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France vs Malta statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

France has a population of 68.5M (ranked 23/197), compared with 574K in Malta (ranked 167/197). France's land area is 208,090 sq mi versus 123.6 sq mi for Malta (ranked 48th vs. 187th).

By GDP, France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T) and Malta ranks 120/197 ($24.3B). By GDP per capita, France ranks 27/197 ($46,150), while Malta ranks 28/197 ($42,347).

Main facts and rankings

France Malta
Population
68701054
583596
Population rank 23/197 167/197
GDP
$3.16T
2024
$24.3B
2024
GDP rank 7/197 120/197
GDP per capita
$46,150
2024
$42,347
2024
GDP per capita rank 27/197 28/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$61,322
2024
$67,364
2024
Government debt
$3.58T
2024
$11.8B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
116.3%
2025
49.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$52,199
2024
$20,574
2024
Government debt per person rank 8/185 30/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$33,898
2025
$21,451
2025
Land area
208,090 sq mi
2025
123.6 sq mi
2025
Population density
329 ppl/mi²
2024
4,649 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.66
2023
1.06
2023
Median age
43 years
2024
41.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
83.6 years
2025

France and Malta: Comparison Charts

France and Malta economies compared

GDP
France

Malta
Year GDP
France Malta
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 $250,728,796
1971 $164,238,872,973 $264,578,485
1972 $201,621,751,625 $295,106,628
1973 $262,343,828,816 $345,616,106
1974 $283,102,178,123 $376,081,124
1975 $356,780,728,163 $474,618,321
1976 $368,488,292,816 $527,936,989
1977 $406,736,454,934 $625,563,171
1978 $501,724,418,605 $793,673,402
1979 $608,218,624,730 $1,001,288,847
1980 $694,529,183,483 $1,250,198,601
1981 $609,184,791,792 $1,243,509,394
1982 $578,152,310,610 $1,234,474,404
1983 $553,356,312,936 $1,165,729,707
1984 $525,033,325,828 $1,101,807,023
1985 $547,220,981,165 $1,117,797,439
1986 $764,946,585,851 $1,435,038,441
1987 $926,320,855,615 $1,751,293,461
1988 $1,010,827,662,152 $2,019,503,068
1989 $1,016,742,237,302 $2,118,655,677
1990 $1,257,649,439,827 $2,547,328,748
1991 $1,258,961,748,634 $2,750,216,747
1992 $1,389,663,073,110 $3,021,942,759
1993 $1,314,383,368,080 $2,709,193,538
1994 $1,385,822,778,828 $2,998,505,428
1995 $1,595,219,345,512 $3,709,360,097
1996 $1,598,889,216,566 $3,822,489,746
1997 $1,449,392,222,971 $3,787,070,704
1998 $1,496,906,382,032 $4,010,092,091
1999 $1,486,915,879,702 $4,111,891,845
2000 $1,360,959,069,477 $4,036,809,865
2001 $1,370,376,677,299 $4,070,867,153
2002 $1,492,427,756,382 $4,455,127,398
2003 $1,835,095,983,049 $5,418,315,225
2004 $2,109,792,297,237 $6,104,141,501
2005 $2,192,146,403,028 $6,393,234,965
2006 $2,317,861,544,691 $6,749,838,862
2007 $2,655,816,911,867 $7,908,412,374
2008 $2,926,802,941,586 $9,135,419,490
2009 $2,700,075,882,519 $8,734,745,632
2010 $2,646,230,027,988 $9,097,044,182
2011 $2,870,408,553,990 $9,789,361,705
2012 $2,683,007,095,787 $9,609,532,106
2013 $2,816,077,607,875 $10,796,782,634
2014 $2,861,236,112,552 $11,888,032,862
2015 $2,442,483,452,643 $11,340,795,033
2016 $2,470,407,619,777 $12,025,782,885
2017 $2,588,868,323,335 $14,161,366,733
2018 $2,781,576,320,884 $16,153,779,511
2019 $2,722,793,515,172 $16,337,793,531
2020 $2,647,926,055,110 $16,409,900,599
2021 $2,966,433,692,008 $19,723,563,355
2022 $2,796,302,210,399 $19,239,187,084
2023 $3,051,831,611,385 $22,210,718,401
2024 $3,162,079,073,496 $24,322,006,608

