephone system: modern local, interisland, and international
(wire/radio integrated) public and special-purpose telephone,
telegraph, and teleprinter facilities; regional radio communications
center
domestic: NA
international: access to important cable link between US and Canada
and NZ and Australia; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific
Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 7, FM 1, shortwave 0
Radios: NA
Television broadcast stations: 0
Televisions: 12,000 (1992 est.)
Defense
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Branches: Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF; includes army,
navy, and air elements)
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 205,616
males fit for military service: 113,339
males reach military age (18) annually: 8,746 (1996 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $28 million, 2.5%
of GDP (1995)
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@Finland
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Map
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Location: 64 00 N, 26 00 E -- Northern Europe, bordering the
Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Sweden and
Russia
Flag
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Description: white with a blue cross that extends to the edges of
the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist
side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag)
Geography
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Location: Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of
Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Sweden and Russia
Geographic coordinates: 64 00 N, 26 00 E
Map references: Europe
Area:
total area: 337,030 sq km
land area: 305,470 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than Montana
Land boundaries:
total: 2,628 km
border countries: Norway 729 km, Sweden 586 km, Russia 1,313 km
Coastline: 1,126 km (excludes islands and coastal indentations)
Maritime claims:
contiguous zone: 6 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm
territorial sea: 4 nm
International disputes: none
Climate: cold temperate; potentially subarctic, but comparatively
mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current,
Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes
Terrain: mostly low, flat to rolling plains interspersed with
lakes and low hills
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Haltiatunturi 1,328 m
Natural resources: timber, copper, zinc, iron ore, silver
Land use:
arable land: 8%
permanent crops: 0%
meadows and pastures: 0%
forest and woodland: 76%
other: 16%
Irrigated land: 620 sq km (1989 est.)
Environment:
current issues: air pollution from manufacturing and power plants
contributing to acid rain; water pollution from industrial wastes,
agricultural chemicals; habitat loss threatens wildlife populations
natural hazards: NA
international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Air
Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air
Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty,
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental
Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life
Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship
Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but not
ratified - Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Antarctic-Environmental
Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea
Geographic note: long boundary with Russia; Helsinki is
northernmost national capital on European continent; population
concentrated on small southwestern coastal plain
People
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Population: 5,105,230 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 19% (male 492,616; female 471,736)
15-64 years: 67% (male 1,725,113; female 1,687,974)
65 years and over: 14% (male 275,927; female 451,864) (July 1996
est.)
Population growth rate: 0.1% (1996 est.)
Birth rate: 11.32 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Death rate: 10.92 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Net migration rate: 0.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.61 male(s)/female
all ages: 0.96 male(s)/female (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 4.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 75.47 years
male: 73.82 years
female: 77.18 years (1996 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.68 children born/woman (1996 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Finn(s)
adjective: Finnish
Ethnic divisions: Finn, Swede, Lapp, Gypsy, Tatar
Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 89%, Greek Orthodox 1%, none 9%,
other 1%
Languages: Finnish 93.5% (official), Swedish 6.3% (official),
small Lapp- and Russian-speaking minorities
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)
total population: 100%
male: NA%
female: NA%
Government
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Name of country:
conventional long form: Republic of Finland
conventional short form: Finland
local long form: Suomen Tasavalta
local short form: Suomi
Data code: FI
Type of government: republic
