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France vs Samoa statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

France has a population of 68.5M (ranked 23/197), compared with 218K in Samoa (ranked 177/197). France's land area is 208,090 sq mi versus 1,073 sq mi for Samoa (ranked 48th vs. 168th).

By GDP, France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T) and Samoa ranks 187/197 ($1.07B). By GDP per capita, France ranks 27/197 ($46,150), while Samoa ranks 120/197 ($4,899).

Main facts and rankings

France Samoa
Population
68701054
220288
Population rank 23/197 177/197
GDP
$3.16T
2024
$1.07B
2024
GDP rank 7/197 187/197
GDP per capita
$46,150
2024
$4,899
2024
GDP per capita rank 27/197 120/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$61,322
2024
$7,837
2024
Government debt
$3.58T
2024
$296M
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
116.3%
2025
22.5%
2025
Government debt per person
$52,199
2024
$1,357
2024
Government debt per person rank 8/185 134/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$33,898
2025
$3,507
2025
Land area
208,090 sq mi
2025
1,073 sq mi
2025
Population density
329 ppl/mi²
2024
203.1 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.66
2023
3.83
2023
Median age
43 years
2024
20.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
71.9 years
2025

France and Samoa: Comparison Charts

France and Samoa economies compared

GDP
France

Samoa
Year GDP
France Samoa
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 $45,208,338
1971 $164,238,872,973 $53,719,569
1972 $201,621,751,625 $62,566,116
1973 $262,343,828,816 $82,452,985
1974 $283,102,178,123 $93,549,611
1975 $356,780,728,163 $93,489,283
1976 $368,488,292,816 $85,003,078
1977 $406,736,454,934 $98,295,671
1978 $501,724,418,605 $108,223,444
1979 $608,218,624,730 $122,257,393
1980 $694,529,183,483 $125,747,038
1981 $609,184,791,792 $118,190,655
1982 $578,152,310,610 $121,221,652
1983 $553,356,312,936 $111,862,824
1984 $525,033,325,828 $109,200,934
1985 $547,220,981,165 $95,572,173
1986 $764,946,585,851 $100,947,849
1987 $926,320,855,615 $111,713,922
1988 $1,010,827,662,152 $133,016,065
1989 $1,016,742,237,302 $122,888,610
1990 $1,257,649,439,827 $125,766,270
1991 $1,258,961,748,634 $125,597,205
1992 $1,389,663,073,110 $132,303,041
1993 $1,314,383,368,080 $133,122,897
1994 $1,385,822,778,828 $221,098,107
1995 $1,595,219,345,512 $224,865,731
1996 $1,598,889,216,566 $249,907,869
1997 $1,449,392,222,971 $285,475,592
1998 $1,496,906,382,032 $269,485,244
1999 $1,486,915,879,702 $255,408,060
2000 $1,360,959,069,477 $258,856,140
2001 $1,370,376,677,299 $266,299,591
2002 $1,492,427,756,382 $281,790,134
2003 $1,835,095,983,049 $333,426,188
2004 $2,109,792,297,237 $407,747,565
2005 $2,192,146,403,028 $476,801,793
2006 $2,317,861,544,691 $499,923,758
2007 $2,655,816,911,867 $573,548,460
2008 $2,926,802,941,586 $641,346,192
2009 $2,700,075,882,519 $628,006,115
2010 $2,646,230,027,988 $680,260,907
2011 $2,870,408,553,990 $744,097,050
2012 $2,683,007,095,787 $773,141,661
2013 $2,816,077,607,875 $797,736,334
2014 $2,861,236,112,552 $796,683,520
2015 $2,442,483,452,643 $824,150,499
2016 $2,470,407,619,777 $843,924,797
2017 $2,588,868,323,335 $884,844,384
2018 $2,781,576,320,884 $878,448,433
2019 $2,722,793,515,172 $912,950,466
2020 $2,647,926,055,110 $868,898,358
2021 $2,966,433,692,008 $843,923,639
2022 $2,796,302,210,399 $832,945,206
2023 $3,051,831,611,385 $938,189,444
2024 $3,162,079,073,496 $1,068,025,244

