Belgium vs France statistics compared

Belgium has a population of 11.9M (ranked 82/197), compared with 68.5M in France (ranked 23/197). Belgium's land area is 11,774 sq mi versus 208,090 sq mi for France (ranked 136th vs. 48th).

By GDP, Belgium ranks 23/197 ($665B) and France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T). By GDP per capita, Belgium ranks 17/197 ($55,955), while France ranks 27/197 ($46,150).

Belgium and France: Comparison Charts

Belgium and France economies compared

GDP

Belgium

France

Table

Year	GDP
	Belgium	France
1960	$11,810,619,368	$61,756,878,990
1961	$12,561,701,694	$66,806,595,975
1962	$13,436,827,167	$74,888,595,286
1963	$14,445,805,381	$83,957,182,115
1964	$16,168,044,450	$93,079,224,076
1965	$17,597,783,297	$100,522,559,916
1966	$18,894,891,312	$108,928,356,519
1967	$20,252,508,995	$117,751,396,249
1968	$21,654,856,965	$128,427,504,709
1969	$24,019,653,475	$140,361,802,782
1970	$26,706,196,047	$146,926,998,937
1971	$29,821,661,870	$164,238,872,973
1972	$37,209,418,019	$201,621,751,625
1973	$47,743,801,490	$262,343,828,816
1974	$56,033,077,879	$283,102,178,123
1975	$65,678,189,097	$356,780,728,163
1976	$71,113,882,968	$368,488,292,816
1977	$82,839,905,459	$406,736,454,934
1978	$101,246,526,194	$501,724,418,605
1979	$116,315,456,797	$608,218,624,730
1980	$126,829,314,388	$694,529,183,483
1981	$104,730,018,470	$609,184,791,792
1982	$92,095,926,188	$578,152,310,610
1983	$87,184,239,053	$553,356,312,936
1984	$83,349,530,159	$525,033,325,828
1985	$86,268,264,148	$547,220,981,165
1986	$120,018,787,249	$764,946,585,851
1987	$149,394,404,106	$926,320,855,615
1988	$162,299,103,675	$1,010,827,662,152
1989	$164,221,056,511	$1,016,742,237,302
1990	$205,331,747,948	$1,257,649,439,827
1991	$210,510,999,409	$1,258,961,748,634
1992	$234,781,652,447	$1,389,663,073,110
1993	$224,721,795,709	$1,314,383,368,080
1994	$244,884,129,491	$1,385,822,778,828
1995	$288,025,588,396	$1,595,219,345,512
1996	$279,201,433,225	$1,598,889,216,566
1997	$252,708,051,421	$1,449,392,222,971
1998	$258,528,339,631	$1,496,906,382,032
1999	$258,245,733,221	$1,486,915,879,702
2000	$236,792,460,312	$1,360,959,069,477
2001	$236,746,141,604	$1,370,376,677,299
2002	$258,383,599,375	$1,492,427,756,382
2003	$318,082,528,507	$1,835,095,983,049
2004	$369,214,712,443	$2,109,792,297,237
2005	$385,714,762,230	$2,192,146,403,028
2006	$408,259,840,869	$2,317,861,544,691
2007	$470,922,156,309	$2,655,816,911,867
2008	$517,328,087,920	$2,926,802,941,586
2009	$485,014,525,992	$2,700,075,882,519
2010	$481,556,503,720	$2,646,230,027,988
2011	$527,196,649,049	$2,870,408,553,990
2012	$498,414,364,945	$2,683,007,095,787
2013	$524,097,026,599	$2,816,077,607,875
2014	$537,987,419,164	$2,861,236,112,552
2015	$461,044,767,545	$2,442,483,452,643
2016	$474,271,566,740	$2,470,407,619,777
2017	$500,908,767,352	$2,588,868,323,335
2018	$542,638,913,428	$2,781,576,320,884
2019	$536,726,344,405	$2,722,793,515,172
2020	$529,694,473,502	$2,647,926,055,110
2021	$598,522,422,242	$2,966,433,692,008
2022	$593,614,574,326	$2,796,302,210,399
2023	$644,655,275,112	$3,051,831,611,385
2024	$664,564,181,487	$3,162,079,073,496

