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France

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Key facts

  • currency: Euro
  • capital city: Paris
  • region: Western Europe
  • continent: Europe
  • land area: 547,557 km²
  • population: 68,170,228 people
  • political leader: Emmanuel Macron (President)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [46°0′N, 2°0′E]

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Summary

France is a country. The capital city is Paris, located in the Western Europe region of Europe. It has a land area of 547,557 km², a population of 68,170,228 people and uses the currency Euro. The President is Emmanuel Macron.

Environment

France is one of the countries in Europe, countries in Western Europe and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 285,537.54 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 49.06 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 315.30 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 2.16 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 3.51 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 9.66 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 77.63 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 0.38 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 6.20 % of total
  • Net energy imports: 44.11 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 1.79 births per woman
  • Forest area: 173,364 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 46.49 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 430.00 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 38.00
  • Methane emissions: 71.62 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 30.55 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 35,242,337 people
  • Male population: 32,927,891 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 16.20 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 522,936.10 km²
  • Rural population: 12,422,661 people
  • Urban land area: 23,030.66 km²
  • Urban population: 55,747,567 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 1.26 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in France by population

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in France

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in France

Evolution of historical net energy imports in France

Evolution of historical fertility rate in France

France relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

France relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in France

France relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in France

France relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in France

France relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

France relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

France relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in France

Evolution of historical internet access in France

Evolution of historical land area in France

Evolution of historical median age in France

Evolution of historical methane emissions in France

France relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

France relationship between population and methane emissions over time

France relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

France relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

France relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

France relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical net migration in France

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in France

France relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

France relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

France relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in France

France relationship between urban land area and population over time

Evolution of historical female population in France

Evolution of historical male population in France

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in France

Evolution of historical total rural land area in France

Evolution of historical rural population in France

France relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical total urban land in France

France relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in France

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in France

France relationship between date and population over time

France relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical agricultural land in France

France relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

France relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in France

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in France

France relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

France relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

France relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

France relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

France relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in France

France relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

France relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

France relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

France relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

France relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

France relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in France

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in France

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in France

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in France

Distribution of sites in France by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in France by area

Distribution of transboundary sites in France

Geographical distribution of wildfires in France by mean width

Relationship between width mean and length mean in France

Cities in France

Sites in France

Wildfires in France

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Business

  • Central government debt: 98.66 % of GDP
  • Expense: 23.56 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 3,030,904,089,607.90 current US$
  • Inflation: 4.88 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 13.09 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 14.36 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 7.32 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 8.07 % of total employment

Distribution of companies from France by foundation year

Evolution of historical central government debt in France

Evolution of historical expense in France

Evolution of historical GDP in France

France relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical median inflation in France

Evolution of historical self employed in France

France relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in France

Evolution of historical unemployment rate in France

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in France

Distribution of shops in France by country

Companies in France

Exchanges in France

Shops from France

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Health

  • Birth rate: 10.60 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 9.80 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 5,380.88 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 12.31 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.09 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 6.00 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 82
  • Suicide mortality rate: 13.80 per 100,000 population

Distribution of diseases in France by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in France by start date

Evolution of historical birth rate in France

France relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

France relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

France relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

France relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

France relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Evolution of historical death rate in France

France relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in France

Evolution of historical health expenditure in France

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in France

Evolution of historical hospital beds in France

Evolution of historical life expectancy in France

France relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

France relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide rate in France

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in France

Evolution of historical covid cases in France

Evolution of historical covid deaths in France

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in France

Diseases in France

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 304,000 people
  • Democracy score: 7.80
  • Democracy type: Flawed democracy
  • Military expenditure: 1.94 % of GDP
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 37.78 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in France

France relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

France relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

France relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

France relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

France relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

France relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

France relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical military expenditure in France

Evolution of historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in France

Distribution of politicians from France by birth date

Distribution of politicians from France by gender

Political parties in France

Politicians from France

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from France by birth year

Distribution of athletes by gender in France

Distribution of competitions by city in France

Distribution of competitions by country in France

Distribution of competitions in France by start date

Distribution of medals won by France at the Olympics

Athletes from France

Competitions in France

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Culture

Distribution of artists from France by birth date

Distribution of artists from France by gender

Geographical distribution of museums in France by visitors

Artists from France

Museums in France

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in France by total students

Distribution of universities in France by foundation year

Universities in France

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In literature

There are 6719 books written about France in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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