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France vs Vietnam statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

France has a population of 68.5M (ranked 23/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). France's land area is 208,090 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 48th vs. 67th).

By GDP, France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, France ranks 27/197 ($46,150), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Main facts and rankings

France Vietnam
Population
68701054
102063551
Population rank 23/197 16/197
GDP
$3.16T
2024
$476B
2024
GDP rank 7/197 34/197
GDP per capita
$46,150
2024
$4,717
2024
GDP per capita rank 27/197 123/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$61,322
2024
$16,386
2024
Government debt
$3.58T
2024
$157B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
116.3%
2025
33.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$52,199
2024
$1,550
2024
Government debt per person rank 8/185 127/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$33,898
2025
$4,107
2025
Land area
208,090 sq mi
2025
121,016 sq mi
2025
Population density
329 ppl/mi²
2024
835 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.66
2023
1.91
2023
Median age
43 years
2024
33.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
74.9 years
2025

France and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

France and Vietnam economies compared

GDP
France

Vietnam
Year GDP
France Vietnam
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 $14,094,687,821
1986 $764,946,585,851 $26,336,616,250
1987 $926,320,855,615 $36,658,108,850
1988 $1,010,827,662,152 $25,423,812,649
1989 $1,016,742,237,302 $6,293,304,975
1990 $1,257,649,439,827 $6,471,740,806
1991 $1,258,961,748,634 $9,613,369,520
1992 $1,389,663,073,110 $9,866,990,236
1993 $1,314,383,368,080 $13,180,953,598
1994 $1,385,822,778,828 $16,286,433,533
1995 $1,595,219,345,512 $20,736,164,459
1996 $1,598,889,216,566 $24,657,470,575
1997 $1,449,392,222,971 $26,843,700,442
1998 $1,496,906,382,032 $27,209,602,050
1999 $1,486,915,879,702 $28,683,659,007
2000 $1,360,959,069,477 $31,172,518,403
2001 $1,370,376,677,299 $32,685,198,809
2002 $1,492,427,756,382 $35,064,105,501
2003 $1,835,095,983,049 $39,552,513,232
2004 $2,109,792,297,237 $45,427,854,693
2005 $2,192,146,403,028 $57,633,255,738
2006 $2,317,861,544,691 $66,371,664,817
2007 $2,655,816,911,867 $77,414,425,532
2008 $2,926,802,941,586 $99,130,304,099
2009 $2,700,075,882,519 $106,014,659,565
2010 $2,646,230,027,988 $147,201,173,197
2011 $2,870,408,553,990 $172,595,049,184
2012 $2,683,007,095,787 $195,590,661,129
2013 $2,816,077,607,875 $213,708,811,665
2014 $2,861,236,112,552 $233,451,469,643
2015 $2,442,483,452,643 $239,258,328,382
2016 $2,470,407,619,777 $257,096,001,178
2017 $2,588,868,323,335 $281,353,605,987
2018 $2,781,576,320,884 $310,106,478,395
2019 $2,722,793,515,172 $334,365,270,497
2020 $2,647,926,055,110 $346,615,738,538
2021 $2,966,433,692,008 $366,474,752,771
2022 $2,796,302,210,399 $413,445,230,669
2023 $3,051,831,611,385 $433,857,681,378
2024 $3,162,079,073,496 $476,388,230,307

