France vs South Africa statistics compared

France has a population of 68.5M (ranked 23/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). France's land area is 208,090 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 48th vs. 24th).

By GDP, France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, France ranks 27/197 ($46,150), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

France and South Africa: Comparison Charts

France and South Africa economies compared

GDP

France

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	France	South Africa
1960	$61,756,878,990	$8,748,596,501
1961	$66,806,595,975	$9,225,996,310
1962	$74,888,595,286	$9,813,996,074
1963	$83,957,182,115	$10,854,195,658
1964	$93,079,224,076	$11,955,995,218
1965	$100,522,559,916	$13,068,994,772
1966	$108,928,356,519	$14,211,394,315
1967	$117,751,396,249	$15,821,393,671
1968	$128,427,504,709	$17,124,793,150
1969	$140,361,802,782	$19,256,992,297
1970	$146,926,998,937	$21,218,391,513
1971	$164,238,872,973	$23,411,076,638
1972	$201,621,751,625	$24,515,919,217
1973	$262,343,828,816	$33,262,772,008
1974	$283,102,178,123	$41,389,186,095
1975	$356,780,728,163	$42,906,905,672
1976	$368,488,292,816	$41,150,460,288
1977	$406,736,454,934	$45,328,411,332
1978	$501,724,418,605	$51,607,412,902
1979	$608,218,624,730	$63,038,658,089
1980	$694,529,183,483	$89,411,864,402
1981	$609,184,791,792	$93,141,472,164
1982	$578,152,310,610	$85,904,057,409
1983	$553,356,312,936	$96,204,110,942
1984	$525,033,325,828	$84,870,163,366
1985	$547,220,981,165	$64,459,376,087
1986	$764,946,585,851	$73,354,771,399
1987	$926,320,855,615	$96,535,763,418
1988	$1,010,827,662,152	$103,976,831,871
1989	$1,016,742,237,302	$108,055,624,082
1990	$1,257,649,439,827	$126,048,140,142
1991	$1,258,961,748,634	$135,203,698,238
1992	$1,389,663,073,110	$146,956,150,987
1993	$1,314,383,368,080	$147,194,747,566
1994	$1,385,822,778,828	$153,512,712,382
1995	$1,595,219,345,512	$171,735,933,897
1996	$1,598,889,216,566	$163,234,925,381
1997	$1,449,392,222,971	$168,978,057,328
1998	$1,496,906,382,032	$152,982,984,557
1999	$1,486,915,879,702	$151,516,957,079
2000	$1,360,959,069,477	$151,752,757,215
2001	$1,370,376,677,299	$135,429,905,923
2002	$1,492,427,756,382	$129,087,556,612
2003	$1,835,095,983,049	$197,018,965,309
2004	$2,109,792,297,237	$255,806,908,595
2005	$2,192,146,403,028	$288,867,217,197
2006	$2,317,861,544,691	$303,858,675,364
2007	$2,655,816,911,867	$333,077,117,254
2008	$2,926,802,941,586	$316,131,258,616
2009	$2,700,075,882,519	$329,754,060,647
2010	$2,646,230,027,988	$417,363,822,802
2011	$2,870,408,553,990	$458,199,494,831
2012	$2,683,007,095,787	$434,400,545,086
2013	$2,816,077,607,875	$400,886,013,596
2014	$2,861,236,112,552	$381,198,869,776
2015	$2,442,483,452,643	$346,709,790,459
2016	$2,470,407,619,777	$323,585,509,674
2017	$2,588,868,323,335	$381,448,814,653
2018	$2,781,576,320,884	$405,260,723,893
2019	$2,722,793,515,172	$389,330,032,224
2020	$2,647,926,055,110	$337,974,655,408
2021	$2,966,433,692,008	$420,886,877,629
2022	$2,796,302,210,399	$406,920,004,594
2023	$3,051,831,611,385	$380,699,271,816
2024	$3,162,079,073,496	$400,260,724,226

