France vs United Kingdom statistics compared

France has a population of 68.5M (ranked 23/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). France's land area is 208,090 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 48th vs. 78th).

By GDP, France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, France ranks 27/197 ($46,150), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

France and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

France and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

France

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	France	United Kingdom
1960	$61,756,878,990	$73,233,967,692
1961	$66,806,595,975	$77,741,965,703
1962	$74,888,595,286	$81,247,564,157
1963	$83,957,182,115	$86,561,961,812
1964	$93,079,224,076	$94,407,558,351
1965	$100,522,559,916	$101,824,755,079
1966	$108,928,356,519	$108,572,752,102
1967	$117,751,396,249	$113,116,888,211
1968	$128,427,504,709	$107,759,910,068
1969	$140,361,802,782	$116,464,702,803
1970	$146,926,998,937	$130,671,946,244
1971	$164,238,872,973	$148,113,896,325
1972	$201,621,751,625	$169,965,034,965
1973	$262,343,828,816	$192,537,971,583
1974	$283,102,178,123	$206,131,369,799
1975	$356,780,728,163	$241,756,637,168
1976	$368,488,292,816	$232,614,555,256
1977	$406,736,454,934	$263,066,457,352
1978	$501,724,418,605	$335,883,029,722
1979	$608,218,624,730	$438,994,070,309
1980	$694,529,183,483	$564,947,710,899
1981	$609,184,791,792	$540,765,675,241
1982	$578,152,310,610	$515,048,916,841
1983	$553,356,312,936	$489,618,008,186
1984	$525,033,325,828	$461,487,097,632
1985	$547,220,981,165	$489,285,164,271
1986	$764,946,585,851	$601,452,653,181
1987	$926,320,855,615	$745,162,608,269
1988	$1,010,827,662,152	$910,122,732,124
1989	$1,016,742,237,302	$926,884,816,754
1990	$1,257,649,439,827	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$1,258,961,748,634	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$1,389,663,073,110	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$1,314,383,368,080	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$1,385,822,778,828	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$1,595,219,345,512	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$1,598,889,216,566	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$1,449,392,222,971	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$1,496,906,382,032	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$1,486,915,879,702	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$1,360,959,069,477	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$1,370,376,677,299	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$1,492,427,756,382	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$1,835,095,983,049	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$2,109,792,297,237	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$2,192,146,403,028	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$2,317,861,544,691	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$2,655,816,911,867	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$2,926,802,941,586	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$2,700,075,882,519	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$2,646,230,027,988	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$2,870,408,553,990	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$2,683,007,095,787	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$2,816,077,607,875	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$2,861,236,112,552	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$2,442,483,452,643	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$2,470,407,619,777	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$2,588,868,323,335	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$2,781,576,320,884	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$2,722,793,515,172	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$2,647,926,055,110	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$2,966,433,692,008	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$2,796,302,210,399	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$3,051,831,611,385	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$3,162,079,073,496	$3,643,834,188,783

France and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

France

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	France	United Kingdom
1960	$1,303	$1,398
1961	$1,395	$1,472
1962	$1,548	$1,526
1963	$1,718	$1,613
1964	$1,884	$1,748
1965	$2,015	$1,874
1966	$2,165	$1,987
1967	$2,321	$2,059
1968	$2,513	$1,952
1969	$2,724	$2,101
1970	$2,825	$2,348
1971	$3,128	$2,650
1972	$3,807	$3,030
1973	$4,914	$3,426
1974	$5,267	$3,666
1975	$6,607	$4,300
1976	$6,795	$4,138
1977	$7,465	$4,681
1978	$9,167	$5,977
1979	$11,063	$7,805
1980	$12,565	$10,032
1981	$10,956	$9,599
1982	$10,360	$9,146
1983	$9,862	$8,692
1984	$9,312	$8,179
1985	$9,657	$8,652
1986	$13,430	$10,611
1987	$16,176	$13,119
1988	$17,550	$15,987
1989	$17,547	$16,239
1990	$21,586	$19,095
1991	$21,501	$19,901
1992	$23,615	$20,487
1993	$22,239	$18,389
1994	$23,360	$19,709
1995	$26,792	$23,169
1996	$26,758	$24,406
1997	$24,169	$26,766
1998	$24,869	$28,275
1999	$24,576	$28,762
2000	$22,341	$28,281
2001	$22,332	$27,907
2002	$24,145	$30,078
2003	$29,480	$34,443
2004	$33,645	$40,367
2005	$34,696	$42,105
2006	$36,432	$44,512
2007	$41,486	$50,398
2008	$45,465	$47,396
2009	$41,728	$38,744
2010	$40,695	$39,599
2011	$43,930	$42,110
2012	$40,864	$42,490
2013	$42,669	$43,419
2014	$43,148	$47,427
2015	$36,702	$44,984
2016	$37,024	$40,988
2017	$38,687	$40,629
2018	$41,418	$43,315
2019	$40,408	$42,794
2020	$39,170	$40,405
2021	$43,725	$46,926
2022	$41,083	$46,063
2023	$44,691	$49,201
2024	$46,150	$52,637

France vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

France

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	France	United Kingdom
1950	66.4	68.6
1951	66.1	68.2
1952	67.4	69.5
1953	67.3	69.8
1954	68.2	70.2
1955	68.4	70.1
1956	68.5	70.4
1957	68.9	70.5
1958	70.1	70.7
1959	70.2	70.8
1960	70.4	71
1961	71	70.8
1962	70.5	70.9
1963	70.3	70.8
1964	71.3	71.5
1965	71.1	71.5
1966	71.5	71.4
1967	71.5	72.1
1968	71.5	71.7
1969	71.2	71.7
1970	72.1	71.9
1971	72.1	72.2
1972	72.3	72
1973	72.5	72.2
1974	72.8	72.4
1975	72.9	72.7
1976	73.1	72.6
1977	73.7	73.1
1978	73.8	73
1979	74.1	73.2
1980	74.2	73.6
1981	74.4	73.9
1982	74.8	74
1983	74.7	74.3
1984	75.2	74.7
1985	75.3	74.5
1986	75.6	74.8
1987	76.1	75.1
1988	76.4	75.3
1989	76.5	75.4
1990	76.8	75.7
1991	77	75.9
1992	77.3	76.3
1993	77.3	76.2
1994	77.8	76.7
1995	77.9	76.6
1996	78.1	76.9
1997	78.4	77.1
1998	78.6	77.3
1999	78.7	77.4
2000	79	77.8
2001	79.2	78.1
2002	79.4	78.2
2003	79.4	78.3
2004	80.3	78.9
2005	80.3	79.1
2006	80.7	79.3
2007	81	79.5
2008	81	79.7
2009	81.2	80.2
2010	81.4	80.4
2011	81.8	80.8
2012	81.7	80.9
2013	82	80.9
2014	82.4	81.2
2015	82.1	80.9
2016	82.4	81.1
2017	82.4	81.2
2018	82.6	81.1
2019	82.7	81.4
2020	82.2	80.4
2021	82.3	80.7
2022	82.5	81.1
2023	83.3	81.3
2024	83.5	81.4
2025	83.6	81.6

France and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

France

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	France	United Kingdom
1960	47,412,964	52,400,000
1961	47,905,982	52,800,000
1962	48,389,516	53,250,000
1963	48,877,567	53,650,000
1964	49,401,492	54,000,000
1965	49,877,725	54,348,050
1966	50,311,637	54,648,500
1967	50,722,791	54,943,600
1968	51,112,980	55,211,700
1969	51,536,014	55,441,750
1970	52,007,169	55,663,250
1971	52,499,553	55,896,223
1972	52,962,356	56,086,065
1973	53,392,161	56,194,527
1974	53,746,571	56,229,974
1975	54,002,853	56,225,800
1976	54,232,383	56,211,968
1977	54,486,467	56,193,492
1978	54,734,030	56,196,504
1979	54,979,851	56,246,951
1980	55,274,184	56,314,216
1981	55,603,353	56,333,829
1982	55,806,789	56,313,641
1983	56,108,330	56,332,848
1984	56,383,085	56,422,072
1985	56,665,619	56,550,268
1986	56,956,002	56,681,396
1987	57,266,167	56,802,050
1988	57,598,186	56,928,327
1989	57,943,062	57,076,711
1990	58,261,012	57,247,586
1991	58,554,242	57,424,897
1992	58,846,584	57,580,402
1993	59,103,094	57,718,614
1994	59,324,863	57,865,745
1995	59,541,294	58,019,030
1996	59,754,504	58,166,950
1997	59,968,066	58,316,954
1998	60,190,684	58,487,141
1999	60,501,986	58,682,466
2000	60,918,661	58,892,514
2001	61,364,377	59,119,673
2002	61,812,142	59,370,479
2003	62,249,855	59,647,577
2004	62,707,588	59,987,905
2005	63,180,854	60,401,206
2006	63,622,342	60,846,820
2007	64,016,890	61,322,463
2008	64,375,116	61,806,995
2009	64,706,436	62,276,270
2010	65,026,211	62,766,365
2011	65,340,830	63,258,810
2012	65,657,659	63,711,000
2013	65,997,932	64,139,000
2014	66,312,067	64,620,000
2015	66,548,272	65,088,000
2016	66,724,104	65,607,000
2017	66,918,020	65,966,000
2018	67,158,348	66,289,000
2019	67,382,061	66,631,000
2020	67,601,110	66,744,000
2021	67,842,811	66,984,000
2022	68,065,015	67,604,000
2023	68,287,487	68,492,000
2024	68,516,699	69,226,000

