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FranceKenya — France's GDP per capita is about 21× Kenya's.
| Metric | France | Kenya | A vs B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population & land | |||
| Population | 68.7M (2025) | 57.5M (2025) | 1.2× |
| Population growth | 0.2% (2025) | 1.9% (2025) | 13% |
| Urban population share | 78.8% (2025) | 32.2% (2025) | 2.4× |
| Population aged 65+ | 22.5% (2025) | 3.0% (2025) | 7.5× |
| Fertility rate | 1.6 (2024) | 3.2 (2024) | 51% |
| Birth rate | 9.7‰ (2024) | 27.0‰ (2024) | 36% |
| Death rate | 9.4‰ (2024) | 7.2‰ (2024) | 1.3× |
| Net migration | 91.7K (2025) | -27.3K (2025) | N/A |
| Surface area | 551,695 km² | 580,367 km² | 95% |
| Population densityderived | 125/km² (2025) | 99.1/km² (2025) | 1.3× |
| Economy | |||
| GDP (total) | $3.4T (2025) | $135.9B (2025) | 25× |
| GDP per capita | $48,986 (2025) | $2,363 (2025) | 21× |
| GNI per capita | $48,630 (2025) | $2,200 (2025) | 22× |
| GDP growth (annual) | 0.8% (2025) | 4.6% (2025) | 18% |
| Inflation rate | 0.9% (2025) | 4.1% (2025) | 23% |
| Unemployment rate | 7.5% (2025) | 5.4% (2025) | 1.4× |
| Gini index | 31.8 (2023) | 38.5 (2022) | 83% |
| Poverty rate ($2.15/day) | 0.1% (2023) | 45.5% (2022) | <1% |
| Trade & industry | |||
| Exports share of GDP | 33.4% (2025) | 15.8% (2025) | 2.1× |
| Imports share of GDP | 33.8% (2025) | 21.8% (2025) | 1.6× |
| Agriculture share of GDP | 1.4% (2025) | 23.2% (2025) | 6% |
| Manufacturing share of GDP | 9.5% (2025) | 7.1% (2025) | 1.3× |
| International tourist arrivals | 117.1M (2020) | 2M (2019) | 57× |
| Tourism receipts | $36B (2020) | $1.8B (2019) | 20× |
| Health & education | |||
| Life expectancy | 83.0 years (2024) | 63.8 years (2024) | 1.3× |
| Infant mortality | 3.4‰ (2024) | 34.2‰ (2024) | 10% |
| Under-five mortality | 4.3‰ (2024) | 38.8‰ (2024) | 11% |
| DPT immunization | 96.0% (2024) | 91.0% (2024) | 1.1× |
| Hospital beds | 5.7 per 1,000 (2022) | 1.3 per 1,000 (2019) | 4.2× |
| Health spending share of GDP | 11.5% (2024) | 4.4% (2023) | 2.7× |
| Secondary school enrollment | 103.8% (2024) | 84.3% (2023) | 1.2× |
| Education spending share of GDP | 5.3% (2022) | 4.0% (2024) | 1.3× |
| Society & living | |||
| Human Development Index | 0.920 (2023) | 0.628 (2023) | 1.5× |
| Internet users | 88.7% (2024) | 35.0% (2024) | 2.5× |
| Mobile subscriptions | 116.7 per 100 (2023) | 126.5 per 100 (2024) | 92% |
| Fixed broadband | 48.9 per 100 (2024) | 3.0 per 100 (2024) | 16× |
| Electricity access | 100.0% (2024) | 77.0% (2024) | 1.3× |
| Environment & security | |||
| CO₂ emissions per capita | 4.0 t (2024) | 0.4 t (2024) | 10× |
| CO₂ emissions (total)derived | 274 Mt (2024) | 21.6 Mt (2024) | 13× |
| Renewable electricity share | 22.8% (2021) | 78.1% (2021) | 29% |
| Renewable energy consumption | 16.2% (2021) | 67.7% (2021) | 24% |
| Forest area | 32.5% (2023) | 6.2% (2023) | 5.2× |
| Agricultural land | 52.5% (2023) | 49.5% (2023) | 1.1× |
| Arable land | 31.4% (2023) | 11.4% (2023) | 2.7× |
| PM2.5 exposure | 8.2 µg/m³ (2023) | 20.3 µg/m³ (2023) | 41% |
| Military spending | 2.1% (2024) | 1.0% (2024) | 2.1× |
Population density is our own derived metric: latest population ÷ the displayed surface area (World Bank surface-area figures where available) — so it can differ from the World Bank's own land-area-based density.
France
- Capital
- Paris
- Languages
- French
- Currencies
- EUR
- Subregion
- Western Europe
Kenya
- Capital
- Nairobi
- Languages
- English, Swahili
- Currencies
- KES
- Subregion
- Eastern Africa
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Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain). Surface area: World Bank Open Data, indicator AG.SRF.TOTL.K2 (CC BY 4.0) — entities without World Bank coverage fall back to mledoze/countries (ODbL) or, for the few in neither source (N. Cyprus, Somaliland), to an equal-area measurement of the Natural Earth boundary (Chamberlain–Duquette), marked with †. Indicators: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0); Human Development Index: United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL). Population density is our own derived metric — latest population divided by the displayed surface area — which is why it can differ from World Bank figures based on their land-area definition. The table above is rendered at build time for the default pair (France vs Kenya) — it is complete without JavaScript; the interactive pickers are an enhancement.
FAQ
Which metrics does the comparison cover?
Forty-six rows in six labelled sections — Population & land, Economy, Trade & industry, Health & education, Society & living and Environment & security — covering 42 World Bank indicators plus the UNDP Human Development Index, the derived CO₂ total and surface area and our derived population density, each with its reference year, alongside quick-reference facts like capital, languages and currencies.
How is population density calculated?
Density is our own derived metric: the latest World Bank population divided by the displayed surface area (the World Bank AG.SRF.TOTL.K2 figure where available). On the default pair that is 68.7M over France's area versus 57.5M over Kenya's.
Where do the surface-area figures come from?
The World Bank's surface area (indicator AG.SRF.TOTL.K2 — total area including inland water), latest available year. Entities the World Bank does not cover (Antarctica, Taiwan, …) use the mledoze/countries figure; the few in neither source (N. Cyprus, Somaliland) are measured directly from Natural Earth 110m boundaries and marked †. The true-size tool is different by design: it measures the drawn geometry, so its numbers can differ slightly from these reference figures.
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A row shows N/A when either country has no recent value for that indicator — small or disputed territories are often not covered by the source datasets. The rest of the comparison keeps working.
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