France
18 Nov 2010
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General information
(Source: CIA World Factbook)
- Capital: Paris
- Head of government: President Nicolas Sarkozy (16 May 2007)
- Inhabitants: 64,057,792
- GDP/per capita: US$ 32,800
- Economic growth: -2.1%
- Main languages: French
- School life expectancy: 16 years
- Education expenditures: 5.7% of GDP (2005)
- Internet users: 42,912 million
Higher education
- Number of students in higher education: 2,164,538
- Number of institutions: 83 publicly financed universities, around 400 Grandes Écoles (specialized schools)
- Number of students in the Netherlands: 1,650
