France vs Switzerland statistics compared

France has a population of 68.5M (ranked 23/197), compared with 9.03M in Switzerland (ranked 101/197). France's land area is 208,090 sq mi versus 15,255 sq mi for Switzerland (ranked 48th vs. 131st).

By GDP, France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T) and Switzerland ranks 20/197 ($937B). By GDP per capita, France ranks 27/197 ($46,150), while Switzerland ranks 5/197 ($103,670).

France and Switzerland: Comparison Charts

France and Switzerland economies compared

GDP

France

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP
	France	Switzerland
1960	$61,756,878,990	$10,412,232,621
1961	$66,806,595,975	$11,713,348,834
1962	$74,888,595,286	$12,989,649,694
1963	$83,957,182,115	$14,283,872,299
1964	$93,079,224,076	$15,833,133,858
1965	$100,522,559,916	$16,780,226,225
1966	$108,928,356,519	$18,019,402,374
1967	$117,751,396,249	$19,397,044,714
1968	$128,427,504,709	$20,712,102,794
1969	$140,361,802,782	$22,442,043,274
1970	$146,926,998,937	$24,998,066,773
1971	$164,238,872,973	$30,040,171,751
1972	$201,621,751,625	$36,844,318,854
1973	$262,343,828,816	$49,550,006,320
1974	$283,102,178,123	$57,103,011,446
1975	$356,780,728,163	$65,466,081,819
1976	$368,488,292,816	$68,476,524,644
1977	$406,736,454,934	$73,135,771,167
1978	$501,724,418,605	$102,280,472,036
1979	$608,218,624,730	$114,970,094,425
1980	$694,529,183,483	$122,557,843,886
1981	$609,184,791,792	$112,244,805,519
1982	$578,152,310,610	$115,043,365,512
1983	$553,356,312,936	$114,634,358,535
1984	$525,033,325,828	$109,455,312,168
1985	$547,220,981,165	$110,980,314,192
1986	$764,946,585,851	$159,089,921,063
1987	$926,320,855,615	$199,236,370,038
1988	$1,010,827,662,152	$215,540,625,299
1989	$1,016,742,237,302	$208,105,846,934
1990	$1,257,649,439,827	$265,763,573,999
1991	$1,258,961,748,634	$268,901,693,863
1992	$1,389,663,073,110	$279,921,425,828
1993	$1,314,383,368,080	$272,237,527,071
1994	$1,385,822,778,828	$301,375,055,202
1995	$1,595,219,345,512	$352,835,806,342
1996	$1,598,889,216,566	$340,103,959,547
1997	$1,449,392,222,971	$294,788,198,856
1998	$1,496,906,382,032	$303,459,014,347
1999	$1,486,915,879,702	$297,873,643,323
2000	$1,360,959,069,477	$279,216,033,870
2001	$1,370,376,677,299	$286,582,672,434
2002	$1,492,427,756,382	$309,301,422,430
2003	$1,835,095,983,049	$362,075,086,508
2004	$2,109,792,297,237	$403,912,891,033
2005	$2,192,146,403,028	$418,284,865,885
2006	$2,317,861,544,691	$441,634,672,197
2007	$2,655,816,911,867	$490,740,715,595
2008	$2,926,802,941,586	$567,267,767,519
2009	$2,700,075,882,519	$554,212,916,092
2010	$2,646,230,027,988	$598,851,027,948
2011	$2,870,408,553,990	$715,888,126,682
2012	$2,683,007,095,787	$686,420,221,558
2013	$2,816,077,607,875	$706,234,937,371
2014	$2,861,236,112,552	$726,537,809,430
2015	$2,442,483,452,643	$694,118,186,380
2016	$2,470,407,619,777	$687,895,460,903
2017	$2,588,868,323,335	$695,200,834,102
2018	$2,781,576,320,884	$725,568,717,468
2019	$2,722,793,515,172	$721,369,112,727
2020	$2,647,926,055,110	$741,999,406,006
2021	$2,966,433,692,008	$815,309,330,987
2022	$2,796,302,210,399	$828,508,926,958
2023	$3,051,831,611,385	$894,424,821,645
2024	$3,162,079,073,496	$936,564,198,049

