France vs Germany statistics compared

France has a population of 68.5M (ranked 23/197), compared with 83.5M in Germany (ranked 19/197). France's land area is 208,090 sq mi versus 134,916 sq mi for Germany (ranked 48th vs. 63rd).

By GDP, France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T) and Germany ranks 3/197 ($4.66T). By GDP per capita, France ranks 27/197 ($46,150), while Germany ranks 18/197 ($55,800).

France and Germany: Comparison Charts

France and Germany economies compared

GDP

France

Germany

Table

Year	GDP
	France	Germany
1960	$61,756,878,990	$84,619,845,881
1961	$66,806,595,975	$96,558,204,043
1962	$74,888,595,286	$105,895,435,234
1963	$83,957,182,115	$112,232,503,744
1964	$93,079,224,076	$123,330,404,665
1965	$100,522,559,916	$134,774,688,191
1966	$108,928,356,519	$143,304,275,684
1967	$117,751,396,249	$145,100,667,773
1968	$128,427,504,709	$156,527,292,653
1969	$140,361,802,782	$177,733,486,326
1970	$146,926,998,937	$216,629,229,947
1971	$164,238,872,973	$250,900,942,397
1972	$201,621,751,625	$300,899,944,795
1973	$262,343,828,816	$399,833,571,167
1974	$283,102,178,123	$446,934,971,657
1975	$356,780,728,163	$492,434,094,920
1976	$368,488,292,816	$521,658,712,133
1977	$406,736,454,934	$602,698,323,086
1978	$501,724,418,605	$743,182,891,918
1979	$608,218,624,730	$884,574,218,333
1980	$694,529,183,483	$953,772,499,462
1981	$609,184,791,792	$803,404,797,058
1982	$578,152,310,610	$779,421,633,755
1983	$553,356,312,936	$773,507,930,295
1984	$525,033,325,828	$727,767,760,979
1985	$547,220,981,165	$735,218,723,093
1986	$764,946,585,851	$1,050,092,624,516
1987	$926,320,855,615	$1,302,932,318,825
1988	$1,010,827,662,152	$1,406,367,016,372
1989	$1,016,742,237,302	$1,404,092,925,205
1990	$1,257,649,439,827	$1,778,162,195,860
1991	$1,258,961,748,634	$1,875,792,575,133
1992	$1,389,663,073,110	$2,141,377,582,968
1993	$1,314,383,368,080	$2,078,954,217,438
1994	$1,385,822,778,828	$2,215,282,632,277
1995	$1,595,219,345,512	$2,593,053,091,306
1996	$1,598,889,216,566	$2,506,576,553,158
1997	$1,449,392,222,971	$2,218,790,886,533
1998	$1,496,906,382,032	$2,247,760,364,566
1999	$1,486,915,879,702	$2,213,873,468,587
2000	$1,360,959,069,477	$1,966,980,701,145
2001	$1,370,376,677,299	$1,966,381,496,642
2002	$1,492,427,756,382	$2,102,350,798,306
2003	$1,835,095,983,049	$2,534,715,518,349
2004	$2,109,792,297,237	$2,852,317,768,062
2005	$2,192,146,403,028	$2,893,393,187,362
2006	$2,317,861,544,691	$3,046,308,753,671
2007	$2,655,816,911,867	$3,484,056,680,855
2008	$2,926,802,941,586	$3,808,786,022,313
2009	$2,700,075,882,519	$3,479,800,820,863
2010	$2,646,230,027,988	$3,468,154,343,000
2011	$2,870,408,553,990	$3,824,828,563,521
2012	$2,683,007,095,787	$3,597,896,500,945
2013	$2,816,077,607,875	$3,808,086,291,482
2014	$2,861,236,112,552	$3,965,800,686,310
2015	$2,442,483,452,643	$3,423,568,450,957
2016	$2,470,407,619,777	$3,537,784,107,981
2017	$2,588,868,323,335	$3,763,092,263,753
2018	$2,781,576,320,884	$4,052,008,447,224
2019	$2,722,793,515,172	$3,957,208,055,216
2020	$2,647,926,055,110	$3,940,142,541,354
2021	$2,966,433,692,008	$4,348,297,440,388
2022	$2,796,302,210,399	$4,163,596,357,879
2023	$3,051,831,611,385	$4,525,703,903,628
2024	$3,162,079,073,496	$4,659,929,336,891