France and Samoa economies compared

GDP per capita
France

Samoa
Year GDP per capita
France Samoa
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 $322
1971 $3,128 $377
1972 $3,807 $433
1973 $4,914 $563
1974 $5,267 $626
1975 $6,607 $610
1976 $6,795 $541
1977 $7,465 $615
1978 $9,167 $671
1979 $11,063 $751
1980 $12,565 $765
1981 $10,956 $713
1982 $10,360 $728
1983 $9,862 $671
1984 $9,312 $655
1985 $9,657 $573
1986 $13,430 $604
1987 $16,176 $666
1988 $17,550 $790
1989 $17,547 $728
1990 $21,586 $744
1991 $21,501 $742
1992 $23,615 $777
1993 $22,239 $775
1994 $23,360 $1,277
1995 $26,792 $1,288
1996 $26,758 $1,419
1997 $24,169 $1,608
1998 $24,869 $1,506
1999 $24,576 $1,417
2000 $22,341 $1,425
2001 $22,332 $1,454
2002 $24,145 $1,528
2003 $29,480 $1,798
2004 $33,645 $2,189
2005 $34,696 $2,550
2006 $36,432 $2,663
2007 $41,486 $3,039
2008 $45,465 $3,374
2009 $41,728 $3,279
2010 $40,695 $3,524
2011 $43,930 $3,822
2012 $40,864 $3,935
2013 $42,669 $4,024
2014 $43,148 $3,983
2015 $36,702 $4,084
2016 $37,024 $4,147
2017 $38,687 $4,308
2018 $41,418 $4,232
2019 $40,408 $4,352
2020 $39,170 $4,100
2021 $43,725 $3,948
2022 $41,083 $3,869
2023 $44,691 $4,330
2024 $46,150 $4,899

France vs. Samoa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
France

Samoa
Year Life expectancy, years
France Samoa
1950 66.4 49.2
1951 66.1 49.8
1952 67.4 50.4
1953 67.3 51
1954 68.2 51.6
1955 68.4 52.2
1956 68.5 52.8
1957 68.9 53.4
1958 70.1 54
1959 70.2 54.6
1960 70.4 55.2
1961 71 55.7
1962 70.5 56.3
1963 70.3 56.9
1964 71.3 54
1965 71.1 57.9
1966 71.5 58.2
1967 71.5 58.9
1968 71.5 59.4
1969 71.2 59.9
1970 72.1 60.4
1971 72.1 60.9
1972 72.3 61.4
1973 72.5 61.9
1974 72.8 62.3
1975 72.9 62.8
1976 73.1 63.3
1977 73.7 63.7
1978 73.8 64.1
1979 74.1 64.5
1980 74.2 65
1981 74.4 65.3
1982 74.8 65.6
1983 74.7 66
1984 75.2 66.3
1985 75.3 66.6
1986 75.6 66.8
1987 76.1 67
1988 76.4 67.3
1989 76.5 67.6
1990 76.8 67.8
1991 77 68
1992 77.3 68.5
1993 77.3 68.8
1994 77.8 69.2
1995 77.9 69.5
1996 78.1 69.8
1997 78.4 70
1998 78.6 70.3
1999 78.7 70.6
2000 79 70.8
2001 79.2 71
2002 79.4 71.2
2003 79.4 71.4
2004 80.3 71.5
2005 80.3 71.5
2006 80.7 71.6
2007 81 71.6
2008 81 71.5
2009 81.2 69.5
2010 81.4 71.5
2011 81.8 71.4
2012 81.7 71.2
2013 82 71.2
2014 82.4 71.1
2015 82.1 71.1
2016 82.4 71
2017 82.4 71
2018 82.6 71.1
2019 82.7 70.3
2020 82.2 70.7
2021 82.3 71.1
2022 82.5 71.6
2023 83.3 71.7
2024 83.5 71.8
2025 83.6 71.9