France and Malta economies compared

GDP per capita
France

Malta
Year GDP per capita
France Malta
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 $828
1971 $3,128 $874
1972 $3,807 $976
1973 $4,914 $1,144
1974 $5,267 $1,245
1975 $6,607 $1,560
1976 $6,795 $1,727
1977 $7,465 $2,038
1978 $9,167 $2,559
1979 $11,063 $3,196
1980 $12,565 $3,948
1981 $10,956 $3,898
1982 $10,360 $3,788
1983 $9,862 $3,527
1984 $9,312 $3,333
1985 $9,657 $3,322
1986 $13,430 $4,195
1987 $16,176 $5,084
1988 $17,550 $5,814
1989 $17,547 $6,041
1990 $21,586 $7,192
1991 $21,501 $7,559
1992 $23,615 $8,220
1993 $22,239 $7,296
1994 $23,360 $8,000
1995 $26,792 $9,828
1996 $26,758 $10,062
1997 $24,169 $9,893
1998 $24,869 $10,408
1999 $24,576 $10,609
2000 $22,341 $10,348
2001 $22,332 $10,358
2002 $24,145 $11,251
2003 $29,480 $13,594
2004 $33,645 $15,212
2005 $34,696 $15,831
2006 $36,432 $16,654
2007 $41,486 $19,444
2008 $45,465 $22,315
2009 $41,728 $21,176
2010 $40,695 $21,947
2011 $43,930 $23,517
2012 $40,864 $22,878
2013 $42,669 $25,416
2014 $43,148 $27,425
2015 $36,702 $25,530
2016 $37,024 $26,459
2017 $38,687 $30,317
2018 $41,418 $33,382
2019 $40,408 $32,422
2020 $39,170 $31,834
2021 $43,725 $38,065
2022 $41,083 $36,224
2023 $44,691 $40,182
2024 $46,150 $42,347

France vs. Malta life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
France

Malta
Year Life expectancy, years
France Malta
1950 66.4 63.5
1951 66.1 63.9
1952 67.4 64.1
1953 67.3 64.3
1954 68.2 65.1
1955 68.4 66.3
1956 68.5 66.8
1957 68.9 67.5
1958 70.1 67.8
1959 70.2 68.4
1960 70.4 68.4
1961 71 68.4
1962 70.5 69.2
1963 70.3 69.2
1964 71.3 69.3
1965 71.1 69.5
1966 71.5 69.7
1967 71.5 69.8
1968 71.5 69.9
1969 71.2 70.1
1970 72.1 70.4
1971 72.1 70.1
1972 72.3 70.7
1973 72.5 71.3
1974 72.8 71.9
1975 72.9 72.1
1976 73.1 72.2
1977 73.7 72.3
1978 73.8 72.3
1979 74.1 72.5
1980 74.2 72.3
1981 74.4 72.4
1982 74.8 72.8
1983 74.7 73.1
1984 75.2 73.3
1985 75.3 73.9
1986 75.6 74.5
1987 76.1 75.3
1988 76.4 75.9
1989 76.5 76.2
1990 76.8 76.2
1991 77 76.5
1992 77.3 76.7
1993 77.3 76.8
1994 77.8 76.9
1995 77.9 77
1996 78.1 76.3
1997 78.4 77.3
1998 78.6 77.8
1999 78.7 77.8
2000 79 77.9
2001 79.2 78.9
2002 79.4 78.5
2003 79.4 78.7
2004 80.3 79.2
2005 80.3 79.5
2006 80.7 79.6
2007 81 79.7
2008 81 79.7
2009 81.2 80.4
2010 81.4 81.4
2011 81.8 80.8
2012 81.7 81.1
2013 82 81.8
2014 82.4 82.3
2015 82.1 82.6
2016 82.4 82.7
2017 82.4 83.1
2018 82.6 82.9
2019 82.7 82.8
2020 82.2 82.3
2021 82.3 82.3
2022 82.5 82.2
2023 83.3 83.3
2024 83.5 83.5
2025 83.6 83.6