France and Germany economies compared

GDP per capita

France

Germany

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	France	Germany
1960	$1,303	$1,162
1961	$1,395	$1,316
1962	$1,548	$1,431
1963	$1,718	$1,502
1964	$1,884	$1,637
1965	$2,015	$1,774
1966	$2,165	$1,871
1967	$2,321	$1,886
1968	$2,513	$2,025
1969	$2,724	$2,281
1970	$2,825	$2,771
1971	$3,128	$3,204
1972	$3,807	$3,824
1973	$4,914	$5,065
1974	$5,267	$5,660
1975	$6,607	$6,259
1976	$6,795	$6,659
1977	$7,465	$7,711
1978	$9,167	$9,517
1979	$11,063	$11,322
1980	$12,565	$12,183
1981	$10,956	$10,246
1982	$10,360	$9,950
1983	$9,862	$9,900
1984	$9,312	$9,347
1985	$9,657	$9,464
1986	$13,430	$13,511
1987	$16,176	$16,739
1988	$17,550	$17,997
1989	$17,547	$17,829
1990	$21,586	$22,386
1991	$21,501	$23,443
1992	$23,615	$26,560
1993	$22,239	$25,617
1994	$23,360	$27,202
1995	$26,792	$31,747
1996	$26,758	$30,600
1997	$24,169	$27,047
1998	$24,869	$27,396
1999	$24,576	$26,965
2000	$22,341	$23,926
2001	$22,332	$23,878
2002	$24,145	$25,487
2003	$29,480	$30,711
2004	$33,645	$34,567
2005	$34,696	$35,084
2006	$36,432	$36,980
2007	$41,486	$42,351
2008	$45,465	$46,386
2009	$41,728	$42,487
2010	$40,695	$42,410
2011	$43,930	$47,647
2012	$40,864	$44,736
2013	$42,669	$47,220
2014	$43,148	$48,971
2015	$36,702	$41,911
2016	$37,024	$42,961
2017	$38,687	$45,527
2018	$41,418	$48,875
2019	$40,408	$47,624
2020	$39,170	$47,380
2021	$43,725	$52,266
2022	$41,083	$49,686
2023	$44,691	$53,940
2024	$46,150	$55,800

France vs. Germany life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

France

Germany

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	France	Germany
1950	66.4	66.8
1951	66.1	67.1
1952	67.4	67.5
1953	67.3	67.8
1954	68.2	68.1
1955	68.4	68.3
1956	68.5	68.6
1957	68.9	68.5
1958	70.1	69.2
1959	70.2	69.3
1960	70.4	69.3
1961	71	69.8
1962	70.5	70
1963	70.3	70.1
1964	71.3	70.6
1965	71.1	70.6
1966	71.5	70.7
1967	71.5	71
1968	71.5	70.6
1969	71.2	70.5
1970	72.1	70.7
1971	72.1	70.9
1972	72.3	71.1
1973	72.5	71.4
1974	72.8	71.7
1975	72.9	71.5
1976	73.1	72
1977	73.7	72.6
1978	73.8	72.6
1979	74.1	72.9
1980	74.2	73.1
1981	74.4	73.3
1982	74.8	73.6
1983	74.7	73.9
1984	75.2	74.4
1985	75.3	74.5
1986	75.6	74.7
1987	76.1	75.1
1988	76.4	75.3
1989	76.5	75.5
1990	76.8	75.3
1991	77	75.6
1992	77.3	76
1993	77.3	76.1
1994	77.8	76.4
1995	77.9	76.6
1996	78.1	76.8
1997	78.4	77.2
1998	78.6	77.6
1999	78.7	77.8
2000	79	78.1
2001	79.2	78.4
2002	79.4	78.5
2003	79.4	78.5
2004	80.3	79.1
2005	80.3	79.3
2006	80.7	79.6
2007	81	79.7
2008	81	79.8
2009	81.2	79.9
2010	81.4	80.1
2011	81.8	80.4
2012	81.7	80.5
2013	82	80.5
2014	82.4	80.9
2015	82.1	80.6
2016	82.4	80.8
2017	82.4	80.9
2018	82.6	80.9
2019	82.7	81.2
2020	82.2	81
2021	82.3	81.1
2022	82.5	80.6
2023	83.3	81.4
2024	83.5	81.5
2025	83.6	81.7

