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France vs Russia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

France has a population of 68.5M (ranked 23/197), compared with 144M in Russia (ranked 9/197). France's land area is 208,090 sq mi versus 6,323,145 sq mi for Russia (ranked 48th vs. 1st).

By GDP, France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T) and Russia ranks 11/197 ($2.17T). By GDP per capita, France ranks 27/197 ($46,150), while Russia ranks 69/197 ($15,145).

Main facts and rankings

France Russia
Population
68701054
142718132
Population rank 23/197 9/197
GDP
$3.16T
2024
$2.17T
2024
GDP rank 7/197 11/197
GDP per capita
$46,150
2024
$15,145
2024
GDP per capita rank 27/197 69/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$61,322
2024
$47,405
2024
Government debt
$3.58T
2024
$441B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
116.3%
2025
21.4%
2025
Government debt per person
$52,199
2024
$3,075
2024
Government debt per person rank 8/185 98/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$33,898
2025
$9,262
2025
Land area
208,090 sq mi
2025
6,323,145 sq mi
2025
Population density
329 ppl/mi²
2024
22.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.66
2023
1.41
2023
Median age
43 years
2024
40.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
73.5 years
2025

France and Russia: Comparison Charts

France and Russia economies compared

GDP
France

Russia
Year GDP
France Russia
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 $554,828,660,436
1989 $1,016,742,237,302 $506,631,299,735
1990 $1,257,649,439,827 $517,014,446,228
1991 $1,258,961,748,634 $517,962,962,963
1992 $1,389,663,073,110 $460,290,556,901
1993 $1,314,383,368,080 $435,083,713,851
1994 $1,385,822,778,828 $395,077,301,248
1995 $1,595,219,345,512 $395,537,185,735
1996 $1,598,889,216,566 $391,724,890,744
1997 $1,449,392,222,971 $404,928,954,192
1998 $1,496,906,382,032 $270,955,486,862
1999 $1,486,915,879,702 $195,907,128,351
2000 $1,360,959,069,477 $259,710,142,197
2001 $1,370,376,677,299 $306,602,070,621
2002 $1,492,427,756,382 $345,470,494,418
2003 $1,835,095,983,049 $430,347,420,185
2004 $2,109,792,297,237 $591,016,690,732
2005 $2,192,146,403,028 $764,015,973,481
2006 $2,317,861,544,691 $989,932,071,353
2007 $2,655,816,911,867 $1,299,703,478,482
2008 $2,926,802,941,586 $1,660,848,058,303
2009 $2,700,075,882,519 $1,222,645,900,056
2010 $2,646,230,027,988 $1,524,916,715,224
2011 $2,870,408,553,990 $2,045,922,753,398
2012 $2,683,007,095,787 $2,208,293,553,878
2013 $2,816,077,607,875 $2,292,470,078,346
2014 $2,861,236,112,552 $2,059,241,589,895
2015 $2,442,483,452,643 $1,363,482,182,198
2016 $2,470,407,619,777 $1,276,786,350,881
2017 $2,588,868,323,335 $1,574,199,360,089
2018 $2,781,576,320,884 $1,657,328,773,461
2019 $2,722,793,515,172 $1,693,115,002,708
2020 $2,647,926,055,110 $1,493,075,894,362
2021 $2,966,433,692,008 $1,829,186,719,575
2022 $2,796,302,210,399 $2,291,612,121,335
2023 $3,051,831,611,385 $2,071,505,725,031
2024 $3,162,079,073,496 $2,173,835,806,672

