France vs Japan statistics compared

France has a population of 68.5M (ranked 23/197), compared with 124M in Japan (ranked 12/197). France's land area is 208,090 sq mi versus 140,761 sq mi for Japan (ranked 48th vs. 61st).

By GDP, France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T) and Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T). By GDP per capita, France ranks 27/197 ($46,150), while Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476).

France and Japan: Comparison Charts

France and Japan economies compared

GDP

France

Japan

Table

Year	GDP
	France	Japan
1960	$61,756,878,990	$47,419,238,274
1961	$66,806,595,975	$57,266,758,180
1962	$74,888,595,286	$64,987,857,542
1963	$83,957,182,115	$74,379,284,603
1964	$93,079,224,076	$87,490,590,818
1965	$100,522,559,916	$97,338,107,606
1966	$108,928,356,519	$113,046,784,179
1967	$117,751,396,249	$132,475,614,227
1968	$128,427,504,709	$156,897,496,759
1969	$140,361,802,782	$184,298,841,305
1970	$146,926,998,937	$217,223,652,719
1971	$164,238,872,973	$245,364,056,622
1972	$201,621,751,625	$324,933,841,269
1973	$262,343,828,816	$441,460,582,536
1974	$283,102,178,123	$490,035,789,970
1975	$356,780,728,163	$532,861,438,885
1976	$368,488,292,816	$598,883,902,156
1977	$406,736,454,934	$737,069,290,928
1978	$501,724,418,605	$1,035,611,588,217
1979	$608,218,624,730	$1,077,910,077,676
1980	$694,529,183,483	$1,129,377,244,854
1981	$609,184,791,792	$1,245,221,410,764
1982	$578,152,310,610	$1,158,731,426,906
1983	$553,356,312,936	$1,270,859,919,743
1984	$525,033,325,828	$1,345,824,500,837
1985	$547,220,981,165	$1,427,019,759,717
1986	$764,946,585,851	$2,120,083,812,110
1987	$926,320,855,615	$2,580,748,422,781
1988	$1,010,827,662,152	$3,125,724,434,401
1989	$1,016,742,237,302	$3,109,455,047,824
1990	$1,257,649,439,827	$3,185,904,656,664
1991	$1,258,961,748,634	$3,648,065,760,649
1992	$1,389,663,073,110	$3,980,702,922,118
1993	$1,314,383,368,080	$4,536,940,479,038
1994	$1,385,822,778,828	$4,998,797,547,741
1995	$1,595,219,345,512	$5,545,563,663,890
1996	$1,598,889,216,566	$4,923,391,533,852
1997	$1,449,392,222,971	$4,492,448,605,639
1998	$1,496,906,382,032	$4,098,362,709,531
1999	$1,486,915,879,702	$4,635,982,224,064
2000	$1,360,959,069,477	$4,968,359,075,957
2001	$1,370,376,677,299	$4,374,711,694,091
2002	$1,492,427,756,382	$4,182,846,045,874
2003	$1,835,095,983,049	$4,519,561,645,254
2004	$2,109,792,297,237	$4,893,116,005,657
2005	$2,192,146,403,028	$4,831,467,035,390
2006	$2,317,861,544,691	$4,601,663,122,650
2007	$2,655,816,911,867	$4,579,750,920,355
2008	$2,926,802,941,586	$5,106,679,115,127
2009	$2,700,075,882,519	$5,289,493,117,994
2010	$2,646,230,027,988	$5,759,071,769,013
2011	$2,870,408,553,990	$6,233,147,172,341
2012	$2,683,007,095,787	$6,272,362,996,105
2013	$2,816,077,607,875	$5,212,328,181,166
2014	$2,861,236,112,552	$4,896,994,405,353
2015	$2,442,483,452,643	$4,444,930,651,964
2016	$2,470,407,619,777	$5,003,677,627,544
2017	$2,588,868,323,335	$4,930,837,369,151
2018	$2,781,576,320,884	$5,040,880,939,325
2019	$2,722,793,515,172	$5,117,993,853,017
2020	$2,647,926,055,110	$5,054,068,005,376
2021	$2,966,433,692,008	$5,039,148,168,861
2022	$2,796,302,210,399	$4,262,463,317,797
2023	$3,051,831,611,385	$4,213,167,237,906
2024	$3,162,079,073,496	$4,026,210,821,147

