France vs United States statistics compared

France has a population of 68.5M (ranked 23/197), compared with 340M in The United States (ranked 3/197). France's land area is 208,090 sq mi versus 3,531,839 sq mi for The United States (ranked 48th vs. 3rd).

By GDP, France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T) and The United States ranks 1/197 ($29.2T). By GDP per capita, France ranks 27/197 ($46,150), while The United States ranks 9/197 ($85,810).

France and United States: Comparison Charts

France and United States economies compared

GDP

France

United States

Table

Year	GDP
	France	United States
1960	$61,756,878,990	$542,390,475,099
1961	$66,806,595,975	$562,640,778,342
1962	$74,888,595,286	$604,729,643,906
1963	$83,957,182,115	$638,380,883,119
1964	$93,079,224,076	$685,631,590,687
1965	$100,522,559,916	$743,503,780,837
1966	$108,928,356,519	$814,082,043,611
1967	$117,751,396,249	$860,737,154,024
1968	$128,427,504,709	$941,639,100,804
1969	$140,361,802,782	$1,018,471,133,697
1970	$146,926,998,937	$1,073,303,000,000
1971	$164,238,872,973	$1,164,850,000,000
1972	$201,621,751,625	$1,279,110,000,000
1973	$262,343,828,816	$1,425,376,000,000
1974	$283,102,178,123	$1,545,243,000,000
1975	$356,780,728,163	$1,684,904,000,000
1976	$368,488,292,816	$1,873,412,000,000
1977	$406,736,454,934	$2,081,826,000,000
1978	$501,724,418,605	$2,351,599,000,000
1979	$608,218,624,730	$2,627,333,000,000
1980	$694,529,183,483	$2,857,307,000,000
1981	$609,184,791,792	$3,207,041,000,000
1982	$578,152,310,610	$3,343,789,000,000
1983	$553,356,312,936	$3,634,038,000,000
1984	$525,033,325,828	$4,037,613,000,000
1985	$547,220,981,165	$4,338,979,000,000
1986	$764,946,585,851	$4,579,631,000,000
1987	$926,320,855,615	$4,855,215,000,000
1988	$1,010,827,662,152	$5,236,438,000,000
1989	$1,016,742,237,302	$5,641,580,000,000
1990	$1,257,649,439,827	$5,963,144,000,000
1991	$1,258,961,748,634	$6,158,129,000,000
1992	$1,389,663,073,110	$6,520,327,000,000
1993	$1,314,383,368,080	$6,858,559,000,000
1994	$1,385,822,778,828	$7,287,236,000,000
1995	$1,595,219,345,512	$7,639,749,000,000
1996	$1,598,889,216,566	$8,073,122,000,000
1997	$1,449,392,222,971	$8,577,552,000,000
1998	$1,496,906,382,032	$9,062,817,000,000
1999	$1,486,915,879,702	$9,631,172,000,000
2000	$1,360,959,069,477	$10,250,952,000,000
2001	$1,370,376,677,299	$10,581,929,000,000
2002	$1,492,427,756,382	$10,929,108,000,000
2003	$1,835,095,983,049	$11,456,450,000,000
2004	$2,109,792,297,237	$12,217,196,000,000
2005	$2,192,146,403,028	$13,039,197,000,000
2006	$2,317,861,544,691	$13,815,583,000,000
2007	$2,655,816,911,867	$14,474,228,000,000
2008	$2,926,802,941,586	$14,769,862,000,000
2009	$2,700,075,882,519	$14,478,067,000,000
2010	$2,646,230,027,988	$15,048,971,000,000
2011	$2,870,408,553,990	$15,599,732,000,000
2012	$2,683,007,095,787	$16,253,970,000,000
2013	$2,816,077,607,875	$16,880,683,000,000
2014	$2,861,236,112,552	$17,608,138,000,000
2015	$2,442,483,452,643	$18,295,019,000,000
2016	$2,470,407,619,777	$18,804,913,000,000
2017	$2,588,868,323,335	$19,612,102,000,000
2018	$2,781,576,320,884	$20,656,516,000,000
2019	$2,722,793,515,172	$21,539,982,000,000
2020	$2,647,926,055,110	$21,354,105,000,000
2021	$2,966,433,692,008	$23,681,171,000,000
2022	$2,796,302,210,399	$26,006,893,000,000
2023	$3,051,831,611,385	$27,720,709,000,000
2024	$3,162,079,073,496	$29,184,890,000,000

