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France vs South Sudan statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

France has a population of 68.5M (ranked 23/197), compared with 11.9M in South Sudan (ranked 81/197). France's land area is 208,090 sq mi versus 243,990 sq mi for South Sudan (ranked 48th vs. 41st).

By GDP, France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T) and South Sudan ranks 150/197 ($12B). By GDP per capita, France ranks 27/197 ($46,150), while South Sudan ranks 172/197 ($1,080).

Main facts and rankings

France South Sudan
Population
68701054
12387398
Population rank 23/197 81/197
GDP
$3.16T
2024
$12B
2015
GDP rank 7/197 150/197
GDP per capita
$46,150
2024
$1,080
2015
GDP per capita rank 27/197 172/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$61,322
2024
$1,155
2015
Government debt
$3.58T
2024
$6.87B
2015
Debt-to-GDP ratio
116.3%
2025
63.2%
2025
Government debt per person
$52,199
2024
$618
2015
Government debt per person rank 8/185 159/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$33,898
2025
$1,540
2025
Land area
208,090 sq mi
2025
243,990 sq mi
2025
Population density
329 ppl/mi²
2024
49 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.66
2023
3.86
2023
Median age
43 years
2024
19.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
57.9 years
2025

France and South Sudan: Comparison Charts

France and South Sudan economies compared

GDP
France

South Sudan
Year GDP
France South Sudan
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 -
1989 $1,016,742,237,302 -
1990 $1,257,649,439,827 -
1991 $1,258,961,748,634 -
1992 $1,389,663,073,110 -
1993 $1,314,383,368,080 -
1994 $1,385,822,778,828 -
1995 $1,595,219,345,512 -
1996 $1,598,889,216,566 -
1997 $1,449,392,222,971 -
1998 $1,496,906,382,032 -
1999 $1,486,915,879,702 -
2000 $1,360,959,069,477 -
2001 $1,370,376,677,299 -
2002 $1,492,427,756,382 -
2003 $1,835,095,983,049 -
2004 $2,109,792,297,237 -
2005 $2,192,146,403,028 -
2006 $2,317,861,544,691 -
2007 $2,655,816,911,867 -
2008 $2,926,802,941,586 $14,586,253,383
2009 $2,700,075,882,519 $12,231,264,525
2010 $2,646,230,027,988 $14,602,072,411
2011 $2,870,408,553,990 $14,907,308,933
2012 $2,683,007,095,787 $11,931,472,169
2013 $2,816,077,607,875 $18,426,469,017
2014 $2,861,236,112,552 $13,962,212,847
2015 $2,442,483,452,643 $11,997,800,760
2016 $2,470,407,619,777 -
2017 $2,588,868,323,335 -
2018 $2,781,576,320,884 -
2019 $2,722,793,515,172 -
2020 $2,647,926,055,110 -
2021 $2,966,433,692,008 -
2022 $2,796,302,210,399 -
2023 $3,051,831,611,385 -
2024 $3,162,079,073,496 -

France and South Sudan economies compared

GDP per capita
France

South Sudan
Year GDP per capita
France South Sudan
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 -
1989 $17,547 -
1990 $21,586 -
1991 $21,501 -
1992 $23,615 -
1993 $22,239 -
1994 $23,360 -
1995 $26,792 -
1996 $26,758 -
1997 $24,169 -
1998 $24,869 -
1999 $24,576 -
2000 $22,341 -
2001 $22,332 -
2002 $24,145 -
2003 $29,480 -
2004 $33,645 -
2005 $34,696 -
2006 $36,432 -
2007 $41,486 -
2008 $45,465 $1,654
2009 $41,728 $1,323
2010 $40,695 $1,498
2011 $43,930 $1,449
2012 $40,864 $1,109
2013 $42,669 $1,650
2014 $43,148 $1,243
2015 $36,702 $1,080
2016 $37,024 -
2017 $38,687 -
2018 $41,418 -
2019 $40,408 -
2020 $39,170 -
2021 $43,725 -
2022 $41,083 -
2023 $44,691 -
2024 $46,150 -

France vs. South Sudan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
France