France and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

France

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	France	South Africa
1960	$1,303	$532
1961	$1,395	$546
1962	$1,548	$563
1963	$1,718	$605
1964	$1,884	$646
1965	$2,015	$685
1966	$2,165	$722
1967	$2,321	$779
1968	$2,513	$817
1969	$2,724	$891
1970	$2,825	$952
1971	$3,128	$1,020
1972	$3,807	$1,038
1973	$4,914	$1,369
1974	$5,267	$1,656
1975	$6,607	$1,670
1976	$6,795	$1,559
1977	$7,465	$1,671
1978	$9,167	$1,852
1979	$11,063	$2,202
1980	$12,565	$3,029
1981	$10,956	$3,050
1982	$10,360	$2,717
1983	$9,862	$2,938
1984	$9,312	$2,504
1985	$9,657	$1,839
1986	$13,430	$2,027
1987	$16,176	$2,586
1988	$17,550	$2,702
1989	$17,547	$2,727
1990	$21,586	$3,093
1991	$21,501	$3,243
1992	$23,615	$3,462
1993	$22,239	$3,400
1994	$23,360	$3,489
1995	$26,792	$3,856
1996	$26,758	$3,618
1997	$24,169	$3,700
1998	$24,869	$3,310
1999	$24,576	$3,242
2000	$22,341	$3,218
2001	$22,332	$2,847
2002	$24,145	$2,688
2003	$29,480	$4,062
2004	$33,645	$5,221
2005	$34,696	$5,837
2006	$36,432	$6,077
2007	$41,486	$6,592
2008	$45,465	$6,185
2009	$41,728	$6,375
2010	$40,695	$7,973
2011	$43,930	$8,646
2012	$40,864	$8,077
2013	$42,669	$7,332
2014	$43,148	$6,857
2015	$36,702	$6,112
2016	$37,024	$5,651
2017	$38,687	$6,618
2018	$41,418	$6,914
2019	$40,408	$6,534
2020	$39,170	$5,581
2021	$43,725	$6,843
2022	$41,083	$6,523
2023	$44,691	$6,023
2024	$46,150	$6,253

France vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

France

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	France	South Africa
1950	66.4	43.1
1951	66.1	44.1
1952	67.4	45
1953	67.3	46.1
1954	68.2	47.1
1955	68.4	48.2
1956	68.5	49.2
1957	68.9	50.2
1958	70.1	51.1
1959	70.2	51.9
1960	70.4	52.6
1961	71	53.1
1962	70.5	53.6
1963	70.3	53.9
1964	71.3	54.2
1965	71.1	54.4
1966	71.5	54.7
1967	71.5	55
1968	71.5	55.2
1969	71.2	55.4
1970	72.1	55.7
1971	72.1	56
1972	72.3	56.4
1973	72.5	56.7
1974	72.8	57.1
1975	72.9	57.6
1976	73.1	58
1977	73.7	58.5
1978	73.8	59
1979	74.1	59.5
1980	74.2	60
1981	74.4	60.4
1982	74.8	60.9
1983	74.7	61.4
1984	75.2	61.8
1985	75.3	62.2
1986	75.6	62.4
1987	76.1	62.7
1988	76.4	62.9
1989	76.5	63
1990	76.8	62.9
1991	77	63
1992	77.3	62.8
1993	77.3	62.6
1994	77.8	62.1
1995	77.9	61.6
1996	78.1	61.1
1997	78.4	60.5
1998	78.6	59.9
1999	78.7	59.2
2000	79	58.4
2001	79.2	57.2
2002	79.4	55.6
2003	79.4	54.2
2004	80.3	54
2005	80.3	53.9
2006	80.7	54.2
2007	81	54.9
2008	81	56
2009	81.2	57.4
2010	81.4	58.9
2011	81.8	60.6
2012	81.7	61.7
2013	82	62.4
2014	82.4	63.2
2015	82.1	64.1
2016	82.4	64.7
2017	82.4	65.4
2018	82.6	65.7
2019	82.7	66.1
2020	82.2	65.2
2021	82.3	62
2022	82.5	65.5
2023	83.3	66.1
2024	83.5	66.3
2025	83.6	66.5

France and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

France

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	France	South Africa
1960	47,412,964	16,440,172
1961	47,905,982	16,908,035
1962	48,389,516	17,418,522
1963	48,877,567	17,954,564
1964	49,401,492	18,511,361
1965	49,877,725	19,089,380
1966	50,311,637	19,690,087
1967	50,722,791	20,314,066
1968	51,112,980	20,957,287
1969	51,536,014	21,614,676
1970	52,007,169	22,279,984
1971	52,499,553	22,942,143
1972	52,962,356	23,609,456
1973	53,392,161	24,294,263
1974	53,746,571	24,989,108
1975	54,002,853	25,690,940
1976	54,232,383	26,395,450
1977	54,486,467	27,118,952
1978	54,734,030	27,869,507
1979	54,979,851	28,634,162
1980	55,274,184	29,518,857
1981	55,603,353	30,541,044
1982	55,806,789	31,615,339
1983	56,108,330	32,739,304
1984	56,383,085	33,892,788
1985	56,665,619	35,042,093
1986	56,956,002	36,180,515
1987	57,266,167	37,326,190
1988	57,598,186	38,480,649
1989	57,943,062	39,628,575
1990	58,261,012	40,746,268
1991	58,554,242	41,687,898
1992	58,846,584	42,443,509
1993	59,103,094	43,297,156
1994	59,324,863	44,004,139
1995	59,541,294	44,541,554
1996	59,754,504	45,123,018
1997	59,968,066	45,666,838
1998	60,190,684	46,223,880
1999	60,501,986	46,730,335
2000	60,918,661	47,159,719
2001	61,364,377	47,566,800
2002	61,812,142	48,019,415
2003	62,249,855	48,500,348
2004	62,707,588	48,991,421
2005	63,180,854	49,490,033
2006	63,622,342	49,998,277
2007	64,016,890	50,528,584
2008	64,375,116	51,114,599
2009	64,706,436	51,728,516
2010	65,026,211	52,344,051
2011	65,340,830	52,995,205
2012	65,657,659	53,782,567
2013	65,997,932	54,678,791
2014	66,312,067	55,594,838
2015	66,548,272	56,723,537
2016	66,724,104	57,259,551
2017	66,918,020	57,635,162
2018	67,158,348	58,613,001
2019	67,382,061	59,587,885
2020	67,601,110	60,562,381
2021	67,842,811	61,502,603
2022	68,065,015	62,378,410
2023	68,287,487	63,212,384
2024	68,516,699	64,007,187