Capital: Helsinki
Administrative divisions: 12 provinces (laanit, singular - laani);
Ahvenanmaa, Hame, Keski-Suomi, Kuopio, Kymi, Lappi, Mikkeli, Oulu,
Pohjois-Karjala, Turku ja Pori, Uusimaa, Vaasa
Independence: 6 December 1917 (from Soviet Union)
National holiday: Independence Day, 6 December (1917)
Constitution: 17 July 1919
Legal system: civil law system based on Swedish law; Supreme Court
may request legislation interpreting or modifying laws; accepts
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
chief of state: President Martti AHTISAARI (since 1 March 1994) was
elected for a six-year term by popular vote; election last held 31
January-6 February 1994 (next to be held NA January 2000); results -
Martti AHTISAARI 54%, Elisabeth REHN 46%
head of government: Prime Minister Paavo LIPPONEN (since 13 April
1995) and Deputy Prime Minister Sauli NIINISTO (since 13 April 1995)
were appointed by the president
cabinet: Council of State (Valtioneuvosto) was appointed by the
president, responsible to Parliament
Legislative branch: unicameral
Parliament (Eduskunta): elections last held 19 March 1995 (next to
be held NA March 1999); results - Social Democratic Party 28.3%,
Center Party 19.9%, National Coalition (Conservative) Party 17.9%,
Leftist Alliance (Communist) 11.2%, Swedish People's Party 5.1%,
Green League 6.5%, Ecology Party 0.3%, Rural 1.3%, Finnish Christian
League 3.0%, Liberal People's Party 0.6%, Young Finns 2.8%; seats -
(200 total) Social Democratic Party 63, Center Party 44, National
Coalition (Conservative) Party 39, Leftist Alliance (Communist) 22,
Swedish People's Party 11, Green League 9, Ecology Party 1, Rural 1,
Finnish Christian League 7, Young Finns 2, Aaland Islands 1
Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Korkein Oikeus), judges appointed
by the president
Political parties and leaders:
government coalition: Social Democratic Party, Paavo LIPPONEN;
National Coalition (conservative) Party, Sauli NIINISTO; Leftist
Alliance (Communist) People's Democratic League and Democratic
Alternative, Claes ANDERSSON; Swedish People's Party, (Johan) Ole
NORRBACK; Green League, Pekka HAAVISTO
other: Center Party, Esko AHO; Finnish Christian League, Toimi
KANKAANNIEMI; Rural Party, Raimo VISTBACKA; Liberal People's Party,
Tuulikki UKKOLA; Greens Ecological Party (EPV); Young Finns, Risto
PENTTILAE
Other political or pressure groups: Finnish Communist Party-Unity,
Yrjo HAKANEN; Constitutional Rightist Party; Finnish Pensioners
Party; Communist Workers Party, Timo LAHDENMAKI
International organization participation: AfDB, AG (observer),
AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, CBSS, CCC, CE, CERN, EBRD, ECE, EIB,
ESA, EU, FAO, G- 9, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA,
IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol,
IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MTCR, NACC, NAM (guest), NC, NEA, NIB, NSG, OAS
(observer), OECD, OSCE, PCA, PFP, UN, UNCRO, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNIKOM, UNMOGIP, UNPREDEP, UNPROFOR,
UNTSO, UPU, WEU (observer), WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO, ZC
Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Jaakko LAAJAVA
chancery: 3301 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 298-5800
FAX: [1] (202) 298-6030
consulate(s) general: Los Angeles and New York
US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Derek N. SHEARER
embassy: Itainen Puistotie 14A, FIN-00140, Helsinki
mailing address: APO AE 09723
telephone: [358] (0) 171931
FAX: [358] (0) 174681
Flag: white with a blue cross that extends to the edges of the
flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in
the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag)
Economy
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Economic overview: Finland has a highly industrialized, largely
free-market economy, with per capita output equaling that of the UK,
France and Italy. Its key economic sector is manufacturing -
principally the wood, metals, and engineering industries. Trade is
important, with the export of goods representing about 30% of GDP.
Except for timber and several minerals, Finland depends on imports
of raw materials, energy, and some components for manufactured
goods. Because of the climate, agricultural development is limited
to maintaining self-sufficiency in basic products. Forestry, an
important export earner, provides a secondary occupation for the
rural population. The economy, which experienced an average of 4.9%
annual growth between 1987 and 1989, sank into deep recession in
1991 as GDP contracted by 6.5%. The recession - which continued in
1992 with GDP contracting by 4.1% - has been caused by economic
overheating, depressed foreign markets, and the dismantling of the
barter system between Finland and the former Soviet Union under
which Soviet oil and gas had been exchanged for Finnish manufactured
goods. The Finnish Government has proposed efforts to increase
industrial competitiveness and efficiency by an increase in exports
to Western markets, cuts in public expenditures, partial
privatization of state enterprises, and changes in monetary policy.
