France vs Netherlands statistics compared

France has a population of 68.5M (ranked 23/197), compared with 18M in The Netherlands (ranked 72/197). France's land area is 208,090 sq mi versus 13,000 sq mi for The Netherlands (ranked 48th vs. 134th).

By GDP, France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T) and The Netherlands ranks 19/197 ($1.23T). By GDP per capita, France ranks 27/197 ($46,150), while The Netherlands ranks 13/197 ($68,219).

France and Netherlands: Comparison Charts

France and Netherlands economies compared

GDP

France

Netherlands

Table

Year	GDP
	France	Netherlands
1960	$61,756,878,990	$13,282,979,015
1961	$66,806,595,975	$14,599,836,396
1962	$74,888,595,286	$15,847,582,341
1963	$83,957,182,115	$17,193,744,109
1964	$93,079,224,076	$20,232,048,553
1965	$100,522,559,916	$22,721,869,808
1966	$108,928,356,519	$24,741,480,717
1967	$117,751,396,249	$27,143,828,099
1968	$128,427,504,709	$30,097,635,751
1969	$140,361,802,782	$34,086,038,090
1970	$146,926,998,937	$38,220,884,519
1971	$164,238,872,973	$44,644,730,576
1972	$201,621,751,625	$54,787,070,173
1973	$262,343,828,816	$71,946,639,603
1974	$283,102,178,123	$87,371,810,804
1975	$356,780,728,163	$100,397,061,694
1976	$368,488,292,816	$109,329,386,564
1977	$406,736,454,934	$127,203,923,857
1978	$501,724,418,605	$156,089,077,205
1979	$608,218,624,730	$179,933,827,310
1980	$694,529,183,483	$195,439,301,707
1981	$609,184,791,792	$164,375,775,854
1982	$578,152,310,610	$158,712,765,536
1983	$553,356,312,936	$153,671,294,109
1984	$525,033,325,828	$144,124,462,912
1985	$547,220,981,165	$144,057,523,222
1986	$764,946,585,851	$201,157,708,221
1987	$926,320,855,615	$245,406,949,521
1988	$1,010,827,662,152	$262,295,966,105
1989	$1,016,742,237,302	$258,716,904,292
1990	$1,257,649,439,827	$318,799,003,994
1991	$1,258,961,748,634	$327,982,316,124
1992	$1,389,663,073,110	$363,497,050,125
1993	$1,314,383,368,080	$354,070,495,966
1994	$1,385,822,778,828	$379,688,232,232
1995	$1,595,219,345,512	$452,967,334,614
1996	$1,598,889,216,566	$451,372,549,020
1997	$1,449,392,222,971	$417,506,211,882
1998	$1,496,906,382,032	$438,612,530,549
1999	$1,486,915,879,702	$447,778,514,140
2000	$1,360,959,069,477	$417,649,282,154
2001	$1,370,376,677,299	$432,536,219,669
2002	$1,492,427,756,382	$475,529,972,123
2003	$1,835,095,983,049	$582,435,617,082
2004	$2,109,792,297,237	$661,224,886,143
2005	$2,192,146,403,028	$688,133,699,636
2006	$2,317,861,544,691	$737,593,995,289
2007	$2,655,816,911,867	$853,499,460,873
2008	$2,926,802,941,586	$957,901,566,041
2009	$2,700,075,882,519	$878,954,223,140
2010	$2,646,230,027,988	$852,464,982,433
2011	$2,870,408,553,990	$913,140,741,333
2012	$2,683,007,095,787	$845,689,017,066
2013	$2,816,077,607,875	$883,951,539,007
2014	$2,861,236,112,552	$901,556,501,756
2015	$2,442,483,452,643	$775,743,675,303
2016	$2,470,407,619,777	$797,163,949,290
2017	$2,588,868,323,335	$848,233,537,846
2018	$2,781,576,320,884	$929,733,599,797
2019	$2,722,793,515,172	$928,903,005,576
2020	$2,647,926,055,110	$932,560,861,701
2021	$2,966,433,692,008	$1,054,472,123,450
2022	$2,796,302,210,399	$1,046,540,797,549
2023	$3,051,831,611,385	$1,154,361,305,398
2024	$3,162,079,073,496	$1,227,543,925,316