Fertility rates in France and South Africa

Fertility rate

France

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	France	South Africa
1960	2.85	6.11
1961	2.87	6.08
1962	2.89	6.05
1963	2.89	6.01
1964	2.87	5.96
1965	2.84	5.89
1966	2.8	5.91
1967	2.75	5.85
1968	2.69	5.78
1969	2.62	5.72
1970	2.55	5.63
1971	2.47	5.57
1972	2.38	5.49
1973	2.28	5.41
1974	2.18	5.3
1975	2.09	5.19
1976	2.01	5.07
1977	1.94	4.94
1978	1.89	4.85
1979	1.87	4.82
1980	1.85	4.78
1981	1.85	4.71
1982	1.86	4.7
1983	1.86	4.63
1984	1.86	4.57
1985	1.86	4.5
1986	1.85	4.41
1987	1.83	4.35
1988	1.81	4.18
1989	1.79	3.98
1990	1.77	3.72
1991	1.75	3.62
1992	1.74	3.48
1993	1.73	3.37
1994	1.73	3.26
1995	1.74	3.17
1996	1.75	2.99
1997	1.77	2.73
1998	1.78	2.63
1999	1.81	2.56
2000	1.89	2.41
2001	1.9	2.37
2002	1.88	2.32
2003	1.89	2.36
2004	1.92	2.44
2005	1.94	2.51
2006	2	2.55
2007	1.98	2.55
2008	2.01	2.68
2009	2	2.5
2010	2.03	2.44
2011	2.01	2.44
2012	2.01	2.45
2013	1.99	2.43
2014	2	2.42
2015	1.96	2.36
2016	1.92	2.26
2017	1.89	2.28
2018	1.87	2.27
2019	1.86	2.26
2020	1.83	2.26
2021	1.84	2.25
2022	1.79	2.23
2023	1.66	2.22

France and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

France

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	France	South Africa
1960	32.8	19
1961	32.8	19
1962	32.9	18.9
1963	32.8	18.9
1964	32.8	18.9
1965	32.7	18.8
1966	32.7	18.8
1967	32.7	18.8
1968	32.6	18.8
1969	32.5	18.8
1970	32.4	18.8
1971	32.2	18.8
1972	32	18.8
1973	31.8	18.8
1974	31.7	18.9
1975	31.6	18.9
1976	31.7	19
1977	31.9	19.1
1978	32.1	19.2
1979	32.3	19.3
1980	32.4	19.4
1981	32.6	19.6
1982	32.8	19.8
1983	33	20
1984	33.3	20.2
1985	33.5	20.4
1986	33.7	20.5
1987	34	20.7
1988	34.2	20.9
1989	34.5	21.1
1990	34.7	21.3
1991	35	21.5
1992	35.3	21.5
1993	35.6	21.9
1994	35.9	22
1995	36.2	21.5
1996	36.5	21.2
1997	36.8	21.2
1998	37.1	21.4
1999	37.4	21.6
2000	37.7	21.9
2001	37.9	22.2
2002	38.2	22.4
2003	38.4	22.8
2004	38.6	23.1
2005	38.9	23.3
2006	39.1	23.5
2007	39.4	23.8
2008	39.6	24
2009	39.8	24.3
2010	40	24.6
2011	40.3	25
2012	40.5	25.3
2013	40.8	25.7
2014	41	26
2015	41.2	26.4
2016	41.4	26.7
2017	41.6	27
2018	41.9	27.5
2019	42.1	27.9
2020	42.3	28.3
2021	42.4	28.6
2022	42.6	28.9
2023	42.8	29.2
2024	43	29.5

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