In June 1991 Helsinki had tied the markka to the European Union's
(EU) European Currency Unit (ECU) to promote stability. Ongoing
speculation resulting from a lack of confidence in the government's
policies forced Helsinki to devalue the markka by about 12% in
November 1991 and to indefinitely break the link in September 1992.
The devaluations have boosted the competitiveness of Finnish
exports. The recession bottomed out in 1993, and Finland
participated in the general European upturn of 1994. Unemployment
probably will remain a serious problem during the next few years;
the majority of Finnish firms face a weak domestic market and the
troubled German and Swedish export markets. The Finns voted in an
October 1994 referendum to enter the EU, and Finland officially
joined the Union on 1 January 1995. Increasing integration with
Western Europe will dominate the economic picture over the next few
years.
GDP: purchasing power parity - $92.4 billion (1995 est.)
GDP real growth rate: 5% (1995 est.)
GDP per capita: $18,200 (1995 est.)
GDP composition by sector:
agriculture: 4.6%
industry: 28%
services: 67.4% (1994)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2% (1995 est.)
Labor force: 2.533 million
by occupation: public services 30.4%, industry 20.9%, commerce
15.0%, finance, insurance, and business services 10.2%, agriculture
and forestry 8.6%, transport and communications 7.7%, construction
7.2%
Unemployment rate: 17% (1995)
Budget:
revenues: $21.7 billion
expenditures: $31.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA
(1993 est.)
Industries: metal products, shipbuilding, pulp and paper, copper
refining, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, clothing
Industrial production growth rate: 5% (1993 est.)
Electricity:
capacity: 13,360,000 kW
production: 58 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 12,196 kWh (1993)
Agriculture: cereals, sugar beets, potatoes; dairy cattle; annual
fish catch about 160,000 metric tons
Illicit drugs: transshipment point for Latin American cocaine for
the West European market
Exports: $29.7 billion (f.o.b., 1994)
commodities: paper and pulp, machinery, chemicals, metals, timber
partners: EU 46.5% (Germany 13.4%, UK 10.3%), Sweden 11%, US 7.2%,
Japan 2.1%, FSU 8.6% (1994)
Imports: $23.2 billion (c.i.f., 1994)
commodities: foodstuffs, petroleum and petroleum products,
chemicals, transport equipment, iron and steel, machinery, textile
yarn and fabrics, fodder grains
partners: EU 44% (Germany 15%, UK 8.3%), Sweden 10.4%, US 7.6%,
Japan 6.5%, FSU 10.3 (1994)
External debt: $30 billion (December 1993)
Economic aid:
donor: ODA, $355 million (1993)
Currency: 1 markka (FMk) or Finmark = 100 pennia
Exchange rates: markkaa (FMk) per US$1 - 4.4425 (January 1996),
4.3667 (1995), 5.2235 (1994), 5.7123 (1993), 4.4794 (1992), 4.0440
(1991)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Transportation
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Railways:
total: 5,895 km
broad gauge: 5,895 km 1.524-m gauge (1,993 km electrified; 480 km
double- or more-track) (1995)
Highways:
total: 76,755 km
paved: 47,588 km (including 318 km of expressways)
unpaved: 29,167 km (1992 est.)
Waterways: 6,675 km total (including Saimaa Canal); 3,700 km
suitable for steamers
Pipelines: natural gas 580 km
Ports: Hamina, Helsinki, Kokkola, Kotka, Loviisa, Oulu, Pori,
Rauma, Turku, Uusikaupunki, Varkaus
Merchant marine:
total: 92 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,051,231 GRT/1,075,397
DWT
ships by type: bulk 8, cargo 20, chemical tanker 5, oil tanker 12,
passenger 2, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 31,
short-sea passenger 12, vehicle carrier 1 (1995 est.)
