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France

At a glance

  • France has a population of about 68.7M; its total GDP of $3.4T ranks #7 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 643,829 km² is about 3.4× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • International tourist arrivals stands out most against the median: 117.1M — rank #1 of 162 countries with data.

France: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 68.7M (2025) #23 / 169 median 11.5M · 6.0×
Population growth 0.2% (2025) #134 / 169 median 1.1% · 22%
Urban population share 78.8% (2025) #43 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.2×
Population aged 65+ 22.5% (2025) #11 / 169 median 7.4% · 3.1×
Fertility rate 1.6 (2024) #113 / 169 median 2.1 · 77%
Birth rate 9.7‰ (2024) #129 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 61%
Death rate 9.4‰ (2024) #42 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 1.3×
Net migration 91.7K (2025) #18 / 169 N/A
Surface area 643,829 km² #43 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 3.4×
Population density derived 107/km² (2025) #60 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 1.5×
Economy
GDP (total) $3.4T (2025) #7 / 168 median $80.7B · 42×
GDP per capita $48,986 (2025) #22 / 168 median $6,834 · 7.2×
GNI per capita $48,630 (2025) #20 / 168 median $6,350 · 7.7×
GDP growth (annual) 0.8% (2025) #139 / 168 median 3.1% · 27%
Inflation rate 0.9% (2025) #135 / 162 median 3.3% · 29%
Unemployment rate 7.5% (2025) #51 / 168 median 5.1% · 1.5×
Gini index 31.8 (2023) #111 / 153 median 35.3 · 90%
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 0.1% (2023) #131 / 153 median 2.5% · 4%
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 33.4% (2025) #85 / 163 median 35.0% · 95%
Imports share of GDP 33.8% (2025) #97 / 163 median 40.2% · 84%
Agriculture share of GDP 1.4% (2025) #146 / 168 median 7.2% · 20%
Manufacturing share of GDP 9.5% (2025) #100 / 165 median 11.2% · 85%
International tourist arrivals 117.1M (2020) #1 / 162 median 1.1M · 104×
Tourism receipts $36B (2020) #3 / 165 median $705M · 51×
Health & education
Life expectancy 83.0 years (2024) #14 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.1×
Infant mortality 3.4‰ (2024) #138 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 26%
Under-five mortality 4.3‰ (2024) #136 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 27%
DPT immunization 96.0% (2024) #37 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.1×
Hospital beds 5.7 per 1,000 (2022) #19 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 2.8×
Health spending share of GDP 11.5% (2024) #9 / 165 median 6.5% · 1.8×
Secondary school enrollment 103.8% (2024) #38 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.1×
Education spending share of GDP 5.3% (2022) #37 / 165 median 4.1% · 1.3×
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.920 (2023) #22 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.2×
Internet users 88.7% (2024) #56 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.1×
Mobile subscriptions 116.7 per 100 (2023) #82 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 1.0×
Fixed broadband 48.9 per 100 (2024) #1 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 4.1×
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) #24 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 4.0 t (2024) #60 / 165 median 2.6 t · 1.5×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 274 Mt (2024) #24 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 13×
Renewable electricity share 22.8% (2021) #102 / 169 median 34.1% · 67%
Renewable energy consumption 16.2% (2021) #111 / 169 median 26.9% · 60%
Forest area 32.5% (2023) #83 / 169 median 32.4% · 1.0×
Agricultural land 52.5% (2023) #53 / 169 median 41.7% · 1.3×
Arable land 31.4% (2023) #24 / 168 median 11.0% · 2.8×
PM2.5 exposure 8.2 µg/m³ (2023) #150 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 42%
Military spending 2.1% (2024) #61 / 157 median 1.8% · 1.1×

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

France's true-shape outline

France's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 643,829 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).