France vs Ireland statistics compared

France has a population of 68.5M (ranked 23/197), compared with 5.38M in Ireland (ranked 120/197). France's land area is 208,090 sq mi versus 26,599 sq mi for Ireland (ranked 48th vs. 119th).

By GDP, France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T) and Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B). By GDP per capita, France ranks 27/197 ($46,150), while Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316).

France and Ireland: Comparison Charts

France and Ireland economies compared

GDP

France

Ireland

Table

Year	GDP
	France	Ireland
1960	$61,756,878,990	$1,998,550,222
1961	$66,806,595,975	$2,151,772,980
1962	$74,888,595,286	$2,329,372,972
1963	$83,957,182,115	$2,505,073,358
1964	$93,079,224,076	$2,851,091,646
1965	$100,522,559,916	$3,035,655,794
1966	$108,928,356,519	$3,198,820,904
1967	$117,751,396,249	$3,445,739,915
1968	$128,427,504,709	$3,378,701,147
1969	$140,361,802,782	$3,902,721,632
1970	$146,926,998,937	$4,395,995,086
1971	$164,238,872,973	$5,098,250,287
1972	$201,621,751,625	$6,318,060,582
1973	$262,343,828,816	$7,481,173,066
1974	$283,102,178,123	$7,896,860,615
1975	$356,780,728,163	$9,483,808,362
1976	$368,488,292,816	$9,453,756,015
1977	$406,736,454,934	$11,248,340,431
1978	$501,724,418,605	$14,647,996,074
1979	$608,218,624,730	$18,319,334,300
1980	$694,529,183,483	$21,747,855,640
1981	$609,184,791,792	$20,670,190,138
1982	$578,152,310,610	$21,474,754,080
1983	$553,356,312,936	$20,766,047,764
1984	$525,033,325,828	$20,106,648,455
1985	$547,220,981,165	$21,270,013,326
1986	$764,946,585,851	$28,714,571,852
1987	$926,320,855,615	$33,920,518,493
1988	$1,010,827,662,152	$37,772,897,421
1989	$1,016,742,237,302	$39,238,392,678
1990	$1,257,649,439,827	$49,305,632,408
1991	$1,258,961,748,634	$49,787,502,852
1992	$1,389,663,073,110	$55,918,538,121
1993	$1,314,383,368,080	$52,417,477,614
1994	$1,385,822,778,828	$57,097,656,066
1995	$1,595,219,345,512	$69,139,823,232
1996	$1,598,889,216,566	$75,790,785,030
1997	$1,449,392,222,971	$82,856,648,758
1998	$1,496,906,382,032	$90,199,410,116
1999	$1,486,915,879,702	$98,893,958,263
2000	$1,360,959,069,477	$100,207,610,430
2001	$1,370,376,677,299	$109,346,669,230
2002	$1,492,427,756,382	$128,596,035,288
2003	$1,835,095,983,049	$164,670,771,260
2004	$2,109,792,297,237	$194,372,115,041
2005	$2,192,146,403,028	$211,876,989,656
2006	$2,317,861,544,691	$232,180,617,162
2007	$2,655,816,911,867	$270,079,279,420
2008	$2,926,802,941,586	$275,447,471,451
2009	$2,700,075,882,519	$236,443,117,248
2010	$2,646,230,027,988	$221,985,621,538
2011	$2,870,408,553,990	$241,337,364,610
2012	$2,683,007,095,787	$227,270,922,957
2013	$2,816,077,607,875	$243,301,556,085
2014	$2,861,236,112,552	$266,787,238,499
2015	$2,442,483,452,643	$302,391,428,540
2016	$2,470,407,619,777	$305,733,136,181
2017	$2,588,868,323,335	$348,532,394,024
2018	$2,781,576,320,884	$395,461,216,460
2019	$2,722,793,515,172	$407,124,824,065
2020	$2,647,926,055,110	$436,555,518,400
2021	$2,966,433,692,008	$531,306,516,908
2022	$2,796,302,210,399	$548,570,250,342
2023	$3,051,831,611,385	$551,394,889,340
2024	$3,162,079,073,496	$577,389,475,010

