GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $2.808 trillion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2011): $2.214 trillion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $35,000 (US$) or (GBP)
Capital: Paris
Population (Estimated July 2012): 62,814,233
Area: 543,965 km2 or 210,026 mi2
Currency: Euro (€)
Official Language: French
Political Information: Unitary Semi-Presidential Constitutional Republic
Official Religion: No Official Religion (approximately 83%-88% of the population are Roman Catholic, 2% are Protestant, 1% are Jewish, 5%-10% are Muslim and 4% have other religious beliefs)
Highest Mountain: Mont Blanc 4,810m or 15,781 ft
Longest River: The Loire at 1,012 km or 629mi
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): +1:00
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 27 regions (regions, singular - region); Alsace, Aquitaine, Auvergne, Basse-Normandie (Lower Normandy), Bourgogne (Burgundy), Bretagne (Brittany), Centre, Champagne-Ardenne, Corse (Corsica), Franche-Comte, Guadeloupe, Guyane (French Guiana), Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy), Ile-de-France, Languedoc-Roussillon, Limousin, Lorraine, Martinique, Mayotte, Midi-Pyrenees, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pays de la Loire, Picardie, Poitou-Charentes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Reunion, Rhone-Alpes
Leaders: President François Hollande with Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, Encyclopaedia Britannica.
