ABSTRACT
While France is similar in size of population to Britain, with 56.4 million people, it has less than half the density, with only 102 people per square kilometre (Economist Pocket Europe, 1992). It has more young people and fewer old people than any other country in the study except Ireland, and a higher birth-rate than Germany or Denmark, though its birth-rate has fallen significantly. It has higher unemployment than Germany or Denmark, and about the same as Britain. France sits in the middle of the income range with higher income per head than Britain or Ireland (World Bank Development Report 1991).