Belgium and France economies compared

GDP per capita

Belgium

France

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Belgium	France
1960	$1,290	$1,303
1961	$1,368	$1,395
1962	$1,457	$1,548
1963	$1,555	$1,718
1964	$1,724	$1,884
1965	$1,860	$2,015
1966	$1,983	$2,165
1967	$2,114	$2,321
1968	$2,251	$2,513
1969	$2,490	$2,724
1970	$2,766	$2,825
1971	$3,083	$3,128
1972	$3,832	$3,807
1973	$4,901	$4,914
1974	$5,734	$5,267
1975	$6,701	$6,607
1976	$7,243	$6,795
1977	$8,427	$7,465
1978	$10,290	$9,167
1979	$11,811	$11,063
1980	$12,864	$12,565
1981	$10,623	$10,956
1982	$9,344	$10,360
1983	$8,846	$9,862
1984	$8,457	$9,312
1985	$8,751	$9,657
1986	$12,170	$13,430
1987	$15,136	$16,176
1988	$16,391	$17,550
1989	$16,525	$17,547
1990	$20,600	$21,586
1991	$21,042	$21,501
1992	$23,373	$23,615
1993	$22,284	$22,239
1994	$24,209	$23,360
1995	$28,414	$26,792
1996	$27,490	$26,758
1997	$24,821	$24,169
1998	$25,338	$24,869
1999	$25,253	$24,576
2000	$23,099	$22,341
2001	$23,015	$22,332
2002	$25,006	$24,145
2003	$30,655	$29,480
2004	$35,429	$33,645
2005	$36,810	$34,696
2006	$38,705	$36,432
2007	$44,319	$41,486
2008	$48,303	$45,465
2009	$44,923	$41,728
2010	$44,197	$40,695
2011	$47,761	$43,930
2012	$44,874	$40,864
2013	$46,965	$42,669
2014	$47,996	$43,148
2015	$40,894	$36,702
2016	$41,855	$37,024
2017	$44,035	$38,687
2018	$47,487	$41,418
2019	$46,717	$40,408
2020	$45,906	$39,170
2021	$51,658	$43,725
2022	$50,822	$41,083
2023	$54,690	$44,691
2024	$55,955	$46,150

Belgium vs. France life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Belgium

France

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Belgium	France
1950	66.3	66.4
1951	66.7	66.1
1952	68	67.4
1953	68.4	67.3
1954	68.6	68.2
1955	68.5	68.4
1956	68.8	68.5
1957	69.2	68.9
1958	69.9	70.1
1959	70.3	70.2
1960	69.6	70.4
1961	70.5	71
1962	70.2	70.5
1963	70	70.3
1964	70.7	71.3
1965	70.6	71.1
1966	70.6	71.5
1967	70.9	71.5
1968	70.6	71.5
1969	70.7	71.2
1970	70.9	72.1
1971	71.1	72.1
1972	71.4	72.3
1973	71.6	72.5
1974	72	72.8
1975	72	72.9
1976	72.1	73.1
1977	72.8	73.7
1978	72.7	73.8
1979	73.2	74.1
1980	73.2	74.2
1981	73.7	74.4
1982	73.9	74.8
1983	73.9	74.7
1984	74.4	75.2
1985	74.5	75.3
1986	74.7	75.6
1987	75.3	76.1
1988	75.6	76.4
1989	75.6	76.5
1990	76.1	76.8
1991	76.2	77
1992	76.4	77.3
1993	76.4	77.3
1994	76.7	77.8
1995	76.8	77.9
1996	77.2	78.1
1997	77.4	78.4
1998	77.5	78.6
1999	77.6	78.7
2000	77.8	79
2001	78.1	79.2
2002	78.2	79.4
2003	78.3	79.4
2004	79	80.3
2005	79.1	80.3
2006	79.4	80.7
2007	79.5	81
2008	79.6	81
2009	79.8	81.2
2010	80	81.4
2011	80.4	81.8
2012	80.3	81.7
2013	80.5	82
2014	81.1	82.4
2015	80.9	82.1
2016	81.3	82.4
2017	81.4	82.4
2018	81.5	82.6
2019	81.8	82.7
2020	80.8	82.2
2021	81.7	82.3
2022	81.2	82.5
2023	82.1	83.3
2024	82.3	83.5
2025	82.4	83.6

Belgium and France population clocks and comparison

Population

Belgium

France

Table

Year	Population
	Belgium	France
1960	9,153,489	47,412,964
1961	9,183,948	47,905,982
1962	9,220,578	48,389,516
1963	9,289,770	48,877,567
1964	9,378,113	49,401,492
1965	9,463,667	49,877,725
1966	9,527,807	50,311,637
1967	9,580,991	50,722,791
1968	9,618,756	51,112,980
1969	9,646,032	51,536,014
1970	9,655,549	52,007,169
1971	9,673,162	52,499,553
1972	9,711,115	52,962,356
1973	9,741,720	53,392,161
1974	9,772,419	53,746,571
1975	9,800,700	54,002,853
1976	9,818,227	54,232,383
1977	9,830,358	54,486,467
1978	9,839,534	54,734,030
1979	9,848,382	54,979,851
1980	9,859,242	55,274,184
1981	9,858,982	55,603,353
1982	9,856,303	55,806,789
1983	9,855,520	56,108,330
1984	9,855,372	56,383,085
1985	9,858,308	56,665,619
1986	9,861,823	56,956,002
1987	9,870,234	57,266,167
1988	9,901,664	57,598,186
1989	9,937,697	57,943,062
1990	9,967,379	58,261,012
1991	10,004,486	58,554,242
1992	10,045,158	58,846,584
1993	10,084,475	59,103,094
1994	10,115,603	59,324,863
1995	10,136,811	59,541,294
1996	10,156,637	59,754,504
1997	10,181,245	59,968,066
1998	10,203,008	60,190,684
1999	10,226,419	60,501,986
2000	10,251,250	60,918,661
2001	10,286,570	61,364,377
2002	10,332,785	61,812,142
2003	10,376,133	62,249,855
2004	10,421,137	62,707,588
2005	10,478,617	63,180,854
2006	10,547,958	63,622,342
2007	10,625,700	64,016,890
2008	10,709,973	64,375,116
2009	10,796,493	64,706,436
2010	10,895,586	65,026,211
2011	11,038,264	65,340,830
2012	11,106,932	65,657,659
2013	11,159,407	65,997,932
2014	11,209,057	66,312,067
2015	11,274,196	66,548,272
2016	11,331,422	66,724,104
2017	11,375,158	66,918,020
2018	11,427,054	67,158,348
2019	11,488,980	67,382,061
2020	11,538,604	67,601,110
2021	11,586,195	67,842,811
2022	11,680,210	68,065,015
2023	11,787,423	68,287,487
2024	11,876,844	68,516,699