France and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita
France

Vietnam
Year GDP per capita
France Vietnam
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 $238.6
1986 $13,430 $436
1987 $16,176 $595
1988 $17,550 $405
1989 $17,547 $98.1
1990 $21,586 $98.8
1991 $21,501 $143.7
1992 $23,615 $144.5
1993 $22,239 $189.4
1994 $23,360 $229.9
1995 $26,792 $287.8
1996 $26,758 $337
1997 $24,169 $362
1998 $24,869 $361
1999 $24,576 $376
2000 $22,341 $404
2001 $22,332 $419
2002 $24,145 $445
2003 $29,480 $497
2004 $33,645 $565
2005 $34,696 $711
2006 $36,432 $808
2007 $41,486 $926
2008 $45,465 $1,164
2009 $41,728 $1,226
2010 $40,695 $1,683
2011 $43,930 $1,951
2012 $40,864 $2,185
2013 $42,669 $2,360
2014 $43,148 $2,546
2015 $36,702 $2,578
2016 $37,024 $2,735
2017 $38,687 $2,956
2018 $41,418 $3,222
2019 $40,408 $3,441
2020 $39,170 $3,534
2021 $43,725 $3,704
2022 $41,083 $4,148
2023 $44,691 $4,323
2024 $46,150 $4,717

France vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
France

Vietnam
Year Life expectancy, years
France Vietnam
1950 66.4 48
1951 66.1 48.7
1952 67.4 49.4
1953 67.3 50
1954 68.2 52
1955 68.4 54.8
1956 68.5 55.5
1957 68.9 56.2
1958 70.1 56.8
1959 70.2 57.4
1960 70.4 58
1961 71 58.5
1962 70.5 58.2
1963 70.3 56.9
1964 71.3 57.5
1965 71.1 57
1966 71.5 56.9
1967 71.5 56.7
1968 71.5 52.7
1969 71.2 54.8
1970 72.1 54.9
1971 72.1 55.6
1972 72.3 51.9
1973 72.5 55.7
1974 72.8 54.8
1975 72.9 61.9
1976 73.1 63.7
1977 73.7 64.1
1978 73.8 64.5
1979 74.1 65
1980 74.2 65.3
1981 74.4 65.8
1982 74.8 66.2
1983 74.7 66.5
1984 75.2 66.9
1985 75.3 67.2
1986 75.6 67.6
1987 76.1 68
1988 76.4 68.6
1989 76.5 68.8
1990 76.8 69
1991 77 69.3
1992 77.3 69.6
1993 77.3 70
1994 77.8 70.4
1995 77.9 70.9
1996 78.1 71.3
1997 78.4 71.7
1998 78.6 72.3
1999 78.7 72.6
2000 79 72.7
2001 79.2 73
2002 79.4 73.1
2003 79.4 73.2
2004 80.3 73.1
2005 80.3 73.2
2006 80.7 73.3
2007 81 73.4
2008 81 73.5
2009 81.2 73.5
2010 81.4 73.6
2011 81.8 73.7
2012 81.7 73.8
2013 82 73.8
2014 82.4 73.9
2015 82.1 74
2016 82.4 74
2017 82.4 74
2018 82.6 74.1
2019 82.7 74.2
2020 82.2 75.4
2021 82.3 74.1
2022 82.5 74.5
2023 83.3 74.6
2024 83.5 74.7
2025 83.6 74.9