France and United States economies compared

GDP per capita

France

United States

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	France	United States
1960	$1,303	$3,002
1961	$1,395	$3,063
1962	$1,548	$3,242
1963	$1,718	$3,373
1964	$1,884	$3,573
1965	$2,015	$3,827
1966	$2,165	$4,142
1967	$2,321	$4,332
1968	$2,513	$4,692
1969	$2,724	$5,025
1970	$2,825	$5,234
1971	$3,128	$5,609
1972	$3,807	$6,094
1973	$4,914	$6,726
1974	$5,267	$7,226
1975	$6,607	$7,801
1976	$6,795	$8,592
1977	$7,465	$9,453
1978	$9,167	$10,565
1979	$11,063	$11,674
1980	$12,565	$12,613
1981	$10,956	$13,976
1982	$10,360	$14,434
1983	$9,862	$15,544
1984	$9,312	$17,121
1985	$9,657	$18,237
1986	$13,430	$19,071
1987	$16,176	$20,039
1988	$17,550	$21,417
1989	$17,547	$22,857
1990	$21,586	$23,840
1991	$21,501	$24,293
1992	$23,615	$25,381
1993	$22,239	$26,353
1994	$23,360	$27,662
1995	$26,792	$28,661
1996	$26,758	$29,937
1997	$24,169	$31,430
1998	$24,869	$32,823
1999	$24,576	$34,484
2000	$22,341	$36,330
2001	$22,332	$37,134
2002	$24,145	$37,998
2003	$29,480	$39,490
2004	$33,645	$41,725
2005	$34,696	$44,123
2006	$36,432	$46,302
2007	$41,486	$48,050
2008	$45,465	$48,570
2009	$41,728	$47,195
2010	$40,695	$48,651
2011	$43,930	$50,066
2012	$40,864	$51,784
2013	$42,669	$53,410
2014	$43,148	$55,304
2015	$36,702	$57,040
2016	$37,024	$58,207
2017	$38,687	$60,322
2018	$41,418	$63,201
2019	$40,408	$65,605
2020	$39,170	$64,411
2021	$43,725	$71,352
2022	$41,083	$78,035
2023	$44,691	$82,769
2024	$46,150	$85,810

France vs. United States life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

France

United States

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	France	United States
1950	66.4	68.1
1951	66.1	68.2
1952	67.4	68.4
1953	67.3	68.7
1954	68.2	69.5
1955	68.4	69.6
1956	68.5	69.6
1957	68.9	69.4
1958	70.1	69.7
1959	70.2	69.9
1960	70.4	69.8
1961	71	70.3
1962	70.5	70.1
1963	70.3	69.9
1964	71.3	70.2
1965	71.1	70.2
1966	71.5	70.2
1967	71.5	70.5
1968	71.5	70.2
1969	71.2	70.5
1970	72.1	70.7
1971	72.1	71.1
1972	72.3	71.2
1973	72.5	71.4
1974	72.8	72
1975	72.9	72.5
1976	73.1	72.8
1977	73.7	73.2
1978	73.8	73.4
1979	74.1	73.8
1980	74.2	73.7
1981	74.4	74.1
1982	74.8	74.5
1983	74.7	74.6
1984	75.2	74.7
1985	75.3	74.7
1986	75.6	74.7
1987	76.1	74.9
1988	76.4	74.8
1989	76.5	75.1
1990	76.8	75.4
1991	77	75.5
1992	77.3	75.8
1993	77.3	75.6
1994	77.8	75.7
1995	77.9	75.9
1996	78.1	76.2
1997	78.4	76.5
1998	78.6	76.7
1999	78.7	76.7
2000	79	76.8
2001	79.2	76.9
2002	79.4	77
2003	79.4	77.1
2004	80.3	77.5
2005	80.3	77.5
2006	80.7	77.8
2007	81	78
2008	81	78.1
2009	81.2	78.5
2010	81.4	78.7
2011	81.8	78.7
2012	81.7	78.8
2013	82	78.8
2014	82.4	78.9
2015	82.1	78.7
2016	82.4	78.7
2017	82.4	78.6
2018	82.6	78.8
2019	82.7	78.9
2020	82.2	77
2021	82.3	76.4
2022	82.5	78
2023	83.3	79.3
2024	83.5	79.5
2025	83.6	79.6

