Country Research

Name __________________________________
Go to File, make a copy, name the file Your Name Your Country Research, and answer the
following questions using the CIA World Factbook.
Part One:
1. What country do you represent? France
2. What continent is your country located on? Europe
3. Who are your neighboring countries? (List All) If an island, list neighboring islands too.
Andorra, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Spain, and Switzerland,
4. Which natural resources exist within your countrys borders? Wheat,cereal, sugar beets,
potatoes, wine grapes; beef, dairy products; fish
5. What percentage of your land is listed as arable land (farmable land)? 1.7%
6. What are some of your countrys environmental issues?some forest damage from acid rain; air
pollution from industrial and vehicle emissions; water pollution from urban wastes,
agricultural runoff
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What ethnic groups are present within your country? Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic,
North America, Indochinese, Basque minorities.

What languages are spoken in your country?. French (official) 100%, rapidly declining
regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque,
Flemish)
9. What religions are practiced in your country? Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, and other
10. What is your countrys
a. population growth rate? 0.43% (2015 est.)
b. birthrate?12.38 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)
c. net migration?1.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)
d. infant mortality rate?total: 3.28 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.6 deaths/1,000 live
births female: 2.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.)
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fertility rate? 2.08 children born/ woman (2015 est/)

obesity adult prevalence rate? 25.7% (2014)
Literacy rate? 5.9% of GDP
GDP (purchase power parity)? 2.581 trillion (2014 est.) $2.571 trillion (2013 est.)
$2.564 trillion (2012 est.)
GDP real growth rate? 0.4% (2014 est.) 0.3% (2013 est. 0.3% (2012 est.)
Per capita GDP?$40,400 (2014 est.) $40,200 (2013 est.) $40,100 (2012 est.)
Labor force? 29.87 million (2014 est.)
Unemployment rate? 10.25 (2014 est.) 10.3% (2013 est.)

Percentage of population living under the poverty line? 8.1% (2012 est.)
Inflation rate?
Industrial production growth rate?-2.% (2014 est.)
11. Does your country have a budget surplus or deficit?
Deficit =-4.3% of GDP (2014)
12. List your countrys top five agricultural products.
1.Wheat
2.Cereals
3.Sugar beets
4.Potatoes
5.Wine grapes

List your countrys top five industries.

1.Machinery
2.Chemicals
3.Automobiles
4.Metallurgy
5.Aircraft
14. How much money does your country make on exports? $582.5 billion (2014 est.) and $580.8
billion (2014 est.)
15. List your countrys top five export partners.
1.Germany (16.4%)
2. Belgium (7.3%)
3.Italy (7.1 %)
4.Spain (7%)
5.United Kingdom (7%)
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Draw lines from your country to your export partners on the map below.
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How much money does your country spend on imports?$678.1 billion (2014 est.) $681.6
billion (2013 est.)
List your countrys top five import partners.
1.Germany (19.4%)
2.Be;guim (11.1%)
3.Italy (7.6%)
4.Netherlands (7.5%)
5.Spain (6.6%)
Draw lines from your import partners to your country on the map below.

What is your countrys balance of trade (subtract imports from exports)?-95.6 billion (for
2014) and -100.8 billion (for 2013)
20. What is your countrys external debt?$5.371 trillion (December 31,2012)
21. How much electricity does your country
a. Produce?568 billion kwh
b. Consume?462.9 billion kwh
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How much crude oil does your country

a. Produce? 16,000 bbl/day
b. Import? 1.697 million bbl/day

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How many telephone main lines are in use in your country? 38.81 million
How many mobile cellular device lines are in use in your country?64.9 million
How many internet users are there in your country? 56.8 million
How many airports are there in your country? 464 airports
What surprised you about your country? What I most surprised about from this country was
that they really are not making any money from their exports in fact they are in pretty much in
debt.