France and Ireland economies compared

GDP per capita

France

Ireland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	France	Ireland
1960	$1,303	$707
1961	$1,395	$762
1962	$1,548	$821
1963	$1,718	$878
1964	$1,884	$995
1965	$2,015	$1,055
1966	$2,165	$1,107
1967	$2,321	$1,187
1968	$2,513	$1,159
1969	$2,724	$1,331
1970	$2,825	$1,487
1971	$3,128	$1,704
1972	$3,807	$2,080
1973	$4,914	$2,424
1974	$5,267	$2,517
1975	$6,607	$2,973
1976	$6,795	$2,920
1977	$7,465	$3,427
1978	$9,167	$4,400
1979	$11,063	$5,430
1980	$12,565	$6,372
1981	$10,956	$5,986
1982	$10,360	$6,161
1983	$9,862	$5,915
1984	$9,312	$5,692
1985	$9,657	$6,012
1986	$13,430	$8,112
1987	$16,176	$9,582
1988	$17,550	$10,716
1989	$17,547	$11,176
1990	$21,586	$14,031
1991	$21,501	$14,087
1992	$23,615	$15,714
1993	$22,239	$14,657
1994	$23,360	$15,903
1995	$26,792	$19,158
1996	$26,758	$20,836
1997	$24,169	$22,551
1998	$24,869	$24,295
1999	$24,576	$26,338
2000	$22,341	$26,335
2001	$22,332	$28,282
2002	$24,145	$32,705
2003	$29,480	$41,204
2004	$33,645	$47,754
2005	$34,696	$50,933
2006	$36,432	$54,329
2007	$41,486	$61,396
2008	$45,465	$61,353
2009	$41,728	$52,133
2010	$40,695	$48,679
2011	$43,930	$52,693
2012	$40,864	$49,412
2013	$42,669	$52,619
2014	$43,148	$57,278
2015	$36,702	$64,312
2016	$37,024	$64,193
2017	$38,687	$72,198
2018	$41,418	$80,739
2019	$40,408	$81,810
2020	$39,170	$86,623
2021	$43,725	$103,962
2022	$41,083	$105,235
2023	$44,691	$103,888
2024	$46,150	$107,316

France vs. Ireland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

France

Ireland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	France	Ireland
1950	66.4	65.6
1951	66.1	64.8
1952	67.4	67.2
1953	67.3	67.9
1954	68.2	68
1955	68.4	68
1956	68.5	69
1957	68.9	69
1958	70.1	69.3
1959	70.2	69.4
1960	70.4	70.2
1961	71	69.6
1962	70.5	69.9
1963	70.3	70.2
1964	71.3	70.4
1965	71.1	70.6
1966	71.5	70.2
1967	71.5	71.2
1968	71.5	70.9
1969	71.2	70.8
1970	72.1	70.8
1971	72.1	71.6
1972	72.3	71
1973	72.5	71.2
1974	72.8	71.1
1975	72.9	71.7
1976	73.1	71.8
1977	73.7	71.9
1978	73.8	71.9
1979	74.1	72.2
1980	74.2	72.5
1981	74.4	72.9
1982	74.8	73.2
1983	74.7	73.2
1984	75.2	73.6
1985	75.3	73.6
1986	75.6	73.6
1987	76.1	74.4
1988	76.4	74.4
1989	76.5	74.5
1990	76.8	74.8
1991	77	75
1992	77.3	75.4
1993	77.3	75.3
1994	77.8	75.8
1995	77.9	75.5
1996	78.1	75.8
1997	78.4	76
1998	78.6	76.2
1999	78.7	76.1
2000	79	76.5
2001	79.2	77.1
2002	79.4	77.6
2003	79.4	78.1
2004	80.3	78.5
2005	80.3	78.9
2006	80.7	79.2
2007	81	79.6
2008	81	79.8
2009	81.2	80.1
2010	81.4	80.6
2011	81.8	80.7
2012	81.7	80.9
2013	82	81.1
2014	82.4	81.4
2015	82.1	81.5
2016	82.4	81.7
2017	82.4	82.1
2018	82.6	82.1
2019	82.7	82.4
2020	82.2	82.4
2021	82.3	81.9
2022	82.5	82.1
2023	83.3	82.4
2024	83.5	82.6
2025	83.6	82.7

France and Ireland population clocks and comparison

Population

France

Ireland

Table

Year	Population
	France	Ireland
1960	47,412,964	2,828,600
1961	47,905,982	2,824,400
1962	48,389,516	2,836,050
1963	48,877,567	2,852,650
1964	49,401,492	2,866,550
1965	49,877,725	2,877,300
1966	50,311,637	2,888,800
1967	50,722,791	2,902,450
1968	51,112,980	2,915,550
1969	51,536,014	2,932,650
1970	52,007,169	2,957,250
1971	52,499,553	2,992,050
1972	52,962,356	3,036,850
1973	53,392,161	3,085,950
1974	53,746,571	3,137,500
1975	54,002,853	3,189,550
1976	54,232,383	3,238,050
1977	54,486,467	3,282,200
1978	54,734,030	3,329,100
1979	54,979,851	3,373,750
1980	55,274,184	3,412,800
1981	55,603,353	3,453,000
1982	55,806,789	3,485,800
1983	56,108,330	3,510,600
1984	56,383,085	3,532,423
1985	56,665,619	3,538,082
1986	56,956,002	3,539,690
1987	57,266,167	3,540,057
1988	57,598,186	3,524,949
1989	57,943,062	3,511,009
1990	58,261,012	3,513,974
1991	58,554,242	3,534,235
1992	58,846,584	3,558,430
1993	59,103,094	3,576,261
1994	59,324,863	3,590,386
1995	59,541,294	3,608,841
1996	59,754,504	3,637,510
1997	59,968,066	3,674,171
1998	60,190,684	3,712,696
1999	60,501,986	3,754,786
2000	60,918,661	3,805,174
2001	61,364,377	3,866,243
2002	61,812,142	3,931,947
2003	62,249,855	3,996,521
2004	62,707,588	4,070,262
2005	63,180,854	4,159,914
2006	63,622,342	4,273,591
2007	64,016,890	4,398,942
2008	64,375,116	4,489,544
2009	64,706,436	4,535,375
2010	65,026,211	4,560,155
2011	65,340,830	4,580,084
2012	65,657,659	4,599,533
2013	65,997,932	4,623,816
2014	66,312,067	4,657,740
2015	66,548,272	4,701,957
2016	66,724,104	4,762,722
2017	66,918,020	4,827,445
2018	67,158,348	4,898,022
2019	67,382,061	4,976,456
2020	67,601,110	5,039,747
2021	67,842,811	5,110,585
2022	68,065,015	5,212,836
2023	68,287,487	5,307,600
2024	68,516,699	5,380,257