France and United States population clocks and comparison

Population

France

United States

Table

Year	Population
	France	United States
1900	-	76,094,000
1901	-	77,584,000
1902	-	79,163,000
1903	-	80,632,000
1904	-	82,166,000
1905	-	83,822,000
1906	-	85,450,000
1907	-	87,008,000
1908	-	88,710,000
1909	-	90,490,000
1910	-	92,407,000
1911	-	93,863,000
1912	-	95,335,000
1913	-	97,225,000
1914	-	99,111,000
1915	-	100,546,000
1916	-	101,961,000
1917	-	103,268,000
1918	-	103,208,000
1919	-	104,514,000
1920	-	106,461,000
1921	-	108,538,000
1922	-	110,049,000
1923	-	111,947,000
1924	-	114,109,000
1925	-	115,829,000
1926	-	117,397,000
1927	-	119,035,000
1928	-	120,509,000
1929	-	121,767,000
1930	-	123,076,741
1931	-	124,039,648
1932	-	124,840,471
1933	-	125,578,763
1934	-	126,373,773
1935	-	127,250,232
1936	-	128,053,180
1937	-	128,824,829
1938	-	129,824,939
1939	-	130,879,718
1940	-	132,122,446
1941	-	133,402,471
1942	-	134,859,553
1943	-	136,739,353
1944	-	138,397,345
1945	-	139,928,165
1946	-	141,388,566
1947	-	144,126,071
1948	-	146,631,302
1949	-	149,188,130
1950	-	152,271,417
1951	-	154,877,889
1952	-	157,552,740
1953	-	160,184,192
1954	-	163,025,854
1955	-	165,931,202
1956	-	168,903,031
1957	-	171,984,130
1958	-	174,881,904
1959	-	177,829,628
1960	47,412,964	180,671,158
1961	47,905,982	183,691,481
1962	48,389,516	186,537,737
1963	48,877,567	189,241,798
1964	49,401,492	191,888,791
1965	49,877,725	194,302,963
1966	50,311,637	196,560,338
1967	50,722,791	198,712,056
1968	51,112,980	200,706,052
1969	51,536,014	202,676,946
1970	52,007,169	205,052,174
1971	52,499,553	207,660,677
1972	52,962,356	209,896,021
1973	53,392,161	211,908,788
1974	53,746,571	213,853,928
1975	54,002,853	215,973,199
1976	54,232,383	218,035,164
1977	54,486,467	220,239,425
1978	54,734,030	222,584,545
1979	54,979,851	225,055,487
1980	55,274,184	226,542,250
1981	55,603,353	229,465,744
1982	55,806,789	231,664,432
1983	56,108,330	233,792,014
1984	56,383,085	235,824,908
1985	56,665,619	237,923,734
1986	56,956,002	240,132,831
1987	57,266,167	242,288,936
1988	57,598,186	244,499,004
1989	57,943,062	246,819,222
1990	58,261,012	250,131,894
1991	58,554,242	253,492,503
1992	58,846,584	256,894,189
1993	59,103,094	260,255,352
1994	59,324,863	263,435,673
1995	59,541,294	266,557,091
1996	59,754,504	269,667,391
1997	59,968,066	272,911,760
1998	60,190,684	276,115,288
1999	60,501,986	279,294,713
2000	60,918,661	282,162,411
2001	61,364,377	284,968,955
2002	61,812,142	287,625,193
2003	62,249,855	290,107,933
2004	62,707,588	292,805,298
2005	63,180,854	295,516,599
2006	63,622,342	298,379,912
2007	64,016,890	301,231,207
2008	64,375,116	304,093,966
2009	64,706,436	306,771,529
2010	65,026,211	309,327,143
2011	65,340,830	311,583,481
2012	65,657,659	313,877,662
2013	65,997,932	316,059,947
2014	66,312,067	318,386,329
2015	66,548,272	320,738,994
2016	66,724,104	323,071,755
2017	66,918,020	325,122,128
2018	67,158,348	326,838,199
2019	67,382,061	328,329,953
2020	67,601,110	331,526,933
2021	67,842,811	331,893,745
2022	68,065,015	333,271,411
2023	68,287,487	334,914,895
2024	68,516,699	340,110,988