France and Malta population clocks and comparison

Population
France

Malta
Year Population
France Malta
1960 47,412,964 326,550
1961 47,905,982 325,250
1962 48,389,516 323,900
1963 48,877,567 322,550
1964 49,401,492 321,250
1965 49,877,725 318,800
1966 50,311,637 315,200
1967 50,722,791 311,550
1968 51,112,980 307,900
1969 51,536,014 304,300
1970 52,007,169 302,650
1971 52,499,553 302,700
1972 52,962,356 302,450
1973 53,392,161 302,200
1974 53,746,571 301,996
1975 54,002,853 304,222
1976 54,232,383 305,774
1977 54,486,467 306,970
1978 54,734,030 310,182
1979 54,979,851 313,342
1980 55,274,184 316,645
1981 55,603,353 318,982
1982 55,806,789 325,898
1983 56,108,330 330,524
1984 56,383,085 330,593
1985 56,665,619 336,452
1986 56,956,002 342,121
1987 57,266,167 344,485
1988 57,598,186 347,325
1989 57,943,062 350,722
1990 58,261,012 354,170
1991 58,554,242 363,845
1992 58,846,584 367,618
1993 59,103,094 371,308
1994 59,324,863 374,797
1995 59,541,294 377,419
1996 59,754,504 379,905
1997 59,968,066 382,791
1998 60,190,684 385,287
1999 60,501,986 387,578
2000 60,918,661 390,087
2001 61,364,377 393,028
2002 61,812,142 395,969
2003 62,249,855 398,582
2004 62,707,588 401,268
2005 63,180,854 403,834
2006 63,622,342 405,308
2007 64,016,890 406,724
2008 64,375,116 409,379
2009 64,706,436 412,477
2010 65,026,211 414,508
2011 65,340,830 416,268
2012 65,657,659 420,028
2013 65,997,932 424,810
2014 66,312,067 433,481
2015 66,548,272 444,220
2016 66,724,104 454,505
2017 66,918,020 467,106
2018 67,158,348 483,903
2019 67,382,061 503,912
2020 67,601,110 515,490
2021 67,842,811 518,150
2022 68,065,015 531,113
2023 68,287,487 552,747
2024 68,516,699 574,346

Fertility rates in France and Malta

Fertility rate
France

Malta
Year Fertility rate
France Malta
1960 2.85 3.62
1961 2.87 3.27
1962 2.89 3.24
1963 2.89 2.9
1964 2.87 2.79
1965 2.84 2.52
1966 2.8 2.33
1967 2.75 2.24
1968 2.69 2.12
1969 2.62 2.02
1970 2.55 2.03
1971 2.47 2.06
1972 2.38 2.01
1973 2.28 1.65
1974 2.18 1.64
1975 2.09 2.27
1976 2.01 2.21
1977 1.94 2.14
1978 1.89 2.05
1979 1.87 2.1
1980 1.85 1.99
1981 1.85 1.87
1982 1.86 1.9
1983 1.86 1.92
1984 1.86 1.95
1985 1.86 1.95
1986 1.85 1.93
1987 1.83 1.97
1988 1.81 2.06
1989 1.79 2.1
1990 1.77 2.02
1991 1.75 1.99
1992 1.74 2.07
1993 1.73 1.96
1994 1.73 1.84
1995 1.74 1.77
1996 1.75 1.99
1997 1.77 1.93
1998 1.78 1.84
1999 1.81 1.73
2000 1.89 1.68
2001 1.9 1.48
2002 1.88 1.45
2003 1.89 1.48
2004 1.92 1.4
2005 1.94 1.38
2006 2 1.36
2007 1.98 1.35
2008 2.01 1.43
2009 2 1.42
2010 2.03 1.36
2011 2.01 1.45
2012 2.01 1.42
2013 1.99 1.36
2014 2 1.38
2015 1.96 1.37
2016 1.92 1.37
2017 1.89 1.26
2018 1.87 1.23
2019 1.86 1.14
2020 1.83 1.13
2021 1.84 1.13
2022 1.79 1.08
2023 1.66 1.06