France and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population
France

Vietnam
Year Population
France Vietnam
1960 47,412,964 32,531,933
1961 47,905,982 33,409,059
1962 48,389,516 34,288,560
1963 48,877,567 35,249,101
1964 49,401,492 36,201,563
1965 49,877,725 37,129,656
1966 50,311,637 38,024,836
1967 50,722,791 38,895,080
1968 51,112,980 39,734,609
1969 51,536,014 40,582,096
1970 52,007,169 41,475,230
1971 52,499,553 42,449,276
1972 52,962,356 43,429,168
1973 53,392,161 44,409,861
1974 53,746,571 45,413,537
1975 54,002,853 46,482,903
1976 54,232,383 47,684,931
1977 54,486,467 48,954,872
1978 54,734,030 50,249,552
1979 54,979,851 51,378,211
1980 55,274,184 52,490,101
1981 55,603,353 53,738,141
1982 55,806,789 55,011,289
1983 56,108,330 56,337,921
1984 56,383,085 57,706,067
1985 56,665,619 59,060,622
1986 56,956,002 60,347,048
1987 57,266,167 61,584,651
1988 57,598,186 62,843,228
1989 57,943,062 64,147,348
1990 58,261,012 65,504,552
1991 58,554,242 66,891,775
1992 58,846,584 68,260,337
1993 59,103,094 69,586,384
1994 59,324,863 70,854,391
1995 59,541,294 72,049,940
1996 59,754,504 73,156,447
1997 59,968,066 74,226,889
1998 60,190,684 75,299,660
1999 60,501,986 76,287,452
2000 60,918,661 77,154,011
2001 61,364,377 77,969,361
2002 61,812,142 78,772,224
2003 62,249,855 79,563,777
2004 62,707,588 80,338,971
2005 63,180,854 81,088,313
2006 63,622,342 82,167,897
2007 64,016,890 83,633,375
2008 64,375,116 85,175,788
2009 64,706,436 86,460,018
2010 65,026,211 87,455,152
2011 65,340,830 88,468,314
2012 65,657,659 89,510,356
2013 65,997,932 90,573,104
2014 66,312,067 91,679,578
2015 66,548,272 92,823,254
2016 66,724,104 94,000,117
2017 66,918,020 95,176,977
2018 67,158,348 96,237,319
2019 67,382,061 97,173,776
2020 67,601,110 98,079,191
2021 67,842,811 98,935,098
2022 68,065,015 99,680,655
2023 68,287,487 100,352,192
2024 68,516,699 100,987,686

Fertility rates in France and Vietnam

Fertility rate
France

Vietnam
Year Fertility rate
France Vietnam
1960 2.85 6.27
1961 2.87 5.48
1962 2.89 6.26
1963 2.89 6.39
1964 2.87 6.29
1965 2.84 6.16
1966 2.8 5.97
1967 2.75 5.88
1968 2.69 6.03
1969 2.62 6.01
1970 2.55 6.02
1971 2.47 6.07
1972 2.38 6.1
1973 2.28 6.11
1974 2.18 5.78
1975 2.09 5.62
1976 2.01 5.46
1977 1.94 5.29
1978 1.89 5.1
1979 1.87 4.94
1980 1.85 4.8
1981 1.85 4.67
1982 1.86 4.59
1983 1.86 4.52
1984 1.86 4.41
1985 1.86 4.21
1986 1.85 3.96
1987 1.83 3.72
1988 1.81 3.62
1989 1.79 3.64
1990 1.77 3.6
1991 1.75 3.52
1992 1.74 3.35
1993 1.73 3.17
1994 1.73 2.94
1995 1.74 2.7
1996 1.75 2.47
1997 1.77 2.27
1998 1.78 2.1
1999 1.81 2
2000 1.89 2.03
2001 1.9 2.02
2002 1.88 2.01
2003 1.89 2
2004 1.92 1.97
2005 1.94 1.89
2006 2 1.87
2007 1.98 1.91
2008 2.01 1.93
2009 2 1.92
2010 2.03 1.91
2011 2.01 1.93
2012 2.01 1.97
2013 1.99 1.98
2014 2 2.09
2015 1.96 2.1
2016 1.92 2
2017 1.89 1.99
2018 1.87 1.88
2019 1.86 1.94
2020 1.83 1.96
2021 1.84 1.94
2022 1.79 1.93
2023 1.66 1.91