South Sudan
Year Life expectancy, years
France South Sudan
1950 66.4 30.2
1951 66.1 30.6
1952 67.4 31
1953 67.3 31.4
1954 68.2 31.7
1955 68.4 32
1956 68.5 31.6
1957 68.9 30.9
1958 70.1 27.6
1959 70.2 27.8
1960 70.4 28.1
1961 71 28.3
1962 70.5 28.5
1963 70.3 28.2
1964 71.3 32.5
1965 71.1 28.8
1966 71.5 25.6
1967 71.5 25.9
1968 71.5 26.1
1969 71.2 25.4
1970 72.1 25.6
1971 72.1 31
1972 72.3 31.3
1973 72.5 36.3
1974 72.8 36.6
1975 72.9 36.9
1976 73.1 37.1
1977 73.7 37.4
1978 73.8 37.6
1979 74.1 37.8
1980 74.2 38
1981 74.4 38.3
1982 74.8 38.7
1983 74.7 34.7
1984 75.2 31.8
1985 75.3 32.4
1986 75.6 32.8
1987 76.1 20.7
1988 76.4 11
1989 76.5 28.2
1990 76.8 28.6
1991 77 29.2
1992 77.3 21.9
1993 77.3 22.3
1994 77.8 44.9
1995 77.9 31.5
1996 78.1 32.1
1997 78.4 33.1
1998 78.6 19
1999 78.7 44.5
2000 79 47.6
2001 79.2 48.6
2002 79.4 49.4
2003 79.4 52.3
2004 80.3 53.1
2005 80.3 54
2006 80.7 54.7
2007 81 55.4
2008 81 56.3
2009 81.2 56.8
2010 81.4 57.5
2011 81.8 57.7
2012 81.7 58.2
2013 82 58.3
2014 82.4 45.6
2015 82.1 39.8
2016 82.4 36.7
2017 82.4 35.4
2018 82.6 51.9
2019 82.7 58.1
2020 82.2 57.6
2021 82.3 57
2022 82.5 57.2
2023 83.3 57.6
2024 83.5 57.7
2025 83.6 57.9

France and South Sudan population clocks and comparison

Population
France

South Sudan
Year Population
France South Sudan
1960 47,412,964 2,931,559
1961 47,905,982 2,976,724
1962 48,389,516 3,024,308
1963 48,877,567 3,072,669
1964 49,401,492 3,129,918
1965 49,877,725 3,189,835
1966 50,311,637 3,236,423
1967 50,722,791 3,277,648
1968 51,112,980 3,321,528
1969 51,536,014 3,365,533
1970 52,007,169 3,409,614
1971 52,499,553 3,468,646
1972 52,962,356 3,542,497
1973 53,392,161 3,627,383
1974 53,746,571 3,723,259
1975 54,002,853 3,821,494
1976 54,232,383 3,921,910
1977 54,486,467 4,024,032
1978 54,734,030 4,127,657
1979 54,979,851 4,232,605
1980 55,274,184 4,339,030
1981 55,603,353 4,447,272
1982 55,806,789 4,557,686
1983 56,108,330 4,661,574
1984 56,383,085 4,750,627
1985 56,665,619 4,834,296
1986 56,956,002 4,921,240
1987 57,266,167 4,962,395
1988 57,598,186 4,848,029
1989 57,943,062 4,713,229
1990 58,261,012 4,737,633
1991 58,554,242 4,836,677
1992 58,846,584 4,909,749
1993 59,103,094 4,956,002
1994 59,324,863 5,071,184
1995 59,541,294 5,225,836
1996 59,754,504 5,356,925
1997 59,968,066 5,509,136
1998 60,190,684 5,620,068
1999 60,501,986 5,771,628
2000 60,918,661 6,032,267
2001 61,364,377 6,308,391
2002 61,812,142 6,596,806
2003 62,249,855 6,903,127
2004 62,707,588 7,233,041
2005 63,180,854 7,590,143
2006 63,622,342 7,976,526
2007 64,016,890 8,388,788
2008 64,375,116 8,817,647
2009 64,706,436 9,243,556
2010 65,026,211 9,745,953
2011 65,340,830 10,288,109
2012 65,657,659 10,756,240
2013 65,997,932 11,166,275
2014 66,312,067 11,235,073
2015 66,548,272 11,107,561
2016 66,724,104 10,830,102
2017 66,918,020 10,259,154
2018 67,158,348 10,122,977
2019 67,382,061 10,423,384
2020 67,601,110 10,698,467
2021 67,842,811 10,865,780
2022 68,065,015 11,021,177
2023 68,287,487 11,483,374
2024 68,516,699 11,943,408

Fertility rates in France and South Sudan

Fertility rate
France

South Sudan
Year Fertility rate
France South Sudan
1960 2.85 7.16
1961 2.87 7.18
1962 2.89 7.2
1963 2.89 7.2
1964 2.87 7.22
1965 2.84 7.22
1966 2.8 7.25
1967 2.75 7.26
1968 2.69 7.26
1969 2.62 7.28
1970 2.55 7.29
1971 2.47 7.3
1972 2.38 7.31
1973 2.28 7.31
1974 2.18 7.31
1975 2.09 7.33
1976 2.01 7.33
1977 1.94 7.33
1978 1.89 7.33
1979 1.87 7.32
1980 1.85 7.33
1981 1.85 7.33
1982 1.86 7.34
1983 1.86 7.34
1984 1.86 7.35
1985 1.86 7.36
1986 1.85 7.38
1987 1.83 7.39
1988 1.81 7.38
1989 1.79 7.37
1990 1.77 7.38
1991 1.75 7.38
1992 1.74 7.37
1993 1.73 7.36
1994 1.73 7.35
1995 1.74 7.34
1996 1.75 7.32
1997 1.77 7.2
1998 1.78 7.08
1999 1.81 6.94
2000 1.89 6.8
2001 1.9 6.65
2002 1.88 6.52
2003 1.89 6.35
2004 1.92 6.19
2005 1.94 6.02
2006 2 5.85
2007 1.98 5.7
2008 2.01 5.57
2009 2 5.45
2010 2.03 5.32
2011 2.01 5.19
2012 2.01 5.06
2013 1.99 4.94
2014 2 4.82
2015 1.96 4.7
2016 1.92 4.58
2017 1.89 4.48
2018 1.87 4.37
2019 1.86 4.26
2020 1.83 4.16
2021 1.84 4.05
2022 1.79 3.96
2023 1.66 3.86

