France vs South Korea statistics compared

France has a population of 68.5M (ranked 23/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). France's land area is 208,090 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 48th vs. 105th).

By GDP, France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, France ranks 27/197 ($46,150), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

France and South Korea: Comparison Charts

France and South Korea economies compared

GDP

France

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	France	South Korea
1960	$61,756,878,990	$3,958,811,881
1961	$66,806,595,975	$2,417,628,737
1962	$74,888,595,286	$2,814,615,385
1963	$83,957,182,115	$3,988,461,538
1964	$93,079,224,076	$3,459,019,943
1965	$100,522,559,916	$3,120,861,499
1966	$108,928,356,519	$3,929,055,144
1967	$117,751,396,249	$4,855,892,446
1968	$128,427,504,709	$6,119,394,892
1969	$140,361,802,782	$7,678,698,838
1970	$146,926,998,937	$9,005,144,969
1971	$164,238,872,973	$9,903,571,249
1972	$201,621,751,625	$10,862,211,761
1973	$262,343,828,816	$13,876,472,208
1974	$283,102,178,123	$19,543,973,941
1975	$356,780,728,163	$21,784,297,521
1976	$368,488,292,816	$29,902,479,339
1977	$406,736,454,934	$38,446,487,603
1978	$501,724,418,605	$51,972,107,438
1979	$608,218,624,730	$66,946,900,826
1980	$694,529,183,483	$65,398,377,598
1981	$609,184,791,792	$72,933,533,012
1982	$578,152,310,610	$78,358,416,171
1983	$553,356,312,936	$87,760,553,262
1984	$525,033,325,828	$97,510,744,119
1985	$547,220,981,165	$101,296,177,099
1986	$764,946,585,851	$116,836,246,285
1987	$926,320,855,615	$147,948,709,376
1988	$1,010,827,662,152	$199,591,287,825
1989	$1,016,742,237,302	$246,928,837,311
1990	$1,257,649,439,827	$283,365,844,161
1991	$1,258,961,748,634	$330,647,042,837
1992	$1,389,663,073,110	$355,524,903,068
1993	$1,314,383,368,080	$392,665,710,525
1994	$1,385,822,778,828	$463,619,823,515
1995	$1,595,219,345,512	$566,581,003,128
1996	$1,598,889,216,566	$610,167,053,824
1997	$1,449,392,222,971	$569,755,022,973
1998	$1,496,906,382,032	$383,331,833,682
1999	$1,486,915,879,702	$497,514,040,642
2000	$1,360,959,069,477	$576,179,387,820
2001	$1,370,376,677,299	$547,656,279,895
2002	$1,492,427,756,382	$627,246,933,730
2003	$1,835,095,983,049	$702,714,855,194
2004	$2,109,792,297,237	$793,175,561,887
2005	$2,192,146,403,028	$934,901,071,333
2006	$2,317,861,544,691	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$2,655,816,911,867	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$2,926,802,941,586	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$2,700,075,882,519	$943,941,876,219
2010	$2,646,230,027,988	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$2,870,408,553,990	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$2,683,007,095,787	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$2,816,077,607,875	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$2,861,236,112,552	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$2,442,483,452,643	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$2,470,407,619,777	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$2,588,868,323,335	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$2,781,576,320,884	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$2,722,793,515,172	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$2,647,926,055,110	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$2,966,433,692,008	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$2,796,302,210,399	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$3,051,831,611,385	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$3,162,079,073,496	-

France and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

France

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	France	South Korea
1960	$1,303	$158.3
1961	$1,395	$93.8
1962	$1,548	$106.2
1963	$1,718	$146.3
1964	$1,884	$123.6
1965	$2,015	$108.7
1966	$2,165	$133.5
1967	$2,321	$161.2
1968	$2,513	$198.4
1969	$2,724	$243.4
1970	$2,825	$279.3
1971	$3,128	$301
1972	$3,807	$324
1973	$4,914	$407
1974	$5,267	$563
1975	$6,607	$617
1976	$6,795	$834
1977	$7,465	$1,056
1978	$9,167	$1,406
1979	$11,063	$1,784
1980	$12,565	$1,715
1981	$10,956	$1,883
1982	$10,360	$1,993
1983	$9,862	$2,199
1984	$9,312	$2,413
1985	$9,657	$2,482
1986	$13,430	$2,835
1987	$16,176	$3,555
1988	$17,550	$4,749
1989	$17,547	$5,817
1990	$21,586	$6,610
1991	$21,501	$7,637
1992	$23,615	$8,127
1993	$22,239	$8,885
1994	$23,360	$10,385
1995	$26,792	$12,565
1996	$26,758	$13,403
1997	$24,169	$12,398
1998	$24,869	$8,282
1999	$24,576	$10,672
2000	$22,341	$12,257
2001	$22,332	$11,561
2002	$24,145	$13,165
2003	$29,480	$14,673
2004	$33,645	$16,496
2005	$34,696	$19,403
2006	$36,432	$21,743
2007	$41,486	$24,086
2008	$45,465	$21,350
2009	$41,728	$19,144
2010	$40,695	$23,079
2011	$43,930	$25,098
2012	$40,864	$25,459
2013	$42,669	$27,180
2014	$43,148	$29,253
2015	$36,702	$28,737
2016	$37,024	$29,280
2017	$38,687	$31,601
2018	$41,418	$33,447
2019	$40,408	$31,902
2020	$39,170	$31,721
2021	$43,725	$35,126
2022	$41,083	$32,395
2023	$44,691	$33,121
2024	$46,150	-

France vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

France

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	France	South Korea
1950	66.4	22.2
1951	66.1	26.6
1952	67.4	36.6
1953	67.3	40.5
1954	68.2	46.1
1955	68.4	48.4
1956	68.5	50.2
1957	68.9	51.6
1958	70.1	51.8
1959	70.2	52.9
1960	70.4	53.8
1961	71	54.4
1962	70.5	55
1963	70.3	55
1964	71.3	55.3
1965	71.1	55.8
1966	71.5	55.4
1967	71.5	60.9
1968	71.5	60.9
1969	71.2	61.4
1970	72.1	62.2
1971	72.1	62.7
1972	72.3	63.2
1973	72.5	63.8
1974	72.8	64.2
1975	72.9	64.7
1976	73.1	65
1977	73.7	64.6
1978	73.8	65
1979	74.1	66.1
1980	74.2	64.8
1981	74.4	67.1
1982	74.8	67.1
1983	74.7	66.7
1984	75.2	68.1
1985	75.3	68.4
1986	75.6	69
1987	76.1	69.3
1988	76.4	70.2
1989	76.5	70.7
1990	76.8	71
1991	77	71.4
1992	77.3	72.2
1993	77.3	72.7
1994	77.8	72.9
1995	77.9	73.4
1996	78.1	74
1997	78.4	74.5
1998	78.6	75
1999	78.7	75.6
2000	79	76.2
2001	79.2	76.9
2002	79.4	77.2
2003	79.4	77.5
2004	80.3	78
2005	80.3	78.4
2006	80.7	79
2007	81	79.4
2008	81	80
2009	81.2	80.6
2010	81.4	80.7
2011	81.8	81.2
2012	81.7	81.3
2013	82	81.8
2014	82.4	82.4
2015	82.1	82.5
2016	82.4	82.9
2017	82.4	83.3
2018	82.6	83.3
2019	82.7	83.7
2020	82.2	83.7
2021	82.3	83.9
2022	82.5	82.7
2023	83.3	84.3
2024	83.5	84.4
2025	83.6	84.5

France and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

France

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	France	South Korea
1960	47,412,964	25,012,374
1961	47,905,982	25,765,673
1962	48,389,516	26,513,030
1963	48,877,567	27,261,747
1964	49,401,492	27,984,155
1965	49,877,725	28,704,674
1966	50,311,637	29,435,571
1967	50,722,791	30,130,983
1968	51,112,980	30,838,302
1969	51,536,014	31,544,266
1970	52,007,169	32,240,827
1971	52,499,553	32,882,704
1972	52,962,356	33,505,406
1973	53,392,161	34,103,149
1974	53,746,571	34,692,266
1975	54,002,853	35,280,725
1976	54,232,383	35,848,523
1977	54,486,467	36,411,795
1978	54,734,030	36,969,185
1979	54,979,851	37,534,236
1980	55,274,184	38,123,775
1981	55,603,353	38,723,248
1982	55,806,789	39,326,352
1983	56,108,330	39,910,403
1984	56,383,085	40,405,956
1985	56,665,619	40,805,744
1986	56,956,002	41,213,674
1987	57,266,167	41,621,690
1988	57,598,186	42,031,247
1989	57,943,062	42,449,038
1990	58,261,012	42,869,283
1991	58,554,242	43,295,704
1992	58,846,584	43,747,962
1993	59,103,094	44,194,628
1994	59,324,863	44,641,540
1995	59,541,294	45,092,991
1996	59,754,504	45,524,681
1997	59,968,066	45,953,580
1998	60,190,684	46,286,503
1999	60,501,986	46,616,677
2000	60,918,661	47,008,111
2001	61,364,377	47,370,164
2002	61,812,142	47,644,736
2003	62,249,855	47,892,330
2004	62,707,588	48,082,519
2005	63,180,854	48,184,561
2006	63,622,342	48,438,292
2007	64,016,890	48,683,638
2008	64,375,116	49,054,708
2009	64,706,436	49,307,835
2010	65,026,211	49,554,112
2011	65,340,830	49,936,638
2012	65,657,659	50,199,853
2013	65,997,932	50,428,893
2014	66,312,067	50,746,659
2015	66,548,272	51,014,947
2016	66,724,104	51,217,803
2017	66,918,020	51,361,911
2018	67,158,348	51,585,058
2019	67,382,061	51,764,822
2020	67,601,110	51,836,239
2021	67,842,811	51,769,539
2022	68,065,015	51,672,569
2023	68,287,487	51,712,619
2024	68,516,699	51,751,065