France and Russia economies compared

GDP per capita
France

Russia
Year GDP per capita
France Russia
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 $3,778
1989 $17,547 $3,430
1990 $21,586 $3,494
1991 $21,501 $3,490
1992 $23,615 $3,099
1993 $22,239 $2,931
1994 $23,360 $2,662
1995 $26,792 $2,666
1996 $26,758 $2,644
1997 $24,169 $2,738
1998 $24,869 $1,835
1999 $24,576 $1,331
2000 $22,341 $1,772
2001 $22,332 $2,100
2002 $24,145 $2,378
2003 $29,480 $2,975
2004 $33,645 $4,102
2005 $34,696 $5,323
2006 $36,432 $6,920
2007 $41,486 $9,101
2008 $45,465 $11,635
2009 $41,728 $8,563
2010 $40,695 $10,675
2011 $43,930 $14,305
2012 $40,864 $15,402
2013 $42,669 $15,941
2014 $43,148 $14,277
2015 $36,702 $9,427
2016 $37,024 $8,804
2017 $38,687 $10,835
2018 $41,418 $11,399
2019 $40,408 $11,640
2020 $39,170 $10,280
2021 $43,725 $12,637
2022 $41,083 $15,888
2023 $44,691 $14,403
2024 $46,150 $15,145

France vs. Russia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
France

Russia
Year Life expectancy, years
France Russia
1950 66.4 55.5
1951 66.1 55.3
1952 67.4 57.6
1953 67.3 58.8
1954 68.2 59.9
1955 68.4 62.1
1956 68.5 66.5
1957 68.9 66
1958 70.1 67.7
1959 70.2 67.4
1960 70.4 68.3
1961 71 68.6
1962 70.5 68.5
1963 70.3 69.1
1964 71.3 69.5
1965 71.1 69.3
1966 71.5 69.4
1967 71.5 69.2
1968 71.5 69.1
1969 71.2 68.6
1970 72.1 68.7
1971 72.1 68.9
1972 72.3 68.8
1973 72.5 68.9
1974 72.8 68.7
1975 72.9 68.3
1976 73.1 68.1
1977 73.7 67.9
1978 73.8 67.8
1979 74.1 67.6
1980 74.2 67.5
1981 74.4 67.6
1982 74.8 68.1
1983 74.7 68
1984 75.2 67.6
1985 75.3 68.3
1986 75.6 70
1987 76.1 70.1
1988 76.4 69.9
1989 76.5 69.7
1990 76.8 69.3
1991 77 69
1992 77.3 67.8
1993 77.3 65
1994 77.8 63.8
1995 77.9 64
1996 78.1 65.4
1997 78.4 66.6
1998 78.6 66.9
1999 78.7 65.6
2000 79 65
2001 79.2 65
2002 79.4 64.7
2003 79.4 64.7
2004 80.3 65.1
2005 80.3 65.2
2006 80.7 66.5
2007 81 67.5
2008 81 67.9
2009 81.2 68.7
2010 81.4 68.2
2011 81.8 69.7
2012 81.7 70.1
2013 82 70.6
2014 82.4 70.8
2015 82.1 71.3
2016 82.4 71.9
2017 82.4 72.8
2018 82.6 72.9
2019 82.7 73.1
2020 82.2 71.2
2021 82.3 69.8
2022 82.5 72.5
2023 83.3 73.2
2024 83.5 73.3
2025 83.6 73.5