Fertility rates in Belgium and France

Fertility rate

Belgium

France

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belgium	France
1960	2.54	2.85
1961	2.63	2.87
1962	2.59	2.89
1963	2.68	2.89
1964	2.71	2.87
1965	2.61	2.84
1966	2.52	2.8
1967	2.41	2.75
1968	2.31	2.69
1969	2.27	2.62
1970	2.25	2.55
1971	2.21	2.47
1972	2.09	2.38
1973	1.95	2.28
1974	1.83	2.18
1975	1.74	2.09
1976	1.73	2.01
1977	1.71	1.94
1978	1.69	1.89
1979	1.69	1.87
1980	1.68	1.85
1981	1.66	1.85
1982	1.61	1.86
1983	1.57	1.86
1984	1.54	1.86
1985	1.51	1.86
1986	1.54	1.85
1987	1.54	1.83
1988	1.57	1.81
1989	1.58	1.79
1990	1.62	1.77
1991	1.66	1.75
1992	1.65	1.74
1993	1.61	1.73
1994	1.56	1.73
1995	1.56	1.74
1996	1.59	1.75
1997	1.6	1.77
1998	1.6	1.78
1999	1.62	1.81
2000	1.67	1.89
2001	1.67	1.9
2002	1.65	1.88
2003	1.67	1.89
2004	1.72	1.92
2005	1.76	1.94
2006	1.8	2
2007	1.82	1.98
2008	1.85	2.01
2009	1.84	2
2010	1.86	2.03
2011	1.81	2.01
2012	1.8	2.01
2013	1.76	1.99
2014	1.74	2
2015	1.7	1.96
2016	1.68	1.92
2017	1.65	1.89
2018	1.62	1.87
2019	1.6	1.86
2020	1.55	1.83
2021	1.6	1.84
2022	1.53	1.79
2023	1.47	1.66

Belgium and France demographics compared

Median age

Belgium

France

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Belgium	France
1960	34.9	32.8
1961	34.9	32.8
1962	34.9	32.9
1963	34.9	32.8
1964	34.8	32.8
1965	34.8	32.7
1966	34.7	32.7
1967	34.7	32.7
1968	34.7	32.6
1969	34.6	32.5
1970	34.5	32.4
1971	34.4	32.2
1972	34.3	32
1973	34.3	31.8
1974	34.3	31.7
1975	34.2	31.6
1976	34.1	31.7
1977	34.1	31.9
1978	34.1	32.1
1979	34.1	32.3
1980	34.2	32.4
1981	34.3	32.6
1982	34.5	32.8
1983	34.8	33
1984	35	33.3
1985	35.2	33.5
1986	35.4	33.7
1987	35.6	34
1988	35.9	34.2
1989	36.1	34.5
1990	36.3	34.7
1991	36.5	35
1992	36.7	35.3
1993	37	35.6
1994	37.2	35.9
1995	37.5	36.2
1996	37.8	36.5
1997	38.1	36.8
1998	38.3	37.1
1999	38.6	37.4
2000	38.9	37.7
2001	39.2	37.9
2002	39.4	38.2
2003	39.7	38.4
2004	40	38.6
2005	40.2	38.9
2006	40.4	39.1
2007	40.6	39.4
2008	40.7	39.6
2009	40.8	39.8
2010	40.8	40
2011	40.9	40.3
2012	41.1	40.5
2013	41.2	40.8
2014	41.3	41
2015	41.4	41.2
2016	41.4	41.4
2017	41.6	41.6
2018	41.7	41.9
2019	41.8	42.1
2020	41.9	42.3
2021	42	42.4
2022	42.2	42.6
2023	42.4	42.8
2024	42.7	43

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