Fertility rates in France and South Korea

Fertility rate

France

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	France	South Korea
1960	2.85	5.99
1961	2.87	5.8
1962	2.89	5.56
1963	2.89	5.33
1964	2.87	5.07
1965	2.84	4.89
1966	2.8	4.78
1967	2.75	4.62
1968	2.69	4.51
1969	2.62	4.45
1970	2.55	4.53
1971	2.47	4.54
1972	2.38	4.12
1973	2.28	4.07
1974	2.18	3.77
1975	2.09	3.43
1976	2.01	3
1977	1.94	2.99
1978	1.89	2.64
1979	1.87	2.9
1980	1.85	2.82
1981	1.85	2.57
1982	1.86	2.39
1983	1.86	2.06
1984	1.86	1.74
1985	1.86	1.66
1986	1.85	1.58
1987	1.83	1.53
1988	1.81	1.55
1989	1.79	1.56
1990	1.77	1.57
1991	1.75	1.71
1992	1.74	1.76
1993	1.73	1.65
1994	1.73	1.66
1995	1.74	1.63
1996	1.75	1.57
1997	1.77	1.54
1998	1.78	1.46
1999	1.81	1.43
2000	1.89	1.48
2001	1.9	1.31
2002	1.88	1.18
2003	1.89	1.19
2004	1.92	1.16
2005	1.94	1.09
2006	2	1.13
2007	1.98	1.26
2008	2.01	1.19
2009	2	1.15
2010	2.03	1.23
2011	2.01	1.24
2012	2.01	1.3
2013	1.99	1.19
2014	2	1.21
2015	1.96	1.24
2016	1.92	1.17
2017	1.89	1.05
2018	1.87	0.98
2019	1.86	0.92
2020	1.83	0.84
2021	1.84	0.81
2022	1.79	0.78
2023	1.66	0.72

France and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

France

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	France	South Korea
1960	32.8	19.3
1961	32.8	19.2
1962	32.9	19.1
1963	32.8	19
1964	32.8	18.8
1965	32.7	18.6
1966	32.7	18.5
1967	32.7	18.6
1968	32.6	18.7
1969	32.5	18.8
1970	32.4	18.9
1971	32.2	19
1972	32	19.1
1973	31.8	19.3
1974	31.7	19.6
1975	31.6	19.9
1976	31.7	20.2
1977	31.9	20.7
1978	32.1	21.1
1979	32.3	21.6
1980	32.4	22.1
1981	32.6	22.5
1982	32.8	22.8
1983	33	23.3
1984	33.3	23.7
1985	33.5	24.2
1986	33.7	24.8
1987	34	25.3
1988	34.2	25.8
1989	34.5	26.3
1990	34.7	26.7
1991	35	27.2
1992	35.3	27.8
1993	35.6	28.3
1994	35.9	28.9
1995	36.2	29.4
1996	36.5	29.8
1997	36.8	30.2
1998	37.1	30.7
1999	37.4	31.2
2000	37.7	31.7
2001	37.9	32.3
2002	38.2	32.8
2003	38.4	33.4
2004	38.6	33.9
2005	38.9	34.5
2006	39.1	35.2
2007	39.4	35.8
2008	39.6	36.4
2009	39.8	37
2010	40	37.6
2011	40.3	38.2
2012	40.5	38.8
2013	40.8	39.5
2014	41	40.2
2015	41.2	40.8
2016	41.4	41.4
2017	41.6	41.9
2018	41.9	42.5
2019	42.1	43.1
2020	42.3	43.8
2021	42.4	44.4
2022	42.6	44.9
2023	42.8	45.5
2024	43	46.1

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