France and Netherlands economies compared

GDP per capita

France

Netherlands

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	France	Netherlands
1960	$1,303	$1,156
1961	$1,395	$1,254
1962	$1,548	$1,342
1963	$1,718	$1,437
1964	$1,884	$1,668
1965	$2,015	$1,848
1966	$2,165	$1,986
1967	$2,321	$2,155
1968	$2,513	$2,364
1969	$2,724	$2,647
1970	$2,825	$2,931
1971	$3,128	$3,384
1972	$3,807	$4,110
1973	$4,914	$5,353
1974	$5,267	$6,450
1975	$6,607	$7,346
1976	$6,795	$7,937
1977	$7,465	$9,180
1978	$9,167	$11,196
1979	$11,063	$12,817
1980	$12,565	$13,812
1981	$10,956	$11,537
1982	$10,360	$11,089
1983	$9,862	$10,696
1984	$9,312	$9,992
1985	$9,657	$9,941
1986	$13,430	$13,804
1987	$16,176	$16,734
1988	$17,550	$17,771
1989	$17,547	$17,423
1990	$21,586	$21,322
1991	$21,501	$21,764
1992	$23,615	$23,939
1993	$22,239	$23,156
1994	$23,360	$24,683
1995	$26,792	$29,301
1996	$26,758	$29,064
1997	$24,169	$26,745
1998	$24,869	$27,924
1999	$24,576	$28,319
2000	$22,341	$26,225
2001	$22,332	$26,956
2002	$24,145	$29,447
2003	$29,480	$35,897
2004	$33,645	$40,611
2005	$34,696	$42,165
2006	$36,432	$45,124
2007	$41,486	$52,101
2008	$45,465	$58,247
2009	$41,728	$53,172
2010	$40,695	$51,306
2011	$43,930	$54,702
2012	$40,864	$50,474
2013	$42,669	$52,602
2014	$43,148	$53,457
2015	$36,702	$45,794
2016	$37,024	$46,809
2017	$38,687	$49,514
2018	$41,418	$53,955
2019	$40,408	$53,555
2020	$39,170	$53,468
2021	$43,725	$60,142
2022	$41,083	$59,123
2023	$44,691	$64,572
2024	$46,150	$68,219

France vs. Netherlands life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

France

Netherlands

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	France	Netherlands
1950	66.4	71.4
1951	66.1	71.5
1952	67.4	72.1
1953	67.3	71.7
1954	68.2	72.4
1955	68.4	72.5
1956	68.5	72.5
1957	68.9	73
1958	70.1	73.1
1959	70.2	73.2
1960	70.4	73.4
1961	71	73.6
1962	70.5	73.2
1963	70.3	73.4
1964	71.3	73.7
1965	71.1	73.6
1966	71.5	73.6
1967	71.5	73.8
1968	71.5	73.6
1969	71.2	73.6
1970	72.1	73.6
1971	72.1	73.9
1972	72.3	73.8
1973	72.5	74.2
1974	72.8	74.6
1975	72.9	74.6
1976	73.1	74.7
1977	73.7	75.3
1978	73.8	75.2
1979	74.1	75.6
1980	74.2	75.8
1981	74.4	76
1982	74.8	76.1
1983	74.7	76.3
1984	75.2	76.3
1985	75.3	76.4
1986	75.6	76.4
1987	76.1	76.8
1988	76.4	77
1989	76.5	76.8
1990	76.8	77
1991	77	77.2
1992	77.3	77.4
1993	77.3	77
1994	77.8	77.5
1995	77.9	77.6
1996	78.1	77.6
1997	78.4	77.9
1998	78.6	78
1999	78.7	78
2000	79	78.1
2001	79.2	78.3
2002	79.4	78.4
2003	79.4	78.7
2004	80.3	79.2
2005	80.3	79.5
2006	80.7	79.8
2007	81	80.3
2008	81	80.4
2009	81.2	80.7
2010	81.4	80.8
2011	81.8	81.1
2012	81.7	81.1
2013	82	81.3
2014	82.4	81.7
2015	82.1	81.5
2016	82.4	81.6
2017	82.4	81.7
2018	82.6	81.8
2019	82.7	82.1
2020	82.2	81.4
2021	82.3	81.4
2022	82.5	81.9
2023	83.3	82.2
2024	83.5	82.3
2025	83.6	82.4

France and Netherlands population clocks and comparison

Population

France

Netherlands

Table

Year	Population
	France	Netherlands
1960	47,412,964	11,486,631
1961	47,905,982	11,638,712
1962	48,389,516	11,805,689
1963	48,877,567	11,965,966
1964	49,401,492	12,127,120
1965	49,877,725	12,294,732
1966	50,311,637	12,456,251
1967	50,722,791	12,598,201
1968	51,112,980	12,729,721
1969	51,536,014	12,877,984
1970	52,007,169	13,038,526
1971	52,499,553	13,194,497
1972	52,962,356	13,328,593
1973	53,392,161	13,439,322
1974	53,746,571	13,545,056
1975	54,002,853	13,666,335
1976	54,232,383	13,774,037
1977	54,486,467	13,856,185
1978	54,734,030	13,941,700
1979	54,979,851	14,038,270
1980	55,274,184	14,149,800
1981	55,603,353	14,247,208
1982	55,806,789	14,312,690
1983	56,108,330	14,367,070
1984	56,383,085	14,424,211
1985	56,665,619	14,491,632
1986	56,956,002	14,572,278
1987	57,266,167	14,665,037
1988	57,598,186	14,760,094
1989	57,943,062	14,848,907
1990	58,261,012	14,951,510
1991	58,554,242	15,069,798
1992	58,846,584	15,184,166
1993	59,103,094	15,290,368
1994	59,324,863	15,382,838
1995	59,541,294	15,459,006
1996	59,754,504	15,530,498
1997	59,968,066	15,610,650
1998	60,190,684	15,707,209
1999	60,501,986	15,812,088
2000	60,918,661	15,925,513
2001	61,364,377	16,046,180
2002	61,812,142	16,148,929
2003	62,249,855	16,225,302
2004	62,707,588	16,281,779
2005	63,180,854	16,319,868
2006	63,622,342	16,346,101
2007	64,016,890	16,381,696
2008	64,375,116	16,445,593
2009	64,706,436	16,530,388
2010	65,026,211	16,615,394
2011	65,340,830	16,693,074
2012	65,657,659	16,754,962
2013	65,997,932	16,804,432
2014	66,312,067	16,865,008
2015	66,548,272	16,939,923
2016	66,724,104	17,030,314
2017	66,918,020	17,131,296
2018	67,158,348	17,231,624
2019	67,382,061	17,344,874
2020	67,601,110	17,441,500
2021	67,842,811	17,533,044
2022	68,065,015	17,700,982
2023	68,287,487	17,877,117
2024	68,516,699	17,994,237

