France vs North Korea statistics compared

France has a population of 68.5M (ranked 23/197), compared with 26.5M in North Korea (ranked 56/197). France's land area is 208,090 sq mi versus 46,491 sq mi for North Korea (ranked 48th vs. 97th).

By GDP, France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T) and North Korea ranks 106/197 ($34.9B). By GDP per capita, France ranks 27/197 ($46,150), while North Korea ranks 168/197 ($1,319).

France and North Korea: Comparison Charts

France and North Korea economies compared

GDP

France

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	France	North Korea
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	-
1971	$164,238,872,973	-
1972	$201,621,751,625	-
1973	$262,343,828,816	-
1974	$283,102,178,123	-
1975	$356,780,728,163	-
1976	$368,488,292,816	-
1977	$406,736,454,934	-
1978	$501,724,418,605	-
1979	$608,218,624,730	-
1980	$694,529,183,483	-
1981	$609,184,791,792	-
1982	$578,152,310,610	-
1983	$553,356,312,936	-
1984	$525,033,325,828	-
1985	$547,220,981,165	-
1986	$764,946,585,851	-
1987	$926,320,855,615	-
1988	$1,010,827,662,152	-
1989	$1,016,742,237,302	-
1990	$1,257,649,439,827	-
1991	$1,258,961,748,634	-
1992	$1,389,663,073,110	-
1993	$1,314,383,368,080	-
1994	$1,385,822,778,828	-
1995	$1,595,219,345,512	-
1996	$1,598,889,216,566	-
1997	$1,449,392,222,971	-
1998	$1,496,906,382,032	-
1999	$1,486,915,879,702	-
2000	$1,360,959,069,477	-
2001	$1,370,376,677,299	-
2002	$1,492,427,756,382	-
2003	$1,835,095,983,049	-
2004	$2,109,792,297,237	-
2005	$2,192,146,403,028	-
2006	$2,317,861,544,691	-
2007	$2,655,816,911,867	-
2008	$2,926,802,941,586	-
2009	$2,700,075,882,519	$23,356,470,000
2010	$2,646,230,027,988	$25,995,513,000
2011	$2,870,408,553,990	$29,005,020,000
2012	$2,683,007,095,787	$29,890,710,000
2013	$2,816,077,607,875	$30,588,922,000
2014	$2,861,236,112,552	$30,554,460,000
2015	$2,442,483,452,643	$30,723,030,000
2016	$2,470,407,619,777	$28,882,640,000
2017	$2,588,868,323,335	$29,105,440,000
2018	$2,781,576,320,884	$28,536,400,000
2019	$2,722,793,515,172	$28,222,880,000
2020	$2,647,926,055,110	$27,728,240,000
2021	$2,966,433,692,008	$32,301,720,000
2022	$2,796,302,210,399	$28,971,360,000
2023	$3,051,831,611,385	$32,155,360,000
2024	$3,162,079,073,496	$34,943,120,000

France and North Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

France

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	France	North Korea
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	-
1971	$3,128	-
1972	$3,807	-
1973	$4,914	-
1974	$5,267	-
1975	$6,607	-
1976	$6,795	-
1977	$7,465	-
1978	$9,167	-
1979	$11,063	-
1980	$12,565	-
1981	$10,956	-
1982	$10,360	-
1983	$9,862	-
1984	$9,312	-
1985	$9,657	-
1986	$13,430	-
1987	$16,176	-
1988	$17,550	-
1989	$17,547	-
1990	$21,586	-
1991	$21,501	-
1992	$23,615	-
1993	$22,239	-
1994	$23,360	-
1995	$26,792	-
1996	$26,758	-
1997	$24,169	-
1998	$24,869	-
1999	$24,576	-
2000	$22,341	-
2001	$22,332	-
2002	$24,145	-
2003	$29,480	-
2004	$33,645	-
2005	$34,696	-
2006	$36,432	-
2007	$41,486	-
2008	$45,465	-
2009	$41,728	$939
2010	$40,695	$1,040
2011	$43,930	$1,156
2012	$40,864	$1,186
2013	$42,669	$1,208
2014	$43,148	$1,201
2015	$36,702	$1,201
2016	$37,024	$1,124
2017	$38,687	$1,127
2018	$41,418	$1,100
2019	$40,408	$1,084
2020	$39,170	$1,061
2021	$43,725	$1,231
2022	$41,083	$1,100
2023	$44,691	$1,217
2024	$46,150	$1,319

