Afghanistan vs France statistics compared

Afghanistan has a population of 42.6M (ranked 36/197), compared with 68.5M in France (ranked 23/197). Afghanistan's land area is 251,827 sq mi versus 208,090 sq mi for France (ranked 40th vs. 48th).

By GDP, Afghanistan ranks 137/197 ($17.2B) and France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T). By GDP per capita, Afghanistan ranks 196/197 ($414), while France ranks 27/197 ($46,150).

Afghanistan and France: Comparison Charts

Afghanistan and France economies compared

GDP

Afghanistan

France

Table

Year	GDP
	Afghanistan	France
1960	-	$61,756,878,990
1961	-	$66,806,595,975
1962	-	$74,888,595,286
1963	-	$83,957,182,115
1964	-	$93,079,224,076
1965	-	$100,522,559,916
1966	-	$108,928,356,519
1967	-	$117,751,396,249
1968	-	$128,427,504,709
1969	-	$140,361,802,782
1970	-	$146,926,998,937
1971	-	$164,238,872,973
1972	-	$201,621,751,625
1973	-	$262,343,828,816
1974	-	$283,102,178,123
1975	-	$356,780,728,163
1976	-	$368,488,292,816
1977	-	$406,736,454,934
1978	-	$501,724,418,605
1979	-	$608,218,624,730
1980	-	$694,529,183,483
1981	-	$609,184,791,792
1982	-	$578,152,310,610
1983	-	$553,356,312,936
1984	-	$525,033,325,828
1985	-	$547,220,981,165
1986	-	$764,946,585,851
1987	-	$926,320,855,615
1988	-	$1,010,827,662,152
1989	-	$1,016,742,237,302
1990	-	$1,257,649,439,827
1991	-	$1,258,961,748,634
1992	-	$1,389,663,073,110
1993	-	$1,314,383,368,080
1994	-	$1,385,822,778,828
1995	-	$1,595,219,345,512
1996	-	$1,598,889,216,566
1997	-	$1,449,392,222,971
1998	-	$1,496,906,382,032
1999	-	$1,486,915,879,702
2000	$3,521,418,060	$1,360,959,069,477
2001	$2,813,571,754	$1,370,376,677,299
2002	$3,825,701,439	$1,492,427,756,382
2003	$4,520,946,819	$1,835,095,983,049
2004	$5,224,896,719	$2,109,792,297,237
2005	$6,203,256,539	$2,192,146,403,028
2006	$6,971,758,282	$2,317,861,544,691
2007	$9,747,886,187	$2,655,816,911,867
2008	$10,109,297,048	$2,926,802,941,586
2009	$12,416,152,732	$2,700,075,882,519
2010	$15,856,668,556	$2,646,230,027,988
2011	$17,805,098,206	$2,870,408,553,990
2012	$19,907,329,778	$2,683,007,095,787
2013	$20,146,416,758	$2,816,077,607,875
2014	$20,497,128,556	$2,861,236,112,552
2015	$19,134,221,645	$2,442,483,452,643
2016	$18,116,572,395	$2,470,407,619,777
2017	$18,753,456,498	$2,588,868,323,335
2018	$18,053,222,687	$2,781,576,320,884
2019	$18,799,444,490	$2,722,793,515,172
2020	$19,955,929,052	$2,647,926,055,110
2021	$14,259,995,441	$2,966,433,692,008
2022	$14,497,243,872	$2,796,302,210,399
2023	$17,152,234,637	$3,051,831,611,385
2024	-	$3,162,079,073,496

Afghanistan and France economies compared

GDP per capita

Afghanistan

France

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Afghanistan	France
1960	-	$1,303
1961	-	$1,395
1962	-	$1,548
1963	-	$1,718
1964	-	$1,884
1965	-	$2,015
1966	-	$2,165
1967	-	$2,321
1968	-	$2,513
1969	-	$2,724
1970	-	$2,825
1971	-	$3,128
1972	-	$3,807
1973	-	$4,914
1974	-	$5,267
1975	-	$6,607
1976	-	$6,795
1977	-	$7,465
1978	-	$9,167
1979	-	$11,063
1980	-	$12,565
1981	-	$10,956
1982	-	$10,360
1983	-	$9,862
1984	-	$9,312
1985	-	$9,657
1986	-	$13,430
1987	-	$16,176
1988	-	$17,550
1989	-	$17,547
1990	-	$21,586
1991	-	$21,501
1992	-	$23,615
1993	-	$22,239
1994	-	$23,360
1995	-	$26,792
1996	-	$26,758
1997	-	$24,169
1998	-	$24,869
1999	-	$24,576
2000	$174.9	$22,341
2001	$138.7	$22,332
2002	$179	$24,145
2003	$198.9	$29,480
2004	$221.8	$33,645
2005	$254.2	$34,696
2006	$274.2	$36,432
2007	$376	$41,486
2008	$382	$45,465
2009	$452	$41,728
2010	$561	$40,695
2011	$607	$43,930
2012	$651	$40,864
2013	$637	$42,669
2014	$625	$43,148
2015	$566	$36,702
2016	$522	$37,024
2017	$525	$38,687
2018	$491	$41,418
2019	$497	$40,408
2020	$511	$39,170
2021	$356	$43,725
2022	$357	$41,083
2023	$414	$44,691
2024	-	$46,150