France and Samoa population clocks and comparison

Population
France

Samoa
Year Population
France Samoa
1960 47,412,964 112,490
1961 47,905,982 115,496
1962 48,389,516 118,597
1963 48,877,567 121,764
1964 49,401,492 124,894
1965 49,877,725 127,978
1966 50,311,637 131,073
1967 50,722,791 133,764
1968 51,112,980 136,020
1969 51,536,014 138,233
1970 52,007,169 140,400
1971 52,499,553 142,503
1972 52,962,356 144,538
1973 53,392,161 146,516
1974 53,746,571 149,431
1975 54,002,853 153,344
1976 54,232,383 157,113
1977 54,486,467 159,753
1978 54,734,030 161,375
1979 54,979,851 162,882
1980 55,274,184 164,322
1981 55,603,353 165,678
1982 55,806,789 166,484
1983 56,108,330 166,714
1984 56,383,085 166,796
1985 56,665,619 166,849
1986 56,956,002 167,061
1987 57,266,167 167,661
1988 57,598,186 168,346
1989 57,943,062 168,768
1990 58,261,012 169,042
1991 58,554,242 169,368
1992 58,846,584 170,331
1993 59,103,094 171,774
1994 59,324,863 173,159
1995 59,541,294 174,571
1996 59,754,504 176,071
1997 59,968,066 177,547
1998 60,190,684 178,905
1999 60,501,986 180,275
2000 60,918,661 181,685
2001 61,364,377 183,166
2002 61,812,142 184,471
2003 62,249,855 185,430
2004 62,707,588 186,249
2005 63,180,854 186,978
2006 63,622,342 187,709
2007 64,016,890 188,753
2008 64,375,116 190,107
2009 64,706,436 191,513
2010 65,026,211 193,023
2011 65,340,830 194,713
2012 65,657,659 196,498
2013 65,997,932 198,268
2014 66,312,067 200,037
2015 66,548,272 201,782
2016 66,724,104 203,499
2017 66,918,020 205,415
2018 67,158,348 207,582
2019 67,382,061 209,780
2020 67,601,110 211,944
2021 67,842,811 213,779
2022 68,065,015 215,261
2023 68,287,487 216,663
2024 68,516,699 218,019

Fertility rates in France and Samoa

Fertility rate
France

Samoa
Year Fertility rate
France Samoa
1960 2.85 7.78
1961 2.87 7.77
1962 2.89 7.76
1963 2.89 7.73
1964 2.87 7.7
1965 2.84 7.65
1966 2.8 7.6
1967 2.75 7.55
1968 2.69 7.5
1969 2.62 7.43
1970 2.55 7.34
1971 2.47 7.22
1972 2.38 7.07
1973 2.28 6.91
1974 2.18 6.75
1975 2.09 6.61
1976 2.01 6.47
1977 1.94 6.31
1978 1.89 6.15
1979 1.87 5.99
1980 1.85 5.86
1981 1.85 5.75
1982 1.86 5.68
1983 1.86 5.62
1984 1.86 5.55
1985 1.86 5.49
1986 1.85 5.42
1987 1.83 5.32
1988 1.81 5.21
1989 1.79 5.11
1990 1.77 5.01
1991 1.75 4.91
1992 1.74 4.87
1993 1.73 4.83
1994 1.73 4.79
1995 1.74 4.77
1996 1.75 4.74
1997 1.77 4.7
1998 1.78 4.64
1999 1.81 4.57
2000 1.89 4.52
2001 1.9 4.48
2002 1.88 4.44
2003 1.89 4.39
2004 1.92 4.34
2005 1.94 4.32
2006 2 4.32
2007 1.98 4.36
2008 2.01 4.42
2009 2 4.47
2010 2.03 4.52
2011 2.01 4.56
2012 2.01 4.55
2013 1.99 4.49
2014 2 4.42
2015 1.96 4.34
2016 1.92 4.26
2017 1.89 4.2
2018 1.87 4.14
2019 1.86 4.06
2020 1.83 4
2021 1.84 3.94
2022 1.79 3.88
2023 1.66 3.83