Fertility rates in France and Netherlands

Fertility rate

France

Netherlands

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	France	Netherlands
1960	2.85	3.12
1961	2.87	3.22
1962	2.89	3.18
1963	2.89	3.19
1964	2.87	3.17
1965	2.84	3.04
1966	2.8	2.9
1967	2.75	2.81
1968	2.69	2.72
1969	2.62	2.75
1970	2.55	2.57
1971	2.47	2.36
1972	2.38	2.15
1973	2.28	1.9
1974	2.18	1.77
1975	2.09	1.66
1976	2.01	1.63
1977	1.94	1.58
1978	1.89	1.58
1979	1.87	1.56
1980	1.85	1.6
1981	1.85	1.56
1982	1.86	1.5
1983	1.86	1.47
1984	1.86	1.49
1985	1.86	1.51
1986	1.85	1.55
1987	1.83	1.56
1988	1.81	1.55
1989	1.79	1.55
1990	1.77	1.62
1991	1.75	1.61
1992	1.74	1.59
1993	1.73	1.57
1994	1.73	1.57
1995	1.74	1.53
1996	1.75	1.53
1997	1.77	1.56
1998	1.78	1.63
1999	1.81	1.65
2000	1.89	1.72
2001	1.9	1.71
2002	1.88	1.73
2003	1.89	1.75
2004	1.92	1.72
2005	1.94	1.71
2006	2	1.72
2007	1.98	1.72
2008	2.01	1.77
2009	2	1.79
2010	2.03	1.79
2011	2.01	1.76
2012	2.01	1.72
2013	1.99	1.68
2014	2	1.71
2015	1.96	1.66
2016	1.92	1.66
2017	1.89	1.62
2018	1.87	1.59
2019	1.86	1.57
2020	1.83	1.54
2021	1.84	1.62
2022	1.79	1.49
2023	1.66	1.43

France and Netherlands demographics compared

Median age

France

Netherlands

Table

Year	Median age, years
	France	Netherlands
1960	32.8	28.8
1961	32.8	28.8
1962	32.9	28.7
1963	32.8	28.7
1964	32.8	28.6
1965	32.7	28.6
1966	32.7	28.6
1967	32.7	28.5
1968	32.6	28.6
1969	32.5	28.6
1970	32.4	28.6
1971	32.2	28.7
1972	32	28.9
1973	31.8	29
1974	31.7	29.3
1975	31.6	29.4
1976	31.7	29.8
1977	31.9	30.3
1978	32.1	30.7
1979	32.3	31
1980	32.4	31.3
1981	32.6	31.6
1982	32.8	31.9
1983	33	32.3
1984	33.3	32.6
1985	33.5	32.9
1986	33.7	33.2
1987	34	33.5
1988	34.2	33.8
1989	34.5	34.1
1990	34.7	34.3
1991	35	34.6
1992	35.3	34.8
1993	35.6	35.1
1994	35.9	35.4
1995	36.2	35.7
1996	36.5	36.1
1997	36.8	36.4
1998	37.1	36.7
1999	37.4	37
2000	37.7	37.3
2001	37.9	37.5
2002	38.2	37.8
2003	38.4	38.1
2004	38.6	38.5
2005	38.9	38.9
2006	39.1	39.3
2007	39.4	39.7
2008	39.6	40
2009	39.8	40.3
2010	40	40.7
2011	40.3	41
2012	40.5	41.3
2013	40.8	41.6
2014	41	41.8
2015	41.2	42
2016	41.4	42.2
2017	41.6	42.3
2018	41.9	42.4
2019	42.1	42.5
2020	42.3	42.5
2021	42.4	42.6
2022	42.6	42.5
2023	42.8	42.4
2024	43	42.4

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