Afghanistan vs. France life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Afghanistan

France

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Afghanistan	France
1950	28.2	66.4
1951	28.6	66.1
1952	29	67.4
1953	29.5	67.3
1954	29.7	68.2
1955	30.4	68.4
1956	30.8	68.5
1957	31.3	68.9
1958	31.8	70.1
1959	32.3	70.2
1960	32.8	70.4
1961	33.3	71
1962	33.8	70.5
1963	34.2	70.3
1964	34.7	71.3
1965	35.1	71.1
1966	35.6	71.5
1967	36	71.5
1968	36.5	71.5
1969	37	71.2
1970	37.5	72.1
1971	37.9	72.1
1972	38.4	72.3
1973	39	72.5
1974	39.5	72.8
1975	40	72.9
1976	40.5	73.1
1977	41.1	73.7
1978	40.1	73.8
1979	38.8	74.1
1980	39.3	74.2
1981	39.4	74.4
1982	36.1	74.8
1983	36.5	74.7
1984	31.5	75.2
1985	32.1	75.3
1986	38.4	75.6
1987	38.8	76.1
1988	43.2	76.4
1989	44.5	76.5
1990	45.1	76.8
1991	45.5	77
1992	46.6	77.3
1993	51	77.3
1994	51	77.8
1995	52.1	77.9
1996	52.8	78.1
1997	53.2	78.4
1998	52.5	78.6
1999	54.5	78.7
2000	55	79
2001	55.5	79.2
2002	56.2	79.4
2003	57.2	79.4
2004	57.8	80.3
2005	58.2	80.3
2006	58.6	80.7
2007	59	81
2008	59.7	81
2009	60.2	81.2
2010	60.7	81.4
2011	61.3	81.8
2012	61.7	81.7
2013	62.2	82
2014	62.3	82.4
2015	62.3	82.1
2016	62.6	82.4
2017	62.4	82.4
2018	62.4	82.6
2019	62.9	82.7
2020	61.5	82.2
2021	60.4	82.3
2022	65.6	82.5
2023	66	83.3
2024	66.3	83.5
2025	66.5	83.6

Afghanistan and France population clocks and comparison

Population

Afghanistan

France

Table

Year	Population
	Afghanistan	France
1960	9,035,043	47,412,964
1961	9,214,083	47,905,982
1962	9,404,406	48,389,516
1963	9,604,487	48,877,567
1964	9,814,318	49,401,492
1965	10,036,008	49,877,725
1966	10,266,395	50,311,637
1967	10,505,959	50,722,791
1968	10,756,922	51,112,980
1969	11,017,409	51,536,014
1970	11,290,128	52,007,169
1971	11,567,667	52,499,553
1972	11,853,696	52,962,356
1973	12,157,999	53,392,161
1974	12,469,127	53,746,571
1975	12,773,954	54,002,853
1976	13,059,851	54,232,383
1977	13,340,756	54,486,467
1978	13,611,441	54,734,030
1979	13,655,567	54,979,851
1980	13,169,311	55,274,184
1981	11,937,581	55,603,353
1982	10,991,378	55,806,789
1983	10,917,982	56,108,330
1984	11,190,221	56,383,085
1985	11,426,852	56,665,619
1986	11,420,074	56,956,002
1987	11,387,818	57,266,167
1988	11,523,298	57,598,186
1989	11,874,088	57,943,062
1990	12,045,660	58,261,012
1991	12,238,879	58,554,242
1992	13,278,974	58,846,584
1993	14,943,172	59,103,094
1994	16,250,794	59,324,863
1995	17,065,836	59,541,294
1996	17,763,266	59,754,504
1997	18,452,091	59,968,066
1998	19,159,996	60,190,684
1999	19,887,785	60,501,986
2000	20,130,327	60,918,661
2001	20,284,307	61,364,377
2002	21,378,117	61,812,142
2003	22,733,049	62,249,855
2004	23,560,654	62,707,588
2005	24,404,567	63,180,854
2006	25,424,094	63,622,342
2007	25,909,852	64,016,890
2008	26,482,622	64,375,116
2009	27,466,101	64,706,436
2010	28,284,089	65,026,211
2011	29,347,708	65,340,830
2012	30,560,034	65,657,659
2013	31,622,704	65,997,932
2014	32,792,523	66,312,067
2015	33,831,764	66,548,272
2016	34,700,612	66,724,104
2017	35,688,935	66,918,020
2018	36,743,039	67,158,348
2019	37,856,121	67,382,061
2020	39,068,979	67,601,110
2021	40,000,412	67,842,811
2022	40,578,842	68,065,015
2023	41,454,761	68,287,487
2024	42,647,492	68,516,699

