France vs Norway statistics compared

France has a population of 68.5M (ranked 23/197), compared with 5.57M in Norway (ranked 118/197). France's land area is 208,090 sq mi versus 140,645 sq mi for Norway (ranked 48th vs. 62nd).

By GDP, France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T) and Norway ranks 32/197 ($484B). By GDP per capita, France ranks 27/197 ($46,150), while Norway ranks 8/197 ($86,810).

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France and Norway economies compared

GDP

France

Norway

Table

Year	GDP
	France	Norway
1960	$61,756,878,990	$5,197,398,721
1961	$66,806,595,975	$5,669,689,210
1962	$74,888,595,286	$6,107,076,929
1963	$83,957,182,115	$6,553,269,536
1964	$93,079,224,076	$7,206,522,122
1965	$100,522,559,916	$8,111,945,661
1966	$108,928,356,519	$8,753,940,267
1967	$117,751,396,249	$9,577,383,653
1968	$128,427,504,709	$10,227,087,165
1969	$140,361,802,782	$11,136,187,440
1970	$146,926,998,937	$12,814,123,115
1971	$164,238,872,973	$14,583,114,840
1972	$201,621,751,625	$17,358,610,850
1973	$262,343,828,816	$22,534,253,703
1974	$283,102,178,123	$27,145,693,810
1975	$356,780,728,163	$32,877,805,200
1976	$368,488,292,816	$35,942,270,686
1977	$406,736,454,934	$41,508,030,431
1978	$501,724,418,605	$46,522,900,254
1979	$608,218,624,730	$53,132,244,624
1980	$694,529,183,483	$64,439,382,896
1981	$609,184,791,792	$63,596,654,761
1982	$578,152,310,610	$62,647,195,538
1983	$553,356,312,936	$61,627,240,831
1984	$525,033,325,828	$62,057,955,033
1985	$547,220,981,165	$65,416,879,914
1986	$764,946,585,851	$78,693,118,044
1987	$926,320,855,615	$94,229,907,236
1988	$1,010,827,662,152	$101,900,260,856
1989	$1,016,742,237,302	$102,633,934,391
1990	$1,257,649,439,827	$119,791,843,060
1991	$1,258,961,748,634	$121,872,464,483
1992	$1,389,663,073,110	$130,838,040,068
1993	$1,314,383,368,080	$120,579,213,713
1994	$1,385,822,778,828	$127,131,319,429
1995	$1,595,219,345,512	$152,029,612,325
1996	$1,598,889,216,566	$163,520,109,151
1997	$1,449,392,222,971	$161,356,631,888
1998	$1,496,906,382,032	$154,230,295,158
1999	$1,486,915,879,702	$162,383,706,021
2000	$1,360,959,069,477	$171,457,201,936
2001	$1,370,376,677,299	$174,239,354,071
2002	$1,492,427,756,382	$195,914,852,576
2003	$1,835,095,983,049	$229,385,469,337
2004	$2,109,792,297,237	$265,268,662,473
2005	$2,192,146,403,028	$309,978,579,744
2006	$2,317,861,544,691	$346,915,160,682
2007	$2,655,816,911,867	$402,643,260,488
2008	$2,926,802,941,586	$464,917,553,191
2009	$2,700,075,882,519	$387,976,400,617
2010	$2,646,230,027,988	$431,052,143,940
2011	$2,870,408,553,990	$501,360,549,669
2012	$2,683,007,095,787	$512,777,309,841
2013	$2,816,077,607,875	$526,014,468,085
2014	$2,861,236,112,552	$501,736,471,833
2015	$2,442,483,452,643	$388,159,512,246
2016	$2,470,407,619,777	$370,956,547,619
2017	$2,588,868,323,335	$401,745,275,035
2018	$2,781,576,320,884	$439,788,625,884
2019	$2,722,793,515,172	$408,742,840,909
2020	$2,647,926,055,110	$367,633,418,887
2021	$2,966,433,692,008	$503,367,986,030
2022	$2,796,302,210,399	$596,297,651,036
2023	$3,051,831,611,385	$482,949,731,777
2024	$3,162,079,073,496	$483,727,398,216