Fertility rates in France and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

France

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	France	United Kingdom
1960	2.85	2.69
1961	2.87	2.78
1962	2.89	2.86
1963	2.89	2.88
1964	2.87	2.93
1965	2.84	2.86
1966	2.8	2.78
1967	2.75	2.68
1968	2.69	2.6
1969	2.62	2.51
1970	2.55	2.44
1971	2.47	2.41
1972	2.38	2.2
1973	2.28	2.04
1974	2.18	1.92
1975	2.09	1.81
1976	2.01	1.74
1977	1.94	1.69
1978	1.89	1.75
1979	1.87	1.86
1980	1.85	1.9
1981	1.85	1.82
1982	1.86	1.78
1983	1.86	1.77
1984	1.86	1.77
1985	1.86	1.79
1986	1.85	1.78
1987	1.83	1.81
1988	1.81	1.82
1989	1.79	1.79
1990	1.77	1.83
1991	1.75	1.82
1992	1.74	1.79
1993	1.73	1.76
1994	1.73	1.74
1995	1.74	1.71
1996	1.75	1.73
1997	1.77	1.72
1998	1.78	1.71
1999	1.81	1.68
2000	1.89	1.64
2001	1.9	1.63
2002	1.88	1.63
2003	1.89	1.7
2004	1.92	1.75
2005	1.94	1.76
2006	2	1.82
2007	1.98	1.86
2008	2.01	1.91
2009	2	1.89
2010	2.03	1.92
2011	2.01	1.91
2012	2.01	1.92
2013	1.99	1.83
2014	2	1.81
2015	1.96	1.8
2016	1.92	1.79
2017	1.89	1.74
2018	1.87	1.68
2019	1.86	1.63
2020	1.83	1.57
2021	1.84	1.58
2022	1.79	1.56
2023	1.66	1.56

France and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

France

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	France	United Kingdom
1960	32.8	35.5
1961	32.8	35.4
1962	32.9	35.3
1963	32.8	35.3
1964	32.8	35.2
1965	32.7	35.1
1966	32.7	34.9
1967	32.7	34.8
1968	32.6	34.6
1969	32.5	34.4
1970	32.4	34.2
1971	32.2	34.1
1972	32	34
1973	31.8	34
1974	31.7	34
1975	31.6	34
1976	31.7	34
1977	31.9	34.1
1978	32.1	34.2
1979	32.3	34.3
1980	32.4	34.4
1981	32.6	34.5
1982	32.8	34.8
1983	33	35
1984	33.3	35.2
1985	33.5	35.3
1986	33.7	35.4
1987	34	35.4
1988	34.2	35.7
1989	34.5	35.9
1990	34.7	36
1991	35	36.1
1992	35.3	36.2
1993	35.6	36.3
1994	35.9	36.5
1995	36.2	36.6
1996	36.5	36.8
1997	36.8	37
1998	37.1	37.2
1999	37.4	37.4
2000	37.7	37.7
2001	37.9	37.9
2002	38.2	38.1
2003	38.4	38.2
2004	38.6	38.4
2005	38.9	38.5
2006	39.1	38.6
2007	39.4	38.8
2008	39.6	38.9
2009	39.8	39
2010	40	39.2
2011	40.3	39.3
2012	40.5	39.5
2013	40.8	39.6
2014	41	39.7
2015	41.2	39.8
2016	41.4	39.8
2017	41.6	39.9
2018	41.9	40
2019	42.1	40.1
2020	42.3	40.2
2021	42.4	40.3
2022	42.6	40.5
2023	42.8	40.8
2024	43	41

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