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Transnational Issues of France

Disputes - international:Madagascar claims the French territories of Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, and Juan de Nova Island; Comoros claims Mayotte; Mauritius claims Tromelin Island; territorial dispute between Suriname and the French overseas department of French Guiana; France asserts a territorial claim in Antarctica (Adelie Land); France and Vanuatu claim Matthew and Hunter Islands, east of New Caledonia
Illicit drugs:metropolitan France: transshipment point for South American cocaine, Southwest Asian heroin, and European synthetics
French Guiana: small amount of marijuana grown for local consumption; minor transshipment point to Europe
Martinique: transshipment point for cocaine and marijuana bound for the US and Europe

France Quickstats

  • Population: 63,713,926
  • Area: 643,427 sq km
  • Density: 113 /km² (89th)
  • GDP (total): US $1.871 trillion (7th)
  • GDP (per capita): US $30,100 (20th)
  • Literacy: 99%

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  • Currency: Euro[7] (EUR), CFP Franc[8] (XPF)
  • Dial code: +33[10]

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