France and Samoa demographics compared

Median age
France

Samoa
Year Median age, years
France Samoa
1960 32.8 15
1961 32.8 14.9
1962 32.9 14.8
1963 32.8 14.6
1964 32.8 14.6
1965 32.7 14.5
1966 32.7 14.5
1967 32.7 14.5
1968 32.6 14.5
1969 32.5 14.5
1970 32.4 14.6
1971 32.2 14.7
1972 32 14.8
1973 31.8 14.9
1974 31.7 15
1975 31.6 15.3
1976 31.7 15.5
1977 31.9 15.8
1978 32.1 16
1979 32.3 16.2
1980 32.4 16.4
1981 32.6 16.6
1982 32.8 16.8
1983 33 17.1
1984 33.3 17.4
1985 33.5 17.6
1986 33.7 17.8
1987 34 18
1988 34.2 18.2
1989 34.5 18.3
1990 34.7 18.4
1991 35 18.5
1992 35.3 18.7
1993 35.6 19
1994 35.9 19.3
1995 36.2 19.6
1996 36.5 19.7
1997 36.8 19.8
1998 37.1 19.9
1999 37.4 19.9
2000 37.7 19.8
2001 37.9 19.7
2002 38.2 19.7
2003 38.4 19.9
2004 38.6 20.1
2005 38.9 20.3
2006 39.1 20.4
2007 39.4 20.6
2008 39.6 20.7
2009 39.8 20.8
2010 40 20.8
2011 40.3 20.8
2012 40.5 20.8
2013 40.8 21
2014 41 21.1
2015 41.2 21.2
2016 41.4 21.3
2017 41.6 21.4
2018 41.9 21.4
2019 42.1 21.5
2020 42.3 21.4
2021 42.4 21.4
2022 42.6 21.1
2023 42.8 21
2024 43 20.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

France Samoa
GNI, Atlas method
$3.1T
2024
$1.01B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
57.3%
2025
33.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.32%
2022
5.46%
2024
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.06%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
304,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.46%
2025
-0.11%
2025
Unemployment rate
7.39%
2024
5.05%
2022
Services, % of GDP
70.4%
2024
72.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
17.5%
2024
10.9%
2024
Economic freedom index
64.4
2025
66.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25%
2023
31.3%
2013
Income share by poorest 10%
3%
2023
2.7%
2013
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
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$2.37T
2018
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$283B
2024
$508M
2024
Personal remittances received
$38.8B
2024
$282M
2024
International tourist arrivals
117,109,000
2020
23,899
2020
International tourism as share of exports
4.8%
2020
19.8%
2020
Banked people share
99.2%
2024
n/a

Energy

France Samoa
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
3,140 kg
2023
307 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$18.6
2023
$15.3
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
282.4 megatons
2023
0.47 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.14 tons
2023
2.16 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
46.5%
2023
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
16.2%
2021
35.9%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
46.7%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
47.1%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
6,423 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
22.8%
2021
49.1%
2021
Hydroelectric share
11.6%
2023
28.8%
2021
Nuclear share
64.3%
2023
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

France Samoa
% of world population
0.84%
2024
0.003%
2024
Annual migration change
+90,527
2024
-2,754
2024
Urban population
82%
2024
17.4%
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
5.37 ft
2025
Quality of life index
85.5
2025
44.2
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
67
2024
48
2025
Higher education index
85
2025
15
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.34
2023
6.2
2018
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.1
2019
13
2019
Visa free countries
175
2025
131
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
99.1%
2021
English speaking
57.3%
2023
49.9%
2023
People using the Internet
88.7%
2024
58.1%
2023

Health

France Samoa
Government health expenditure per capita
$4,865
2022
$236.2
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$434
2022
$29.5
2022
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
71.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
7.14%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.34
2021
0.55
2021
Age at first childbirth
29.1 years
2023
23.6 years
2021
Maternal mortality per 100K births
7
2023
101
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
4.3
2023
15.7
2023
Obesity rate
10%
2022
63.7%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.5%
2024
25.4%
2024
Air quality index
80
2025
92
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
34.6%
2022
22.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.3 liters
2020
2.35 liters
2020

Territory

France Samoa
% of world land
0.36%
2025
0.002%
2025
Land area per capita
3,037 sq mi
2024
4,923 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
109,256 sq mi
2025
188.5 sq mi
2025
Forest area
67,580 sq mi
2025
619 sq mi
2025
Roads length
654,437 mi
2011
715 mi
2018

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