Fertility rates in France and United States

Fertility rate

France

United States

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	France	United States
1960	2.85	3.65
1961	2.87	3.62
1962	2.89	3.46
1963	2.89	3.32
1964	2.87	3.19
1965	2.84	2.91
1966	2.8	2.72
1967	2.75	2.56
1968	2.69	2.46
1969	2.62	2.46
1970	2.55	2.48
1971	2.47	2.27
1972	2.38	2.01
1973	2.28	1.88
1974	2.18	1.84
1975	2.09	1.77
1976	2.01	1.74
1977	1.94	1.79
1978	1.89	1.76
1979	1.87	1.81
1980	1.85	1.84
1981	1.85	1.81
1982	1.86	1.83
1983	1.86	1.8
1984	1.86	1.81
1985	1.86	1.84
1986	1.85	1.84
1987	1.83	1.87
1988	1.81	1.93
1989	1.79	2.01
1990	1.77	2.08
1991	1.75	2.06
1992	1.74	2.05
1993	1.73	2.02
1994	1.73	2
1995	1.74	1.98
1996	1.75	1.98
1997	1.77	1.97
1998	1.78	2
1999	1.81	2.01
2000	1.89	2.06
2001	1.9	2.03
2002	1.88	2.02
2003	1.89	2.05
2004	1.92	2.05
2005	1.94	2.06
2006	2	2.11
2007	1.98	2.12
2008	2.01	2.07
2009	2	2
2010	2.03	1.93
2011	2.01	1.89
2012	2.01	1.88
2013	1.99	1.86
2014	2	1.86
2015	1.96	1.84
2016	1.92	1.82
2017	1.89	1.77
2018	1.87	1.73
2019	1.86	1.71
2020	1.83	1.64
2021	1.84	1.66
2022	1.79	1.66
2023	1.66	1.62

France and United States demographics compared

Median age

France

United States

Table

Year	Median age, years
	France	United States
1960	32.8	29.2
1961	32.8	29
1962	32.9	28.7
1963	32.8	28.5
1964	32.8	28.2
1965	32.7	28.1
1966	32.7	27.9
1967	32.7	27.9
1968	32.6	27.9
1969	32.5	27.9
1970	32.4	27.8
1971	32.2	27.9
1972	32	28
1973	31.8	28.3
1974	31.7	28.5
1975	31.6	28.7
1976	31.7	28.9
1977	31.9	29.2
1978	32.1	29.6
1979	32.3	29.9
1980	32.4	30.1
1981	32.6	30.4
1982	32.8	30.7
1983	33	30.9
1984	33.3	31.2
1985	33.5	31.5
1986	33.7	31.8
1987	34	32.1
1988	34.2	32.4
1989	34.5	32.7
1990	34.7	32.9
1991	35	33.2
1992	35.3	33.4
1993	35.6	33.6
1994	35.9	33.8
1995	36.2	34.1
1996	36.5	34.4
1997	36.8	34.6
1998	37.1	34.9
1999	37.4	35.1
2000	37.7	35.3
2001	37.9	35.5
2002	38.2	35.6
2003	38.4	35.8
2004	38.6	36
2005	38.9	36.2
2006	39.1	36.4
2007	39.4	36.5
2008	39.6	36.6
2009	39.8	36.7
2010	40	36.9
2011	40.3	37
2012	40.5	37.1
2013	40.8	37.2
2014	41	37.3
2015	41.2	37.5
2016	41.4	37.6
2017	41.6	37.7
2018	41.9	37.9
2019	42.1	38
2020	42.3	38.2
2021	42.4	38.5
2022	42.6	38.7
2023	42.8	39
2024	43	39.3

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