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France
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Belarus
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Iceland
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Sweden
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Population
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61.1 Million
http://www.info-france- usa.org/atoz/ descript.asp
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10.33 Million
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.28 Million
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8.88 Million
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Age
Structure
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0-14
18.17%
15-64
63.5%
65
Over 18.33%
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0-14
17.3%
15-64
68.6 %
65
Over 14.1%
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0-14
23%
15-64
65.1%
65
Over 11.9%
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0-14
18%
15-64
64.7%
65
Over 17.3%
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Average
Education Level
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12.0
years
http://www.singstat.gov .sg/ssn/feat/ 3Q95/feat.html
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Aged
25 or over and having attained: primary or no formal schooling
23.0%, incomplete secondary 16.8%, completed secondary 49.4%, higher
10.8%
http://www.atlapedia.com/ online/countries/ belarus.htm
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8
years (1990)
literate
population aged 15 or over virtually 100%
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11.4
years
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Territories
(Location, Total Area)
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Europe
Total:
547,030 sq km
Land:
545,630 sq km
Water:1400
sq km
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Eastern
Europe
Total:
207,600 sq km
Land:
207,600 sq km
Water:
0 (not significant)
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Northern
Europe
Total:
103,000 sq km
Land:
100,250 sq km
Water:
2750 sq km
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Europe
Total:
449,964 sq km
Land:
410,934 sq km
Water:
39,030 sq km
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Urban/Rural
(Ratio)
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74:26
http://www.mapzones.com/ world/europe/france/ introindex.php
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N/A
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92.2:7.8
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83:17
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Ethnic
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Celtic
and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque
minorities
http://www.cia.gov/cia/ publications/factbook/ fields/2075.html
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Belarusian
81.2%, Russian 11.4%, Polish, Ukrainian, and other 7.4%
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homogeneous
mixture of descendants of Norse and Celts 94%, population of foreign
origin 6%
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indigenous
population: Swedes and Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born or
first-generation immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians,
Greeks, Turks
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Geographical
Variation
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22
regions
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6
voblastsi and 1 municipality
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23
Counties, 14 independent towns
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21
Counties
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Colonialism
History
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Celtic
and Latin (Heavy Roman influences)
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Slavic,
Russian
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Norwegian
and Celtic (Scottish and Irish)
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Swedes,
Franks
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