France and Malta demographics compared

Median age
France

Malta
Year Median age, years
France Malta
1960 32.8 23.6
1961 32.8 23.8
1962 32.9 24
1963 32.8 24.2
1964 32.8 24.4
1965 32.7 24.5
1966 32.7 24.6
1967 32.7 24.8
1968 32.6 25
1969 32.5 25.5
1970 32.4 25.9
1971 32.2 26.3
1972 32 26.8
1973 31.8 27.2
1974 31.7 27.6
1975 31.6 28
1976 31.7 28.4
1977 31.9 28.7
1978 32.1 29.2
1979 32.3 29.6
1980 32.4 30
1981 32.6 30.3
1982 32.8 30.6
1983 33 30.9
1984 33.3 31.2
1985 33.5 31.4
1986 33.7 31.7
1987 34 32
1988 34.2 32.4
1989 34.5 32.7
1990 34.7 33
1991 35 33.3
1992 35.3 33.7
1993 35.6 34
1994 35.9 34.3
1995 36.2 34.7
1996 36.5 35.1
1997 36.8 35.5
1998 37.1 35.8
1999 37.4 36.1
2000 37.7 36.4
2001 37.9 36.7
2002 38.2 37
2003 38.4 37.4
2004 38.6 37.7
2005 38.9 38.1
2006 39.1 38.4
2007 39.4 38.7
2008 39.6 39
2009 39.8 39.3
2010 40 39.6
2011 40.3 39.9
2012 40.5 40.2
2013 40.8 40.4
2014 41 40.6
2015 41.2 40.6
2016 41.4 40.6
2017 41.6 40.5
2018 41.9 40.2
2019 42.1 39.9
2020 42.3 39.9
2021 42.4 40.2
2022 42.6 40.8
2023 42.8 41.4
2024 43 41.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

France Malta
GNI, Atlas method
$3.1T
2024
$19.9B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
57.3%
2025
36.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.32%
2022
4.72%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.06%
2023
0.56%
2023
Armed forces personnel
304,000
2020
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.46%
2025
-3.35%
2025
Unemployment rate
7.39%
2024
3.12%
2024
Services, % of GDP
70.4%
2024
80.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
17.5%
2024
11.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
64.4
2025
66.8
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25%
2023
27.7%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
3%
2023
2.7%
2022
Number of millionaires
2,868,031
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
5.42%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
52
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0001%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
457
2018
34
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$2.37T
2018
$4.29B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$283B
2024
$1.42B
2024
Personal remittances received
$38.8B
2024
$15.4M
2024
International tourist arrivals
117,109,000
2020
718,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
4.8%
2020
11.5%
2007
Banked people share
99.2%
2024
96.6%
2024

Energy

France Malta
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
3,140 kg
2023
1,398 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$18.6
2023
$45.1
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
282.4 megatons
2023
1.68 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.14 tons
2023
3.05 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
46.5%
2023
87.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
16.2%
2021
8.6%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
46.7%
2023
3.81%
2023
Net energy imports use share
47.1%
2023
404%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
6,423 kWh
2023
5,042 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
22.8%
2021
11.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
11.6%
2023
0%
2021
Nuclear share
64.3%
2023
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

France Malta
% of world population
0.84%
2024
0.007%
2024
Annual migration change
+90,527
2024
+6,323
2024
Urban population
82%
2024
95%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.86 ft
2025
5.72 ft
2025
Average female height
5.4 ft
2025
5.35 ft
2025
Quality of life index
85.5
2025
80.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
67
2024
46
2024
Higher education index
85
2025
72
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.34
2023
0.56
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.1
2019
4.1
2019
Visa free countries
175
2025
172
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
94.9%
2021
English speaking
57.3%
2023
88.3%
2023
People using the Internet
88.7%
2024
92.1%
2023

Health

France Malta
Government health expenditure per capita
$4,865
2022
$3,353
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$434
2022
$1,007
2022
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
83.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.34
2021
4.28
2021
Age at first childbirth
29.1 years
2023
29.8 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
7
2023
8
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
4.3
2023
5.5
2023
Obesity rate
10%
2022
32.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.5%
2024
10%
2024
Air quality index
80
2025
66
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
34.6%
2022
24.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.3 liters
2020
7.11 liters
2020

Territory

France Malta
% of world land
0.36%
2025
0.0002%
2025
Land area per capita
3,037 sq mi
2024
215.1 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
109,256 sq mi
2025
32 sq mi
2025
Forest area
67,580 sq mi
2025
1.78 sq mi
2025
Roads length
654,437 mi
2011
1,401 mi
2001

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