France and Japan economies compared

GDP per capita

France

Japan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	France	Japan
1960	$1,303	$509
1961	$1,395	$609
1962	$1,548	$685
1963	$1,718	$776
1964	$1,884	$903
1965	$2,015	$994
1966	$2,165	$1,144
1967	$2,321	$1,326
1968	$2,513	$1,553
1969	$2,724	$1,803
1970	$2,825	$2,101
1971	$3,128	$2,321
1972	$3,807	$3,031
1973	$4,914	$4,061
1974	$5,267	$4,448
1975	$6,607	$4,776
1976	$6,795	$5,310
1977	$7,465	$6,473
1978	$9,167	$9,012
1979	$11,063	$9,301
1980	$12,565	$9,669
1981	$10,956	$10,583
1982	$10,360	$9,780
1983	$9,862	$10,652
1984	$9,312	$11,207
1985	$9,657	$11,809
1986	$13,430	$17,452
1987	$16,176	$21,142
1988	$17,550	$25,500
1989	$17,547	$25,266
1990	$21,586	$25,801
1991	$21,501	$29,428
1992	$23,615	$31,993
1993	$22,239	$36,345
1994	$23,360	$39,934
1995	$26,792	$44,198
1996	$26,758	$39,150
1997	$24,169	$35,638
1998	$24,869	$32,424
1999	$24,576	$36,610
2000	$22,341	$39,169
2001	$22,332	$34,406
2002	$24,145	$32,821
2003	$29,480	$35,387
2004	$33,645	$38,299
2005	$34,696	$37,813
2006	$36,432	$35,992
2007	$41,486	$35,779
2008	$45,465	$39,876
2009	$41,728	$41,309
2010	$40,695	$44,968
2011	$43,930	$48,760
2012	$40,864	$49,145
2013	$42,669	$40,899
2014	$43,148	$38,475
2015	$36,702	$34,961
2016	$37,024	$39,375
2017	$38,687	$38,834
2018	$41,418	$39,751
2019	$40,408	$40,416
2020	$39,170	$40,029
2021	$43,725	$40,095
2022	$41,083	$34,066
2023	$44,691	$33,836
2024	$46,150	$32,476

France vs. Japan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

France

Japan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	France	Japan
1950	66.4	59.3
1951	66.1	61
1952	67.4	63
1953	67.3	63.3
1954	68.2	64.5
1955	68.4	65.7
1956	68.5	65.6
1957	68.9	65.4
1958	70.1	67
1959	70.2	67.5
1960	70.4	67.7
1961	71	68.4
1962	70.5	68.7
1963	70.3	69.7
1964	71.3	70.2
1965	71.1	70.3
1966	71.5	71.1
1967	71.5	71.4
1968	71.5	71.7
1969	71.2	71.9
1970	72.1	72
1971	72.1	72.8
1972	72.3	73.3
1973	72.5	73.4
1974	72.8	73.8
1975	72.9	74.4
1976	73.1	74.8
1977	73.7	75.3
1978	73.8	75.7
1979	74.1	76.2
1980	74.2	76.1
1981	74.4	76.6
1982	74.8	77.1
1983	74.7	77.1
1984	75.2	77.5
1985	75.3	77.8
1986	75.6	78.2
1987	76.1	78.6
1988	76.4	78.5
1989	76.5	79
1990	76.8	79
1991	77	79.3
1992	77.3	79.3
1993	77.3	79.4
1994	77.8	79.8
1995	77.9	79.7
1996	78.1	80.4
1997	78.4	80.6
1998	78.6	80.6
1999	78.7	80.6
2000	79	81.2
2001	79.2	81.5
2002	79.4	81.8
2003	79.4	81.9
2004	80.3	82.1
2005	80.3	82
2006	80.7	82.4
2007	81	82.5
2008	81	82.6
2009	81.2	83
2010	81.4	82.9
2011	81.8	82.7
2012	81.7	83.2
2013	82	83.4
2014	82.4	83.6
2015	82.1	83.9
2016	82.4	84.1
2017	82.4	84.2
2018	82.6	84.3
2019	82.7	84.4
2020	82.2	84.7
2021	82.3	84.6
2022	82.5	84.1
2023	83.3	84.7
2024	83.5	84.9
2025	83.6	85