France and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age
France

Vietnam
Year Median age, years
France Vietnam
1960 32.8 21.2
1961 32.8 20.7
1962 32.9 20.2
1963 32.8 19.7
1964 32.8 19.2
1965 32.7 18.9
1966 32.7 18.7
1967 32.7 18.5
1968 32.6 18.4
1969 32.5 18.4
1970 32.4 18.4
1971 32.2 18.4
1972 32 18.5
1973 31.8 18.5
1974 31.7 18.6
1975 31.6 18.7
1976 31.7 18.8
1977 31.9 19
1978 32.1 19.1
1979 32.3 19.3
1980 32.4 19.4
1981 32.6 19.5
1982 32.8 19.6
1983 33 19.7
1984 33.3 19.8
1985 33.5 19.9
1986 33.7 20
1987 34 20.1
1988 34.2 20.2
1989 34.5 20.4
1990 34.7 20.5
1991 35 20.7
1992 35.3 20.9
1993 35.6 21.1
1994 35.9 21.4
1995 36.2 21.7
1996 36.5 22
1997 36.8 22.4
1998 37.1 22.9
1999 37.4 23.3
2000 37.7 23.7
2001 37.9 24.2
2002 38.2 24.6
2003 38.4 25
2004 38.6 25.4
2005 38.9 25.8
2006 39.1 26.3
2007 39.4 26.9
2008 39.6 27.4
2009 39.8 27.9
2010 40 28.3
2011 40.3 28.7
2012 40.5 29
2013 40.8 29.4
2014 41 29.8
2015 41.2 30.2
2016 41.4 30.5
2017 41.6 30.8
2018 41.9 31.2
2019 42.1 31.6
2020 42.3 32.1
2021 42.4 32.5
2022 42.6 33
2023 42.8 33.4
2024 43 33.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

France Vietnam
GNI, Atlas method
$3.1T
2024
$454B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
57.3%
2025
22%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.32%
2022
2.89%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.06%
2023
1.81%
2018
Armed forces personnel
304,000
2020
522,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.46%
2025
-3.39%
2025
Unemployment rate
7.39%
2024
1.65%
2023
Services, % of GDP
70.4%
2024
42.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
17.5%
2024
37.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
64.4
2025
65.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25%
2023
28.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
3%
2023
2.6%
2022
Number of millionaires
2,868,031
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
5.42%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
52
2025
5
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0001%
2025
0.000007%
2025
Listed domestic companies
457
2018
393
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$2.37T
2018
$205B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$283B
2024
$83.1B
2024
Personal remittances received
$38.8B
2024
$16B
2024
International tourist arrivals
117,109,000
2020
3,837,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
4.8%
2020
1.11%
2020
Banked people share
99.2%
2024
70.6%
2024

Energy

France Vietnam
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
3,140 kg
2023
1,023 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$18.6
2023
$13.6
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
282.4 megatons
2023
373 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.14 tons
2023
3.72 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
46.5%
2023
79.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
16.2%
2021
24.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
46.7%
2023
11.3%
2022
Net energy imports use share
47.1%
2023
34%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
6,423 kWh
2023
2,624 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
22.8%
2021
41.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
11.6%
2023
34.7%
2022
Nuclear share
64.3%
2023
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
99.8%
2023

Society

France Vietnam
% of world population
0.84%
2024
1.24%
2024
Annual migration change
+90,527
2024
-59,645
2024
Urban population
82%
2024
40.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.86 ft
2025
5.54 ft
2025
Average female height
5.4 ft
2025
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
85.5
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
67
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
85
2025
52
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.34
2023
1.54
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.1
2019
30.6
2019
Visa free countries
175
2025
69
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
96.1%
2022
English speaking
57.3%
2023
16%
2025
People using the Internet
88.7%
2024
84.2%
2024

Health

France Vietnam
Government health expenditure per capita
$4,865
2022
$188.9
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$434
2022
$74.7
2022
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
74.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
1.59%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.34
2021
0.83
2016
Age at first childbirth
29.1 years
2023
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
7
2023
48
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
4.3
2023
20
2023
Obesity rate
10%
2022
2.04%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.5%
2024
3.4%
2024
Air quality index
80
2025
18
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
34.6%
2022
22.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.3 liters
2020
8.04 liters
2020

Territory

France Vietnam
% of world land
0.36%
2025
0.21%
2025
Land area per capita
3,037 sq mi
2024
1,198 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
109,256 sq mi
2025
47,456 sq mi
2025
Forest area
67,580 sq mi
2025
57,416 sq mi
2025
Roads length
654,437 mi
2011
354,460 mi
2019

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