France and Germany population clocks and comparison

Population

France

Germany

Table

Year	Population
	France	Germany
1960	47,412,964	72,814,900
1961	47,905,982	73,377,632
1962	48,389,516	74,025,784
1963	48,877,567	74,714,353
1964	49,401,492	75,318,337
1965	49,877,725	75,963,695
1966	50,311,637	76,600,311
1967	50,722,791	76,951,336
1968	51,112,980	77,294,314
1969	51,536,014	77,909,682
1970	52,007,169	78,169,289
1971	52,499,553	78,312,842
1972	52,962,356	78,688,452
1973	53,392,161	78,936,666
1974	53,746,571	78,967,433
1975	54,002,853	78,673,554
1976	54,232,383	78,336,950
1977	54,486,467	78,159,814
1978	54,734,030	78,091,820
1979	54,979,851	78,126,350
1980	55,274,184	78,288,576
1981	55,603,353	78,407,907
1982	55,806,789	78,333,366
1983	56,108,330	78,128,282
1984	56,383,085	77,858,685
1985	56,665,619	77,684,873
1986	56,956,002	77,720,436
1987	57,266,167	77,839,920
1988	57,598,186	78,144,619
1989	57,943,062	78,751,283
1990	58,261,012	79,433,029
1991	58,554,242	80,013,896
1992	58,846,584	80,624,598
1993	59,103,094	81,156,363
1994	59,324,863	81,438,348
1995	59,541,294	81,678,051
1996	59,754,504	81,914,831
1997	59,968,066	82,034,771
1998	60,190,684	82,047,195
1999	60,501,986	82,100,243
2000	60,918,661	82,211,508
2001	61,364,377	82,349,925
2002	61,812,142	82,488,495
2003	62,249,855	82,534,176
2004	62,707,588	82,516,260
2005	63,180,854	82,469,422
2006	63,622,342	82,376,451
2007	64,016,890	82,266,372
2008	64,375,116	82,110,097
2009	64,706,436	81,902,307
2010	65,026,211	81,776,930
2011	65,340,830	80,274,983
2012	65,657,659	80,425,823
2013	65,997,932	80,645,605
2014	66,312,067	80,982,500
2015	66,548,272	81,686,611
2016	66,724,104	82,348,669
2017	66,918,020	82,657,002
2018	67,158,348	82,905,782
2019	67,382,061	83,092,962
2020	67,601,110	83,160,871
2021	67,842,811	83,196,078
2022	68,065,015	83,797,985
2023	68,287,487	83,901,923
2024	68,516,699	83,510,950

Fertility rates in France and Germany

Fertility rate

France

Germany

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	France	Germany
1960	2.85	2.37
1961	2.87	2.45
1962	2.89	2.44
1963	2.89	2.51
1964	2.87	2.54
1965	2.84	2.5
1966	2.8	2.53
1967	2.75	2.48
1968	2.69	2.38
1969	2.62	2.21
1970	2.55	2.03
1971	2.47	1.92
1972	2.38	1.71
1973	2.28	1.54
1974	2.18	1.51
1975	2.09	1.45
1976	2.01	1.45
1977	1.94	1.4
1978	1.89	1.38
1979	1.87	1.38
1980	1.85	1.44
1981	1.85	1.43
1982	1.86	1.41
1983	1.86	1.33
1984	1.86	1.29
1985	1.86	1.37
1986	1.85	1.43
1987	1.83	1.43
1988	1.81	1.46
1989	1.79	1.42
1990	1.77	1.45
1991	1.75	1.33
1992	1.74	1.29
1993	1.73	1.28
1994	1.73	1.24
1995	1.74	1.25
1996	1.75	1.3
1997	1.77	1.35
1998	1.78	1.36
1999	1.81	1.36
2000	1.89	1.38
2001	1.9	1.35
2002	1.88	1.34
2003	1.89	1.34
2004	1.92	1.36
2005	1.94	1.34
2006	2	1.33
2007	1.98	1.37
2008	2.01	1.38
2009	2	1.36
2010	2.03	1.39
2011	2.01	1.39
2012	2.01	1.41
2013	1.99	1.42
2014	2	1.47
2015	1.96	1.5
2016	1.92	1.6
2017	1.89	1.57
2018	1.87	1.57
2019	1.86	1.54
2020	1.83	1.53
2021	1.84	1.58
2022	1.79	1.46
2023	1.66	1.39

France and Germany demographics compared

Median age

France

Germany

Table

Year	Median age, years
	France	Germany
1960	32.8	34.7
1961	32.8	34.7
1962	32.9	34.7
1963	32.8	34.6
1964	32.8	34.5
1965	32.7	34.4
1966	32.7	34.4
1967	32.7	34.3
1968	32.6	34.2
1969	32.5	34.1
1970	32.4	34.3
1971	32.2	34.4
1972	32	34.6
1973	31.8	34.7
1974	31.7	35
1975	31.6	35.5
1976	31.7	35.8
1977	31.9	36.1
1978	32.1	36.3
1979	32.3	36.4
1980	32.4	36.5
1981	32.6	36.5
1982	32.8	36.6
1983	33	36.7
1984	33.3	37
1985	33.5	37.1
1986	33.7	37.2
1987	34	37.4
1988	34.2	37.6
1989	34.5	37.6
1990	34.7	37.6
1991	35	37.7
1992	35.3	37.8
1993	35.6	37.9
1994	35.9	38.1
1995	36.2	38.4
1996	36.5	38.6
1997	36.8	38.9
1998	37.1	39.3
1999	37.4	39.7
2000	37.7	40
2001	37.9	40.4
2002	38.2	40.8
2003	38.4	41.2
2004	38.6	41.6
2005	38.9	42
2006	39.1	42.5
2007	39.4	43.1
2008	39.6	43.5
2009	39.8	43.9
2010	40	44.2
2011	40.3	44.6
2012	40.5	45.1
2013	40.8	45.5
2014	41	45.7
2015	41.2	45.7
2016	41.4	45.7
2017	41.6	45.8
2018	41.9	45.8
2019	42.1	45.8
2020	42.3	45.8
2021	42.4	45.9
2022	42.6	46
2023	42.8	46.2
2024	43	46.3

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