France and Norway economies compared

GDP per capita

France

Norway

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	France	Norway
1960	$1,303	$1,451
1961	$1,395	$1,571
1962	$1,548	$1,678
1963	$1,718	$1,787
1964	$1,884	$1,951
1965	$2,015	$2,179
1966	$2,165	$2,333
1967	$2,321	$2,531
1968	$2,513	$2,680
1969	$2,724	$2,894
1970	$2,825	$3,306
1971	$3,128	$3,736
1972	$3,807	$4,414
1973	$4,914	$5,690
1974	$5,267	$6,812
1975	$6,607	$8,204
1976	$6,795	$8,927
1977	$7,465	$10,266
1978	$9,167	$11,463
1979	$11,063	$13,047
1980	$12,565	$15,772
1981	$10,956	$15,513
1982	$10,360	$15,225
1983	$9,862	$14,928
1984	$9,312	$14,989
1985	$9,657	$15,754
1986	$13,430	$18,883
1987	$16,176	$22,506
1988	$17,550	$24,207
1989	$17,547	$24,281
1990	$21,586	$28,243
1991	$21,501	$28,597
1992	$23,615	$30,524
1993	$22,239	$27,964
1994	$23,360	$29,316
1995	$26,792	$34,876
1996	$26,758	$37,322
1997	$24,169	$36,629
1998	$24,869	$34,803
1999	$24,576	$36,393
2000	$22,341	$38,178
2001	$22,332	$38,602
2002	$24,145	$43,171
2003	$29,480	$50,250
2004	$33,645	$57,769
2005	$34,696	$67,047
2006	$36,432	$74,434
2007	$41,486	$85,502
2008	$45,465	$97,504
2009	$41,728	$80,348
2010	$40,695	$88,163
2011	$43,930	$101,222
2012	$40,864	$102,176
2013	$42,669	$103,554
2014	$43,148	$97,667
2015	$36,702	$74,810
2016	$37,024	$70,867
2017	$38,687	$76,132
2018	$41,418	$82,793
2019	$40,408	$76,431
2020	$39,170	$68,340
2021	$43,725	$93,073
2022	$41,083	$109,270
2023	$44,691	$87,497
2024	$46,150	$86,810

France vs. Norway life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

France

Norway

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	France	Norway
1950	66.4	71.6
1951	66.1	72.5
1952	67.4	72.7
1953	67.3	73.1
1954	68.2	73.2
1955	68.4	73.4
1956	68.5	73.5
1957	68.9	73.4
1958	70.1	73.4
1959	70.2	73.6
1960	70.4	73.6
1961	71	73.6
1962	70.5	73.5
1963	70.3	73.1
1964	71.3	73.6
1965	71.1	73.7
1966	71.5	74
1967	71.5	74.1
1968	71.5	73.9
1969	71.2	73.7
1970	72.1	74.1
1971	72.1	74.2
1972	72.3	74.3
1973	72.5	74.4
1974	72.8	74.8
1975	72.9	74.8
1976	73.1	75
1977	73.7	75.4
1978	73.8	75.4
1979	74.1	75.4
1980	74.2	75.7
1981	74.4	75.9
1982	74.8	76
1983	74.7	76.1
1984	75.2	76.2
1985	75.3	75.9
1986	75.6	76.3
1987	76.1	76.1
1988	76.4	76.3
1989	76.5	76.5
1990	76.8	76.6
1991	77	77
1992	77.3	77.2
1993	77.3	77.2
1994	77.8	77.8
1995	77.9	77.8
1996	78.1	78.2
1997	78.4	78.2
1998	78.6	78.4
1999	78.7	78.4
2000	79	78.7
2001	79.2	78.9
2002	79.4	79
2003	79.4	79.5
2004	80.3	80
2005	80.3	80.2
2006	80.7	80.4
2007	81	80.5
2008	81	80.7
2009	81.2	80.9
2010	81.4	81
2011	81.8	81.2
2012	81.7	81.4
2013	82	81.7
2014	82.4	82.1
2015	82.1	82.3
2016	82.4	82.4
2017	82.4	82.6
2018	82.6	82.8
2019	82.7	83
2020	82.2	83.2
2021	82.3	83.2
2022	82.5	82.6
2023	83.3	83.3
2024	83.5	83.5
2025	83.6	83.6

France and Norway population clocks and comparison

Population

France

Norway

Table

Year	Population
	France	Norway
1960	47,412,964	3,581,239
1961	47,905,982	3,609,800
1962	48,389,516	3,638,918
1963	48,877,567	3,666,537
1964	49,401,492	3,694,339
1965	49,877,725	3,723,168
1966	50,311,637	3,753,012
1967	50,722,791	3,784,539
1968	51,112,980	3,816,486
1969	51,536,014	3,847,707
1970	52,007,169	3,875,763
1971	52,499,553	3,903,039
1972	52,962,356	3,933,004
1973	53,392,161	3,960,612
1974	53,746,571	3,985,258
1975	54,002,853	4,007,313
1976	54,232,383	4,026,152
1977	54,486,467	4,043,205
1978	54,734,030	4,058,671
1979	54,979,851	4,072,517
1980	55,274,184	4,085,620
1981	55,603,353	4,099,702
1982	55,806,789	4,114,787
1983	56,108,330	4,128,432
1984	56,383,085	4,140,099
1985	56,665,619	4,152,516
1986	56,956,002	4,167,354
1987	57,266,167	4,186,905
1988	57,598,186	4,209,488
1989	57,943,062	4,226,901
1990	58,261,012	4,241,473
1991	58,554,242	4,261,732
1992	58,846,584	4,286,401
1993	59,103,094	4,311,991
1994	59,324,863	4,336,613
1995	59,541,294	4,359,184
1996	59,754,504	4,381,336
1997	59,968,066	4,405,157
1998	60,190,684	4,431,464
1999	60,501,986	4,461,913
2000	60,918,661	4,490,967
2001	61,364,377	4,513,751
2002	61,812,142	4,538,159
2003	62,249,855	4,564,855
2004	62,707,588	4,591,910
2005	63,180,854	4,623,291
2006	63,622,342	4,660,677
2007	64,016,890	4,709,153
2008	64,375,116	4,768,212
2009	64,706,436	4,828,726
2010	65,026,211	4,889,252
2011	65,340,830	4,953,088
2012	65,657,659	5,018,573
2013	65,997,932	5,079,623
2014	66,312,067	5,137,232
2015	66,548,272	5,188,607
2016	66,724,104	5,234,519
2017	66,918,020	5,276,968
2018	67,158,348	5,311,916
2019	67,382,061	5,347,896
2020	67,601,110	5,379,475
2021	67,842,811	5,408,320
2022	68,065,015	5,457,127
2023	68,287,487	5,519,594
2024	68,516,699	5,572,272

