France
Country in Europe
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 68.7M (2025). World rank 23 of 216; in Europe, 4 of 48. Area: 551,695 km². World rank 50 of 249; in Europe, 3 of 52. GDP: $3.4T (2025). World rank 7 of 210; in Europe, 3 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 66.5M → 68.7M, GDP $2.4T → $3.4T, and GDP per person $36,702 → $48,986.
State
- Official name
- French Republic
- Local name
- France
- Capital
- Paris
- Region
- Europe
- Form of government
- Semi-presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Emmanuel Macron
- Head of government
- Sébastien Lecornu
- Women in parliament
- 36.2% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 68,720,337 2025
- Area
- 551,695 km²
- GDP
- $3.4T 2025
- GDP per person
- $48,986 2025
- Life expectancy
- 83 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- French
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Time zones
- UTC+2
- Calling code
- +33
- Emergency numbers
- 15, 17, 18, 112, 114
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, E
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 4,853
- Neighbours
- Andorra, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Spain, Switzerland
- Agricultural land
- 52.8% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mont Blanc, 4,810 m
- Lowest point
- Étang de Lavalduc, -2 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 375
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 11
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 19°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 3°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 867 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 124.6 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.3% 2025
- Living in cities
- 78.8% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +91.7K 2025
- Born in another country
- 13.8% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 16.2% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 61.2% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 22.5% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 85.9 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 80.2 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.6 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 9.7 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 9.4 2024
Society
- Religions
- Catholic 47%, no religion 33%, Muslim 4%, Protestant 2%, and Buddhist 2% (2021)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 74.6 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 73.1 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 77.1 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 72.5 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 79 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $63,975 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +0.8% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $48,630 2025
- Inflation
- +0.9% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 77 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 1.4% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 16.8% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 70.8% 2025
- Unemployment
- 7.5% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 18.9% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 51.5% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 33.4% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 33.8% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -0.3% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +1.8% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 1.3% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 22.8% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 31.8 2023
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0.1% 2023
Education
- Primary school enrolment
- 103% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 104% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 71.5% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 5.3% 2022
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 11.5% 2024
- Health spending per person
- $5,327 2024
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 9.2% 2024
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 3.3 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 9.4 2021
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 5.7 2022
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 95% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 3.4 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 4.3 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 7 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.3% 2023
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 6.5% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 34.3% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 33.6% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 100% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 98.6% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 100% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 1.3 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 5.1 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 16.6 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 64 2025
- Natural hazards
- volcanoes, tropical cyclones, floods, droughts, avalanches, and wildfires
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 8.2 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 4 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 5.5 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 32.9% 2024
- Protected areas
- 36.7% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 2,933 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 21.4% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 88.7% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 117 2023
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 48.9 2024
- Internet domain
- .fr
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 6,536 2025
- Renewable share of energy use
- 16.2% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 22.8% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 4.2% 2025
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 64,644,716 2023
- Airports
- 1,218 2025
- Railways, km
- 27,860 2020
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 2.2% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 5,369 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 62,180 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 12,751 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 23.1% 2024