France and Switzerland economies compared

GDP per capita

France

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	France	Switzerland
1960	$1,303	$1,954
1961	$1,395	$2,155
1962	$1,548	$2,330
1963	$1,718	$2,508
1964	$1,884	$2,735
1965	$2,015	$2,865
1966	$2,165	$3,045
1967	$2,321	$3,237
1968	$2,513	$3,413
1969	$2,724	$3,657
1970	$2,825	$4,044
1971	$3,128	$4,835
1972	$3,807	$5,885
1973	$4,914	$7,856
1974	$5,267	$9,005
1975	$6,607	$10,328
1976	$6,795	$10,865
1977	$7,465	$11,644
1978	$9,167	$16,282
1979	$11,063	$18,266
1980	$12,565	$19,394
1981	$10,956	$17,665
1982	$10,360	$18,000
1983	$9,862	$17,859
1984	$9,312	$16,991
1985	$9,657	$17,152
1986	$13,430	$24,460
1987	$16,176	$30,441
1988	$17,550	$32,690
1989	$17,547	$31,309
1990	$21,586	$39,575
1991	$21,501	$39,544
1992	$23,615	$40,714
1993	$22,239	$39,237
1994	$23,360	$43,092
1995	$26,792	$50,114
1996	$26,758	$48,093
1997	$24,169	$41,584
1998	$24,869	$42,681
1999	$24,576	$41,696
2000	$22,341	$38,865
2001	$22,332	$39,639
2002	$24,145	$42,459
2003	$29,480	$49,336
2004	$33,645	$54,659
2005	$34,696	$56,243
2006	$36,432	$59,011
2007	$41,486	$64,989
2008	$45,465	$74,175
2009	$41,728	$71,568
2010	$40,695	$76,531
2011	$43,930	$90,477
2012	$40,864	$85,836
2013	$42,669	$87,304
2014	$43,148	$88,725
2015	$36,702	$83,806
2016	$37,024	$82,153
2017	$38,687	$82,254
2018	$41,418	$85,217
2019	$40,408	$84,122
2020	$39,170	$85,898
2021	$43,725	$93,665
2022	$41,083	$94,395
2023	$44,691	$100,632
2024	$46,150	$103,670

France vs. Switzerland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

France

Switzerland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	France	Switzerland
1950	66.4	68.9
1951	66.1	68.7
1952	67.4	69.6
1953	67.3	69.5
1954	68.2	70
1955	68.4	70.1
1956	68.5	70.2
1957	68.9	70.5
1958	70.1	71.3
1959	70.2	71.5
1960	70.4	71.4
1961	71	71.7
1962	70.5	71.3
1963	70.3	71.3
1964	71.3	72.2
1965	71.1	72.3
1966	71.5	72.4
1967	71.5	72.7
1968	71.5	72.7
1969	71.2	72.7
1970	72.1	73.1
1971	72.1	73.2
1972	72.3	73.8
1973	72.5	74.1
1974	72.8	74.4
1975	72.9	74.8
1976	73.1	74.9
1977	73.7	75.4
1978	73.8	75.3
1979	74.1	75.6
1980	74.2	75.6
1981	74.4	75.8
1982	74.8	76.2
1983	74.7	76.2
1984	75.2	76.8
1985	75.3	76.9
1986	75.6	77
1987	76.1	77.3
1988	76.4	77.4
1989	76.5	77.6
1990	76.8	77.4
1991	77	77.6
1992	77.3	77.9
1993	77.3	78.2
1994	77.8	78.5
1995	77.9	78.6
1996	78.1	79
1997	78.4	79.2
1998	78.6	79.5
1999	78.7	79.7
2000	79	79.8
2001	79.2	80.3
2002	79.4	80.4
2003	79.4	80.5
2004	80.3	81.1
2005	80.3	81.2
2006	80.7	81.5
2007	81	81.7
2008	81	82
2009	81.2	82
2010	81.4	82.3
2011	81.8	82.6
2012	81.7	82.6
2013	82	82.7
2014	82.4	83.1
2015	82.1	82.8
2016	82.4	83.4
2017	82.4	83.4
2018	82.6	83.6
2019	82.7	83.8
2020	82.2	83.1
2021	82.3	83.6
2022	82.5	83.2
2023	83.3	84
2024	83.5	84.1
2025	83.6	84.2

France and Switzerland population clocks and comparison

Population

France

Switzerland

Table

Year	Population
	France	Switzerland
1960	47,412,964	5,327,827
1961	47,905,982	5,434,294
1962	48,389,516	5,573,815
1963	48,877,567	5,694,247
1964	49,401,492	5,789,228
1965	49,877,725	5,856,472
1966	50,311,637	5,918,002
1967	50,722,791	5,991,785
1968	51,112,980	6,067,714
1969	51,536,014	6,136,387
1970	52,007,169	6,180,877
1971	52,499,553	6,213,399
1972	52,962,356	6,260,956
1973	53,392,161	6,307,347
1974	53,746,571	6,341,405
1975	54,002,853	6,338,632
1976	54,232,383	6,302,504
1977	54,486,467	6,281,174
1978	54,734,030	6,281,738
1979	54,979,851	6,294,365
1980	55,274,184	6,319,408
1981	55,603,353	6,354,074
1982	55,806,789	6,391,309
1983	56,108,330	6,418,773
1984	56,383,085	6,441,865
1985	56,665,619	6,470,365
1986	56,956,002	6,504,124
1987	57,266,167	6,545,106
1988	57,598,186	6,593,386
1989	57,943,062	6,646,912
1990	58,261,012	6,715,519
1991	58,554,242	6,799,978
1992	58,846,584	6,875,364
1993	59,103,094	6,938,265
1994	59,324,863	6,993,795
1995	59,541,294	7,040,687
1996	59,754,504	7,071,850
1997	59,968,066	7,088,906
1998	60,190,684	7,110,001
1999	60,501,986	7,143,991
2000	60,918,661	7,184,250
2001	61,364,377	7,229,854
2002	61,812,142	7,284,753
2003	62,249,855	7,339,001
2004	62,707,588	7,389,625
2005	63,180,854	7,437,115
2006	63,622,342	7,483,934
2007	64,016,890	7,551,117
2008	64,375,116	7,647,675
2009	64,706,436	7,743,831
2010	65,026,211	7,824,909
2011	65,340,830	7,912,398
2012	65,657,659	7,996,861
2013	65,997,932	8,089,346
2014	66,312,067	8,188,649
2015	66,548,272	8,282,396
2016	66,724,104	8,373,338
2017	66,918,020	8,451,840
2018	67,158,348	8,514,329
2019	67,382,061	8,575,280
2020	67,601,110	8,638,167
2021	67,842,811	8,704,546
2022	68,065,015	8,777,088
2023	68,287,487	8,888,093
2024	68,516,699	9,034,102