France and Russia population clocks and comparison

Population
France

Russia
Year Population
France Russia
1960 47,412,964 119,897,000
1961 47,905,982 121,236,000
1962 48,389,516 122,591,000
1963 48,877,567 123,960,000
1964 49,401,492 125,345,000
1965 49,877,725 126,745,000
1966 50,311,637 127,468,000
1967 50,722,791 128,196,000
1968 51,112,980 128,928,000
1969 51,536,014 129,664,000
1970 52,007,169 130,404,000
1971 52,499,553 131,155,000
1972 52,962,356 131,909,000
1973 53,392,161 132,669,000
1974 53,746,571 133,432,000
1975 54,002,853 134,200,000
1976 54,232,383 135,147,000
1977 54,486,467 136,100,000
1978 54,734,030 137,060,000
1979 54,979,851 138,027,000
1980 55,274,184 139,010,000
1981 55,603,353 139,941,000
1982 55,806,789 140,823,000
1983 56,108,330 141,668,000
1984 56,383,085 142,745,000
1985 56,665,619 143,858,000
1986 56,956,002 144,894,000
1987 57,266,167 145,908,000
1988 57,598,186 146,857,000
1989 57,943,062 147,721,000
1990 58,261,012 147,969,406
1991 58,554,242 148,394,216
1992 58,846,584 148,538,197
1993 59,103,094 148,458,777
1994 59,324,863 148,407,912
1995 59,541,294 148,375,787
1996 59,754,504 148,160,129
1997 59,968,066 147,915,361
1998 60,190,684 147,670,784
1999 60,501,986 147,214,776
2000 60,918,661 146,596,869
2001 61,364,377 145,976,482
2002 61,812,142 145,306,497
2003 62,249,855 144,648,618
2004 62,707,588 144,067,316
2005 63,180,854 143,518,814
2006 63,622,342 143,049,637
2007 64,016,890 142,805,114
2008 64,375,116 142,742,366
2009 64,706,436 142,785,348
2010 65,026,211 142,849,468
2011 65,340,830 143,018,195
2012 65,657,659 143,378,447
2013 65,997,932 143,805,638
2014 66,312,067 144,237,223
2015 66,548,272 144,640,716
2016 66,724,104 145,015,460
2017 66,918,020 145,293,260
2018 67,158,348 145,398,106
2019 67,382,061 145,453,291
2020 67,601,110 145,245,148
2021 67,842,811 144,746,762
2022 68,065,015 144,236,933
2023 68,287,487 143,826,130
2024 68,516,699 143,533,851

Fertility rates in France and Russia

Fertility rate
France

Russia
Year Fertility rate
France Russia
1960 2.85 2.52
1961 2.87 2.45
1962 2.89 2.36
1963 2.89 2.27
1964 2.87 2.18
1965 2.84 2.13
1966 2.8 2.1
1967 2.75 2.04
1968 2.69 1.99
1969 2.62 1.97
1970 2.55 1.99
1971 2.47 2.03
1972 2.38 2.04
1973 2.28 2.01
1974 2.18 2
1975 2.09 1.98
1976 2.01 1.97
1977 1.94 1.95
1978 1.89 1.92
1979 1.87 1.9
1980 1.85 1.89
1981 1.85 1.91
1982 1.86 2.04
1983 1.86 2.11
1984 1.86 2.06
1985 1.86 2.05
1986 1.85 2.15
1987 1.83 2.22
1988 1.81 2.12
1989 1.79 2.01
1990 1.77 1.89
1991 1.75 1.73
1992 1.74 1.55
1993 1.73 1.39
1994 1.73 1.4
1995 1.74 1.34
1996 1.75 1.27
1997 1.77 1.22
1998 1.78 1.23
1999 1.81 1.16
2000 1.89 1.2
2001 1.9 1.22
2002 1.88 1.29
2003 1.89 1.32
2004 1.92 1.34
2005 1.94 1.29
2006 2 1.31
2007 1.98 1.42
2008 2.01 1.5
2009 2 1.54
2010 2.03 1.57
2011 2.01 1.58
2012 2.01 1.69
2013 1.99 1.71
2014 2 1.75
2015 1.96 1.78
2016 1.92 1.76
2017 1.89 1.62
2018 1.87 1.58
2019 1.86 1.5
2020 1.83 1.51
2021 1.84 1.51
2022 1.79 1.42
2023 1.66 1.41