France vs. North Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

France

North Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	France	North Korea
1950	66.4	14.2
1951	66.1	17.7
1952	67.4	32.8
1953	67.3	40.3
1954	68.2	50.6
1955	68.4	51.8
1956	68.5	52.8
1957	68.9	53.7
1958	70.1	54.5
1959	70.2	55.2
1960	70.4	55.8
1961	71	56.4
1962	70.5	57
1963	70.3	57.6
1964	71.3	58.2
1965	71.1	58.8
1966	71.5	59.4
1967	71.5	60.1
1968	71.5	60.8
1969	71.2	61.4
1970	72.1	62
1971	72.1	62.7
1972	72.3	63.3
1973	72.5	63.8
1974	72.8	64.3
1975	72.9	64.8
1976	73.1	65.3
1977	73.7	65.8
1978	73.8	66.3
1979	74.1	66.7
1980	74.2	67.2
1981	74.4	67.7
1982	74.8	68.1
1983	74.7	68.5
1984	75.2	68.9
1985	75.3	69.2
1986	75.6	69.5
1987	76.1	69.8
1988	76.4	70.1
1989	76.5	70.3
1990	76.8	70.5
1991	77	70.7
1992	77.3	71
1993	77.3	70.8
1994	77.8	70.5
1995	77.9	60.8
1996	78.1	60.8
1997	78.4	60.9
1998	78.6	60.9
1999	78.7	60.9
2000	79	60.9
2001	79.2	60.9
2002	79.4	60.9
2003	79.4	69.4
2004	80.3	69.3
2005	80.3	69.2
2006	80.7	69.1
2007	81	69
2008	81	69.3
2009	81.2	69.7
2010	81.4	70.2
2011	81.8	70.8
2012	81.7	71.3
2013	82	71.9
2014	82.4	72.5
2015	82.1	72.8
2016	82.4	73
2017	82.4	73
2018	82.6	73
2019	82.7	72.9
2020	82.2	72.8
2021	82.3	73.4
2022	82.5	73.6
2023	83.3	73.6
2024	83.5	73.7
2025	83.6	73.9

France and North Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

France

North Korea

Table

Year	Population
	France	North Korea
1960	47,412,964	11,722,953
1961	47,905,982	11,990,713
1962	48,389,516	12,262,882
1963	48,877,567	12,567,057
1964	49,401,492	12,889,770
1965	49,877,725	13,219,369
1966	50,311,637	13,569,094
1967	50,722,791	13,958,350
1968	51,112,980	14,365,596
1969	51,536,014	14,767,615
1970	52,007,169	15,172,775
1971	52,499,553	15,572,457
1972	52,962,356	15,975,069
1973	53,392,161	16,350,367
1974	53,746,571	16,673,121
1975	54,002,853	16,971,055
1976	54,232,383	17,243,450
1977	54,486,467	17,492,798
1978	54,734,030	17,735,995
1979	54,979,851	17,983,470
1980	55,274,184	18,236,786
1981	55,603,353	18,501,295
1982	55,806,789	18,776,357
1983	56,108,330	19,054,034
1984	56,383,085	19,335,043
1985	56,665,619	19,620,388
1986	56,956,002	19,910,855
1987	57,266,167	20,205,483
1988	57,598,186	20,503,161
1989	57,943,062	20,804,367
1990	58,261,012	21,112,137
1991	58,554,242	21,428,638
1992	58,846,584	21,750,911
1993	59,103,094	22,073,352
1994	59,324,863	22,393,975
1995	59,541,294	22,669,304
1996	59,754,504	22,895,746
1997	59,968,066	23,110,830
1998	60,190,684	23,311,564
1999	60,501,986	23,497,599
2000	60,918,661	23,665,910
2001	61,364,377	23,815,358
2002	61,812,142	23,943,973
2003	62,249,855	24,090,380
2004	62,707,588	24,254,943
2005	63,180,854	24,396,433
2006	63,622,342	24,524,507
2007	64,016,890	24,646,383
2008	64,375,116	24,764,618
2009	64,706,436	24,878,332
2010	65,026,211	24,987,258
2011	65,340,830	25,097,874
2012	65,657,659	25,211,728
2013	65,997,932	25,329,451
2014	66,312,067	25,451,262
2015	66,548,272	25,575,350
2016	66,724,104	25,698,326
2017	66,918,020	25,817,709
2018	67,158,348	25,931,147
2019	67,382,061	26,037,632
2020	67,601,110	26,136,312
2021	67,842,811	26,232,534
2022	68,065,015	26,328,845
2023	68,287,487	26,418,204
2024	68,516,699	26,498,823