Airports:
total: 157
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 3
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 23
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 13
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 21
with paved runways under 914 m: 92
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 5 (1995 est.)
Communications
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Telephones: 2.78 million (1986 est.)
Telephone system: good service from cable and microwave radio
relay network
domestic: cable and microwave radio relay
international: 1 submarine cable; satellite earth stations - access
to Intelsat transmission service via a Swedish satellite earth
station, 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean Regions); note -
Finland shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic
countries (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 6, FM 105, shortwave 0
Radios: 4.98 million (1991 est.)
Television broadcast stations: 235
Televisions: 2.1 million (1983 est.)
Defense
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Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Frontier Guard (includes Sea
Guard)
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 1,307,128
males fit for military service: 1,074,540
males reach military age (17) annually: 32,760 (1996 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $1.9 billion,
1.6% of GDP (1995)
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@France
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Map
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Location: 46 00 N, 2 00 E -- Western Europe, bordering the Bay of
Biscay and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain southeast of
the UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain
Flag
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Description: three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side),
white, and red; known as the French Tricouleur (Tricolor); the
design and colors are similar to a number of other flags, including
those of Belgium, Chad, Ireland, Cote d'Ivoire, and Luxembourg; the
official flag for all French dependent areas
Geography
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Location: Western Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and English
Channel, between Belgium and Spain southeast of the UK; bordering
the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain
Geographic coordinates: 46 00 N, 2 00 E
Map references: Europe
Area:
total area: 547,030 sq km
land area: 545,630 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of Colorado
note: includes only metropolitan France (which includes Corsica),
but excludes the overseas administrative divisions
Land boundaries:
total: 2,892.4 km
border countries: Andorra 60 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 (mainland 2,783 km, Corsica 644 km)
Maritime claims:
contiguous zone: 24 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm
International disputes: Madagascar claims Bassas da India, Europa
Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island;
Comoros claims Mayotte; Mauritius claims Tromelin Island; Seychelles
claims Tromelin Island; Suriname claims part of French Guiana;
Mexico claims Clipperton Island; territorial claim in Antarctica
(Adelie Land); Saint Pierre and Miquelon is focus of maritime
boundary dispute between Canada and France; claims Matthew and
Hunter Islands east of New Caledonia
Climate: generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters
and hot summers along the Mediterranean
Terrain: mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in north and
west; remainder is mountainous, especially Pyrenees in south, Alps
in east
lowest point: Rhone River delta -2 m
highest point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m
Natural resources: coal, iron ore, bauxite, fish, timber, zinc,
potash
Land use:
arable land: 32%
permanent crops: 2%
meadows and pastures: 23%
forest and woodland: 27%
other: 16%
note: includes Corsica
Irrigated land: 14,850 sq km (1993 est.); note - includes Corsica
Environment:
current issues: some forest damage from acid rain; air pollution
from industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution from urban
wastes, agricultural runoff
natural hazards: flooding
international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Air
Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85,
Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity,
Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine
Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship
Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but not
ratified - Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic
Compounds, Desertification, Law of the Sea
Geographic note: largest West European nation; occasional strong,
cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral
People
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Population: 58,317,450 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 19.04% (male 5,688,505; female 5,417,355)
15-64 years: 65.62% (male 19,147,369; female 19,120,935)
65 years and over: 15.34% (male 3,589,100; female 5,354,186) (July
1996 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.34% (1996 est.)
Birth rate: 10.82 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Death rate: 9.27 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Net migration rate: 1.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female
all ages: 0.95 male(s)/female (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 5.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 77.93 years
male: 73.98 years
female: 82.11 years (1996 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.49 children born/woman (1996 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women)
adjective: French