France and Russia demographics compared

Median age
France

Russia
Year Median age, years
France Russia
1960 32.8 27.1
1961 32.8 27.4
1962 32.9 27.7
1963 32.8 28.1
1964 32.8 28.3
1965 32.7 28.6
1966 32.7 28.9
1967 32.7 29.2
1968 32.6 29.8
1969 32.5 30.3
1970 32.4 30.7
1971 32.2 31
1972 32 31.1
1973 31.8 31.1
1974 31.7 30.9
1975 31.6 30.7
1976 31.7 30.6
1977 31.9 30.9
1978 32.1 31
1979 32.3 31.1
1980 32.4 31.3
1981 32.6 31.4
1982 32.8 31.6
1983 33 31.7
1984 33.3 31.8
1985 33.5 32
1986 33.7 32.2
1987 34 32.4
1988 34.2 32.6
1989 34.5 32.9
1990 34.7 33.2
1991 35 33.6
1992 35.3 33.9
1993 35.6 34.4
1994 35.9 34.7
1995 36.2 35
1996 36.5 35.3
1997 36.8 35.7
1998 37.1 36
1999 37.4 36.3
2000 37.7 36.6
2001 37.9 36.8
2002 38.2 36.9
2003 38.4 37
2004 38.6 37.2
2005 38.9 37.4
2006 39.1 37.6
2007 39.4 37.7
2008 39.6 37.8
2009 39.8 37.9
2010 40 38
2011 40.3 38.1
2012 40.5 38.3
2013 40.8 38.4
2014 41 38.6
2015 41.2 38.7
2016 41.4 38.8
2017 41.6 39
2018 41.9 39.2
2019 42.1 39.4
2020 42.3 39.7
2021 42.4 39.9
2022 42.6 40.1
2023 42.8 40.5
2024 43 40.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

France Russia
GNI, Atlas method
$3.1T
2024
$2.24T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
57.3%
2025
37.6%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.32%
2022
4.16%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.06%
2023
5.86%
2023
Armed forces personnel
304,000
2020
1,454,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.46%
2025
-1.01%
2025
Unemployment rate
7.39%
2024
2.43%
2024
Services, % of GDP
70.4%
2024
57.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
17.5%
2024
30.7%
2024
Economic freedom index
64.4
2025
51.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25%
2023
25.1%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
3%
2023
3.1%
2023
Number of millionaires
2,868,031
2024
381,726
2024
Percentage of millionaires
5.42%
2024
0.34%
2024
Number of billionaires
52
2025
140
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0001%
2025
0.0001%
2025
Listed domestic companies
457
2018
194
2023
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$2.37T
2018
$650B
2023
Total reserves including gold
$283B
2024
$597B
2023
Personal remittances received
$38.8B
2024
$1.91B
2024
International tourist arrivals
117,109,000
2020
6,359,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
4.8%
2020
1.3%
2020
Banked people share
99.2%
2024
79.3%
2024

Energy

France Russia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
3,140 kg
2023
5,601 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$18.6
2023
$7.43
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
282.4 megatons
2023
2,070 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.14 tons
2023
14.4 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
46.5%
2023
89.5%
2022
Renewable energy use share
16.2%
2021
3.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
46.7%
2023
9.45%
2022
Net energy imports use share
47.1%
2023
-75.1%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
6,423 kWh
2023
7,184 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
22.8%
2021
19.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
11.6%
2023
17.3%
2022
Nuclear share
64.3%
2023
19.4%
2022
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

France Russia
% of world population
0.84%
2024
1.76%
2024
Annual migration change
+90,527
2024
-178,042
2024
Urban population
82%
2024
75.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.86 ft
2025
5.79 ft
2025
Average female height
5.4 ft
2025
5.4 ft
2025
Quality of life index
85.5
2025
48.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
67
2024
22
2024
Higher education index
85
2025
84
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.34
2023
6.8
2021
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.1
2019
12
2019
Visa free countries
175
2025
125
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
99.9%
2021
English speaking
57.3%
2023
4.84%
2023
People using the Internet
88.7%
2024
94.4%
2024

Health

France Russia
Government health expenditure per capita
$4,865
2022
$1,078
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$434
2022
$298.7
2022
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
73.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
0.05%
2008
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.34
2021
3.83
2020
Age at first childbirth
29.1 years
2023
25.2 years
2013
Maternal mortality per 100K births
7
2023
9
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
4.3
2023
4.5
2023
Obesity rate
10%
2022
24.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.5%
2024
5.9%
2024
Air quality index
80
2025
69
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
34.6%
2022
29.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.3 liters
2020
10.5 liters
2020

Territory

France Russia
% of world land
0.36%
2025
11%
2025
Land area per capita
3,037 sq mi
2024
44,053 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
109,256 sq mi
2025
832,826 sq mi
2025
Forest area
67,580 sq mi
2025
3,147,937 sq mi
2025
Roads length
654,437 mi
2011
981,326 mi
2023

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