Fertility rates in France and North Korea

Fertility rate

France

North Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	France	North Korea
1960	2.85	3.57
1961	2.87	3.26
1962	2.89	3.41
1963	2.89	3.63
1964	2.87	3.55
1965	2.84	3.56
1966	2.8	3.71
1967	2.75	4.05
1968	2.69	3.87
1969	2.62	3.86
1970	2.55	3.85
1971	2.47	3.74
1972	2.38	3.89
1973	2.28	3.35
1974	2.18	3.14
1975	2.09	3.05
1976	2.01	2.84
1977	1.94	2.77
1978	1.89	2.79
1979	1.87	2.85
1980	1.85	2.84
1981	1.85	2.92
1982	1.86	2.85
1983	1.86	2.78
1984	1.86	2.71
1985	1.86	2.65
1986	1.85	2.59
1987	1.83	2.53
1988	1.81	2.47
1989	1.79	2.41
1990	1.77	2.39
1991	1.75	2.35
1992	1.74	2.29
1993	1.73	2.22
1994	1.73	2.18
1995	1.74	2.15
1996	1.75	2.09
1997	1.77	2.03
1998	1.78	1.99
1999	1.81	1.97
2000	1.89	1.94
2001	1.9	1.94
2002	1.88	1.92
2003	1.89	1.91
2004	1.92	1.9
2005	1.94	1.87
2006	2	1.94
2007	1.98	1.94
2008	2.01	1.97
2009	2	1.91
2010	2.03	1.89
2011	2.01	1.88
2012	2.01	1.88
2013	1.99	1.88
2014	2	1.87
2015	1.96	1.86
2016	1.92	1.86
2017	1.89	1.85
2018	1.87	1.83
2019	1.86	1.83
2020	1.83	1.82
2021	1.84	1.81
2022	1.79	1.8
2023	1.66	1.78

France and North Korea demographics compared

Median age

France

North Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	France	North Korea
1960	32.8	19.9
1961	32.8	20.2
1962	32.9	20.6
1963	32.8	20.8
1964	32.8	21
1965	32.7	21.2
1966	32.7	21.3
1967	32.7	21.4
1968	32.6	21.4
1969	32.5	21.4
1970	32.4	21.4
1971	32.2	21.2
1972	32	20.9
1973	31.8	20.7
1974	31.7	20.7
1975	31.6	20.9
1976	31.7	21.1
1977	31.9	21.4
1978	32.1	21.8
1979	32.3	22.2
1980	32.4	22.5
1981	32.6	22.8
1982	32.8	23.1
1983	33	23.5
1984	33.3	23.9
1985	33.5	24.2
1986	33.7	24.5
1987	34	24.8
1988	34.2	25.1
1989	34.5	25.6
1990	34.7	26
1991	35	26.4
1992	35.3	26.8
1993	35.6	27.2
1994	35.9	27.6
1995	36.2	28
1996	36.5	28.3
1997	36.8	28.8
1998	37.1	29.2
1999	37.4	29.6
2000	37.7	30.1
2001	37.9	30.5
2002	38.2	31
2003	38.4	31.4
2004	38.6	31.8
2005	38.9	32.1
2006	39.1	32.5
2007	39.4	32.9
2008	39.6	33.3
2009	39.8	33.7
2010	40	34
2011	40.3	34.3
2012	40.5	34.5
2013	40.8	34.7
2014	41	35
2015	41.2	35.2
2016	41.4	35.4
2017	41.6	35.7
2018	41.9	35.9
2019	42.1	36.2
2020	42.3	36.4
2021	42.4	36.6
2022	42.6	36.8
2023	42.8	37.1
2024	43	37.3

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