Fertility rates in Afghanistan and France

Fertility rate

Afghanistan

France

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Afghanistan	France
1960	7.28	2.85
1961	7.28	2.87
1962	7.29	2.89
1963	7.3	2.89
1964	7.3	2.87
1965	7.31	2.84
1966	7.32	2.8
1967	7.34	2.75
1968	7.36	2.69
1969	7.39	2.62
1970	7.4	2.55
1971	7.43	2.47
1972	7.45	2.38
1973	7.49	2.28
1974	7.53	2.18
1975	7.54	2.09
1976	7.56	2.01
1977	7.59	1.94
1978	7.6	1.89
1979	7.61	1.87
1980	7.64	1.85
1981	7.62	1.85
1982	7.6	1.86
1983	7.57	1.86
1984	7.55	1.86
1985	7.55	1.86
1986	7.55	1.85
1987	7.55	1.83
1988	7.55	1.81
1989	7.56	1.79
1990	7.58	1.77
1991	7.63	1.75
1992	7.7	1.74
1993	7.76	1.73
1994	7.77	1.73
1995	7.77	1.74
1996	7.76	1.75
1997	7.73	1.77
1998	7.69	1.78
1999	7.64	1.81
2000	7.57	1.89
2001	7.45	1.9
2002	7.32	1.88
2003	7.17	1.89
2004	7.02	1.92
2005	6.86	1.94
2006	6.69	2
2007	6.51	1.98
2008	6.39	2.01
2009	6.3	2
2010	6.2	2.03
2011	6.09	2.01
2012	5.99	2.01
2013	5.88	1.99
2014	5.77	2
2015	5.65	1.96
2016	5.54	1.92
2017	5.43	1.89
2018	5.33	1.87
2019	5.24	1.86
2020	5.15	1.83
2021	5.04	1.84
2022	4.93	1.79
2023	4.84	1.66

Afghanistan and France demographics compared

Median age

Afghanistan

France

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Afghanistan	France
1960	18.9	32.8
1961	18.9	32.8
1962	18.8	32.9
1963	18.7	32.8
1964	18.6	32.8
1965	18.6	32.7
1966	18.5	32.7
1967	18.4	32.7
1968	18.3	32.6
1969	18.2	32.5
1970	18.1	32.4
1971	17.9	32.2
1972	17.8	32
1973	17.7	31.8
1974	17.6	31.7
1975	17.5	31.6
1976	17.4	31.7
1977	17.3	31.9
1978	17.2	32.1
1979	17	32.3
1980	16.9	32.4
1981	16.8	32.6
1982	16.7	32.8
1983	16.6	33
1984	16.5	33.3
1985	16.4	33.5
1986	16.3	33.7
1987	16.3	34
1988	16.2	34.2
1989	16.1	34.5
1990	16.1	34.7
1991	16	35
1992	15.9	35.3
1993	15.8	35.6
1994	15.7	35.9
1995	15.6	36.2
1996	15.5	36.5
1997	15.3	36.8
1998	15.2	37.1
1999	15.1	37.4
2000	15	37.7
2001	14.9	37.9
2002	14.9	38.2
2003	14.9	38.4
2004	14.9	38.6
2005	15	38.9
2006	15.1	39.1
2007	15.2	39.4
2008	15.3	39.6
2009	15.5	39.8
2010	15.7	40
2011	15.9	40.3
2012	16	40.5
2013	16.2	40.8
2014	16.4	41
2015	16.6	41.2
2016	16.8	41.4
2017	17	41.6
2018	17.1	41.9
2019	17.3	42.1
2020	17.5	42.3
2021	17.6	42.4
2022	17.8	42.6
2023	18	42.8
2024	18.2	43

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