Fertility rates in France and Ireland

Fertility rate

France

Ireland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	France	Ireland
1960	2.85	3.78
1961	2.87	3.78
1962	2.89	3.92
1963	2.89	4.01
1964	2.87	4.07
1965	2.84	4.04
1966	2.8	3.94
1967	2.75	3.84
1968	2.69	3.77
1969	2.62	3.83
1970	2.55	3.85
1971	2.47	3.93
1972	2.38	3.84
1973	2.28	3.71
1974	2.18	3.59
1975	2.09	3.37
1976	2.01	3.29
1977	1.94	3.24
1978	1.89	3.21
1979	1.87	3.21
1980	1.85	3.21
1981	1.85	3.05
1982	1.86	2.94
1983	1.86	2.74
1984	1.86	2.58
1985	1.86	2.48
1986	1.85	2.44
1987	1.83	2.32
1988	1.81	2.17
1989	1.79	2.08
1990	1.77	2.11
1991	1.75	2.08
1992	1.74	1.99
1993	1.73	1.9
1994	1.73	1.85
1995	1.74	1.84
1996	1.75	1.88
1997	1.77	1.93
1998	1.78	1.94
1999	1.81	1.9
2000	1.89	1.89
2001	1.9	1.94
2002	1.88	1.97
2003	1.89	1.96
2004	1.92	1.93
2005	1.94	1.86
2006	2	1.91
2007	1.98	2.01
2008	2.01	2.06
2009	2	2.06
2010	2.03	2.05
2011	2.01	2.03
2012	2.01	1.98
2013	1.99	1.93
2014	2	1.89
2015	1.96	1.85
2016	1.92	1.81
2017	1.89	1.77
2018	1.87	1.75
2019	1.86	1.71
2020	1.83	1.63
2021	1.84	1.78
2022	1.79	1.54
2023	1.66	1.5

France and Ireland demographics compared

Median age

France

Ireland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	France	Ireland
1960	32.8	30.1
1961	32.8	29.8
1962	32.9	29.5
1963	32.8	29.2
1964	32.8	28.9
1965	32.7	28.6
1966	32.7	28.2
1967	32.7	28
1968	32.6	27.8
1969	32.5	27.6
1970	32.4	27.4
1971	32.2	27.1
1972	32	26.9
1973	31.8	26.7
1974	31.7	26.5
1975	31.6	26.5
1976	31.7	26.4
1977	31.9	26.5
1978	32.1	26.5
1979	32.3	26.5
1980	32.4	26.5
1981	32.6	26.6
1982	32.8	26.7
1983	33	26.9
1984	33.3	27.1
1985	33.5	27.3
1986	33.7	27.6
1987	34	27.9
1988	34.2	28.4
1989	34.5	28.8
1990	34.7	29.2
1991	35	29.6
1992	35.3	29.9
1993	35.6	30.2
1994	35.9	30.6
1995	36.2	30.9
1996	36.5	31.3
1997	36.8	31.6
1998	37.1	31.9
1999	37.4	32.2
2000	37.7	32.5
2001	37.9	32.7
2002	38.2	33
2003	38.4	33.2
2004	38.6	33.4
2005	38.9	33.4
2006	39.1	33.4
2007	39.4	33.4
2008	39.6	33.5
2009	39.8	33.9
2010	40	34.3
2011	40.3	34.8
2012	40.5	35.2
2013	40.8	35.6
2014	41	36
2015	41.2	36.4
2016	41.4	36.8
2017	41.6	37.1
2018	41.9	37.4
2019	42.1	37.8
2020	42.3	38.2
2021	42.4	38.6
2022	42.6	38.9
2023	42.8	39.4
2024	43	39.7

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