Fertility rates in France and Switzerland

Fertility rate

France

Switzerland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	France	Switzerland
1960	2.85	2.44
1961	2.87	2.52
1962	2.89	2.58
1963	2.89	2.65
1964	2.87	2.66
1965	2.84	2.59
1966	2.8	2.5
1967	2.75	2.39
1968	2.69	2.29
1969	2.62	2.19
1970	2.55	2.1
1971	2.47	2.04
1972	2.38	1.91
1973	2.28	1.81
1974	2.18	1.73
1975	2.09	1.61
1976	2.01	1.55
1977	1.94	1.53
1978	1.89	1.51
1979	1.87	1.52
1980	1.85	1.55
1981	1.85	1.55
1982	1.86	1.56
1983	1.86	1.52
1984	1.86	1.53
1985	1.86	1.52
1986	1.85	1.53
1987	1.83	1.52
1988	1.81	1.57
1989	1.79	1.56
1990	1.77	1.58
1991	1.75	1.58
1992	1.74	1.58
1993	1.73	1.51
1994	1.73	1.49
1995	1.74	1.48
1996	1.75	1.5
1997	1.77	1.48
1998	1.78	1.47
1999	1.81	1.48
2000	1.89	1.5
2001	1.9	1.38
2002	1.88	1.39
2003	1.89	1.39
2004	1.92	1.42
2005	1.94	1.42
2006	2	1.44
2007	1.98	1.46
2008	2.01	1.48
2009	2	1.5
2010	2.03	1.52
2011	2.01	1.52
2012	2.01	1.52
2013	1.99	1.52
2014	2	1.54
2015	1.96	1.54
2016	1.92	1.54
2017	1.89	1.52
2018	1.87	1.52
2019	1.86	1.48
2020	1.83	1.46
2021	1.84	1.52
2022	1.79	1.39
2023	1.66	1.33

France and Switzerland demographics compared

Median age

France

Switzerland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	France	Switzerland
1960	32.8	32.6
1961	32.8	32.4
1962	32.9	32
1963	32.8	31.7
1964	32.8	31.5
1965	32.7	31.6
1966	32.7	31.6
1967	32.7	31.6
1968	32.6	31.7
1969	32.5	31.7
1970	32.4	32
1971	32.2	32.2
1972	32	32.3
1973	31.8	32.5
1974	31.7	32.7
1975	31.6	33.1
1976	31.7	33.5
1977	31.9	33.8
1978	32.1	34.2
1979	32.3	34.5
1980	32.4	34.8
1981	32.6	35
1982	32.8	35.3
1983	33	35.6
1984	33.3	35.9
1985	33.5	36.1
1986	33.7	36.3
1987	34	36.5
1988	34.2	36.7
1989	34.5	36.8
1990	34.7	36.9
1991	35	36.9
1992	35.3	36.9
1993	35.6	37
1994	35.9	37.1
1995	36.2	37.3
1996	36.5	37.6
1997	36.8	37.9
1998	37.1	38.2
1999	37.4	38.4
2000	37.7	38.7
2001	37.9	39
2002	38.2	39.3
2003	38.4	39.6
2004	38.6	39.9
2005	38.9	40.3
2006	39.1	40.6
2007	39.4	40.9
2008	39.6	41.1
2009	39.8	41.3
2010	40	41.5
2011	40.3	41.6
2012	40.5	41.8
2013	40.8	42
2014	41	42.1
2015	41.2	42.2
2016	41.4	42.3
2017	41.6	42.4
2018	41.9	42.5
2019	42.1	42.6
2020	42.3	42.7
2021	42.4	42.8
2022	42.6	43
2023	42.8	43.4
2024	43	43.7

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