France and South Sudan demographics compared

Median age
France

South Sudan
Year Median age, years
France South Sudan
1960 32.8 18.6
1961 32.8 18.5
1962 32.9 18.5
1963 32.8 18.4
1964 32.8 18.4
1965 32.7 18.3
1966 32.7 18.3
1967 32.7 18.2
1968 32.6 18
1969 32.5 17.9
1970 32.4 17.7
1971 32.2 17.6
1972 32 17.5
1973 31.8 17.5
1974 31.7 17.4
1975 31.6 17.4
1976 31.7 17.3
1977 31.9 17.2
1978 32.1 17.2
1979 32.3 17.1
1980 32.4 17.1
1981 32.6 17
1982 32.8 16.9
1983 33 16.8
1984 33.3 16.8
1985 33.5 16.7
1986 33.7 16.6
1987 34 16.5
1988 34.2 16.8
1989 34.5 17.1
1990 34.7 17
1991 35 17
1992 35.3 17
1993 35.6 16.9
1994 35.9 16.9
1995 36.2 16.9
1996 36.5 16.9
1997 36.8 16.9
1998 37.1 17
1999 37.4 17.1
2000 37.7 17.2
2001 37.9 17.3
2002 38.2 17.3
2003 38.4 17.3
2004 38.6 17.4
2005 38.9 17.6
2006 39.1 17.8
2007 39.4 18
2008 39.6 18.2
2009 39.8 18.4
2010 40 18.7
2011 40.3 19
2012 40.5 19.2
2013 40.8 19.3
2014 41 19
2015 41.2 18.6
2016 41.4 18.2
2017 41.6 17.4
2018 41.9 17.3
2019 42.1 17.8
2020 42.3 18.2
2021 42.4 18.4
2022 42.6 18.7
2023 42.8 19
2024 43 19.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

France South Sudan
GNI, Atlas method
$3.1T
2024
$11.7B
2015
Government expenditure, % of GDP
57.3%
2025
26.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.32%
2022
1.57%
2016
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.06%
2023
6.26%
2023
Armed forces personnel
304,000
2020
53,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.46%
2025
+2%
2025
Unemployment rate
7.39%
2024
12.3%
2008
Services, % of GDP
70.4%
2024
56.6%
2015
Industry, % of GDP
17.5%
2024
33.1%
2015
Economic freedom index
64.4
2025
41
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25%
2023
33%
2016
Income share by poorest 10%
3%
2023
1.8%
2016
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
$72.9M
2023
Personal remittances received
$38.8B
2024
$1.14B
2024
International tourist arrivals
117,109,000
2020
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
4.8%
2020
0.39%
2018
Banked people share
99.2%
2024
5.83%
2021

Energy

France South Sudan
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
3,140 kg
2023
69 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$18.6
2023
$15.1
2015
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
282.4 megatons
2023
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
4.14 tons
2023
n/a
Fossil fuel energy use share
46.5%
2023
73.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
16.2%
2021
32.4%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
46.7%
2023
0.4%
2022
Net energy imports use share
47.1%
2023
-860%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
6,423 kWh
2023
46.9 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
22.8%
2021
0.34%
2021
Hydroelectric share
11.6%
2023
0%
2021
Nuclear share
64.3%
2023
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
5.4%
2023

Society

France South Sudan
% of world population
0.84%
2024
0.15%
2024
Annual migration change
+90,527
2024
+15,374
2024
Urban population
82%
2024
21.6%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.86 ft
2025
n/a
Average female height
5.4 ft
2025
n/a
Quality of life index
85.5
2025
5.62
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
67
2024
8
2024
Higher education index
85
2025
10
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.34
2023
14.1
2012
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.1
2019
36.7
2019
Visa free countries
175
2025
54
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
34.5%
2018
English speaking
57.3%
2023
94%
2023
People using the Internet
88.7%
2024
9.27%
2020

Health

France South Sudan
Government health expenditure per capita
$4,865
2022
$49.4
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$434
2022
$17
2022
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
57.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
49.1%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.34
2021
0.04
2020
Age at first childbirth
29.1 years
2023
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
7
2023
692
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
4.3
2023
98.7
2023
Obesity rate
10%
2022
8.79%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.5%
2024
4.6%
2024
Air quality index
80
2025
21
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
34.6%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.3 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

France South Sudan
% of world land
0.36%
2025
0.42%
2025
Land area per capita
3,037 sq mi
2024
20,429 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
109,256 sq mi
2025
109,449 sq mi
2025
Forest area
67,580 sq mi
2025
27,633 sq mi
2025
Roads length
654,437 mi
2011
n/a

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