Fertility rates in France and Norway

Fertility rate

France

Norway

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	France	Norway
1960	2.85	2.85
1961	2.87	2.94
1962	2.89	2.91
1963	2.89	2.93
1964	2.87	2.98
1965	2.84	2.94
1966	2.8	2.9
1967	2.75	2.81
1968	2.69	2.75
1969	2.62	2.7
1970	2.55	2.5
1971	2.47	2.49
1972	2.38	2.38
1973	2.28	2.23
1974	2.18	2.13
1975	2.09	1.98
1976	2.01	1.86
1977	1.94	1.75
1978	1.89	1.77
1979	1.87	1.75
1980	1.85	1.72
1981	1.85	1.7
1982	1.86	1.71
1983	1.86	1.66
1984	1.86	1.66
1985	1.86	1.68
1986	1.85	1.71
1987	1.83	1.74
1988	1.81	1.84
1989	1.79	1.89
1990	1.77	1.93
1991	1.75	1.92
1992	1.74	1.88
1993	1.73	1.86
1994	1.73	1.87
1995	1.74	1.87
1996	1.75	1.89
1997	1.77	1.86
1998	1.78	1.81
1999	1.81	1.85
2000	1.89	1.85
2001	1.9	1.78
2002	1.88	1.75
2003	1.89	1.8
2004	1.92	1.83
2005	1.94	1.84
2006	2	1.9
2007	1.98	1.9
2008	2.01	1.96
2009	2	1.98
2010	2.03	1.95
2011	2.01	1.88
2012	2.01	1.85
2013	1.99	1.78
2014	2	1.75
2015	1.96	1.72
2016	1.92	1.71
2017	1.89	1.62
2018	1.87	1.56
2019	1.86	1.53
2020	1.83	1.48
2021	1.84	1.55
2022	1.79	1.41
2023	1.66	1.4

France and Norway demographics compared

Median age

France

Norway

Table

Year	Median age, years
	France	Norway
1960	32.8	34.3
1961	32.8	34.4
1962	32.9	34.4
1963	32.8	34.3
1964	32.8	34.2
1965	32.7	34.1
1966	32.7	33.9
1967	32.7	33.7
1968	32.6	33.5
1969	32.5	33.2
1970	32.4	32.9
1971	32.2	32.7
1972	32	32.5
1973	31.8	32.4
1974	31.7	32.4
1975	31.6	32.5
1976	31.7	32.6
1977	31.9	32.7
1978	32.1	32.9
1979	32.3	33.1
1980	32.4	33.3
1981	32.6	33.6
1982	32.8	33.9
1983	33	34.1
1984	33.3	34.4
1985	33.5	34.6
1986	33.7	34.8
1987	34	34.9
1988	34.2	35.1
1989	34.5	35.2
1990	34.7	35.4
1991	35	35.5
1992	35.3	35.7
1993	35.6	35.8
1994	35.9	35.9
1995	36.2	36.1
1996	36.5	36.2
1997	36.8	36.4
1998	37.1	36.5
1999	37.4	36.7
2000	37.7	36.9
2001	37.9	37.1
2002	38.2	37.3
2003	38.4	37.5
2004	38.6	37.7
2005	38.9	37.9
2006	39.1	38.1
2007	39.4	38.3
2008	39.6	38.4
2009	39.8	38.5
2010	40	38.6
2011	40.3	38.7
2012	40.5	38.8
2013	40.8	38.9
2014	41	39
2015	41.2	39.2
2016	41.4	39.3
2017	41.6	39.4
2018	41.9	39.6
2019	42.1	39.8
2020	42.3	40
2021	42.4	40.3
2022	42.6	40.4
2023	42.8	40.5
2024	43	40.7

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