France and Japan population clocks and comparison

Population

France

Japan

Table

Year	Population
	France	Japan
1960	47,412,964	93,216,000
1961	47,905,982	94,055,000
1962	48,389,516	94,933,000
1963	48,877,567	95,900,000
1964	49,401,492	96,903,000
1965	49,877,725	97,952,000
1966	50,311,637	98,851,000
1967	50,722,791	99,879,000
1968	51,112,980	101,011,000
1969	51,536,014	102,219,000
1970	52,007,169	103,403,000
1971	52,499,553	105,697,000
1972	52,962,356	107,188,000
1973	53,392,161	108,707,000
1974	53,746,571	110,162,000
1975	54,002,853	111,573,000
1976	54,232,383	112,775,000
1977	54,486,467	113,872,000
1978	54,734,030	114,913,000
1979	54,979,851	115,890,000
1980	55,274,184	116,807,000
1981	55,603,353	117,661,000
1982	55,806,789	118,480,000
1983	56,108,330	119,307,000
1984	56,383,085	120,083,000
1985	56,665,619	120,837,000
1986	56,956,002	121,482,000
1987	57,266,167	122,069,000
1988	57,598,186	122,578,000
1989	57,943,062	123,069,000
1990	58,261,012	123,478,000
1991	58,554,242	123,964,000
1992	58,846,584	124,425,000
1993	59,103,094	124,829,000
1994	59,324,863	125,178,000
1995	59,541,294	125,472,000
1996	59,754,504	125,757,000
1997	59,968,066	126,057,000
1998	60,190,684	126,400,000
1999	60,501,986	126,631,000
2000	60,918,661	126,843,000
2001	61,364,377	127,149,000
2002	61,812,142	127,445,000
2003	62,249,855	127,718,000
2004	62,707,588	127,761,000
2005	63,180,854	127,773,000
2006	63,622,342	127,854,000
2007	64,016,890	128,001,000
2008	64,375,116	128,063,000
2009	64,706,436	128,047,000
2010	65,026,211	128,070,000
2011	65,340,830	127,833,000
2012	65,657,659	127,629,000
2013	65,997,932	127,445,000
2014	66,312,067	127,276,000
2015	66,548,272	127,141,000
2016	66,724,104	127,076,000
2017	66,918,020	126,972,000
2018	67,158,348	126,811,000
2019	67,382,061	126,633,000
2020	67,601,110	126,261,000
2021	67,842,811	125,681,593
2022	68,065,015	125,124,989
2023	68,287,487	124,516,650
2024	68,516,699	123,975,371

Fertility rates in France and Japan

Fertility rate

France

Japan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	France	Japan
1960	2.85	2
1961	2.87	1.96
1962	2.89	1.98
1963	2.89	2
1964	2.87	2.05
1965	2.84	2.14
1966	2.8	1.58
1967	2.75	2.23
1968	2.69	2.13
1969	2.62	2.13
1970	2.55	2.13
1971	2.47	2.16
1972	2.38	2.14
1973	2.28	2.14
1974	2.18	2.05
1975	2.09	1.91
1976	2.01	1.85
1977	1.94	1.8
1978	1.89	1.79
1979	1.87	1.77
1980	1.85	1.75
1981	1.85	1.74
1982	1.86	1.77
1983	1.86	1.8
1984	1.86	1.81
1985	1.86	1.76
1986	1.85	1.72
1987	1.83	1.69
1988	1.81	1.66
1989	1.79	1.57
1990	1.77	1.54
1991	1.75	1.53
1992	1.74	1.5
1993	1.73	1.46
1994	1.73	1.5
1995	1.74	1.42
1996	1.75	1.43
1997	1.77	1.39
1998	1.78	1.38
1999	1.81	1.34
2000	1.89	1.36
2001	1.9	1.33
2002	1.88	1.32
2003	1.89	1.29
2004	1.92	1.29
2005	1.94	1.26
2006	2	1.32
2007	1.98	1.34
2008	2.01	1.37
2009	2	1.37
2010	2.03	1.39
2011	2.01	1.39
2012	2.01	1.41
2013	1.99	1.43
2014	2	1.42
2015	1.96	1.45
2016	1.92	1.44
2017	1.89	1.43
2018	1.87	1.42
2019	1.86	1.36
2020	1.83	1.33
2021	1.84	1.3
2022	1.79	1.26
2023	1.66	1.2

France and Japan demographics compared

Median age

France

Japan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	France	Japan
1960	32.8	25.8
1961	32.8	26.2
1962	32.9	26.5
1963	32.8	26.9
1964	32.8	27.2
1965	32.7	27.6
1966	32.7	28
1967	32.7	28.4
1968	32.6	28.6
1969	32.5	28.9
1970	32.4	29.2
1971	32.2	29.6
1972	32	29.9
1973	31.8	30.2
1974	31.7	30.4
1975	31.6	30.6
1976	31.7	30.9
1977	31.9	31.5
1978	32.1	32
1979	32.3	32.4
1980	32.4	32.8
1981	32.6	33.1
1982	32.8	33.7
1983	33	34.3
1984	33.3	34.9
1985	33.5	35.4
1986	33.7	35.9
1987	34	36.3
1988	34.2	36.8
1989	34.5	37.2
1990	34.7	37.7
1991	35	38.2
1992	35.3	38.7
1993	35.6	39.2
1994	35.9	39.6
1995	36.2	40
1996	36.5	40.3
1997	36.8	40.7
1998	37.1	41
1999	37.4	41.4
2000	37.7	41.8
2001	37.9	42.1
2002	38.2	42.5
2003	38.4	42.8
2004	38.6	43.2
2005	38.9	43.6
2006	39.1	43.9
2007	39.4	44.2
2008	39.6	44.6
2009	39.8	44.9
2010	40	45.2
2011	40.3	45.5
2012	40.5	45.8
2013	40.8	46.2
2014	41	46.6
2015	41.2	47
2016	41.4	47.3
2017	41.6	47.6
2018	41.9	48
2019	42.1	48.3
2020	42.3	48.7
2021	42.4	49.1
2022	42.6	49.5
2023	42.8	50
2024	43	50.4

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