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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: 67,971,311 people
  • political leader: Emmanuel Macron (President)
Classified as: place

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 67,971,311 people and uses the currency Euro. The President is Emmanuel Macron.

Location on a map: [46°0′N, 2°0′E]

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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
  • Access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
  • 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: 37.90
  • Methane emissions: 71.62 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 30.55 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 35,123,991 people
  • Male population: 32,847,321 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 16.20 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 522,936.10 km²
  • Rural population: 12,568,575 people
  • Urban land area: 23,030.66 km²
  • Urban population: 55,402,736 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

Cities in France

Evolution of historical fertility rate in France

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in France

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in France

Evolution of historical forest area in France

Relationship between forest area and rural land area in France

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in France

Relationship between fossil fuel and renewable energy consumption in France

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

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in France

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in France

Evolution of historical land area in France

Evolution of historical median age in France

Evolution of historical methane emissions in France

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in France

Relationship between methane emissions and population in France

Relationship between methane emissions and rural population in France

Relationship between methane emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in France

Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in France

Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in France

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in France

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in France

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions in France

Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions in France

Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in France

Evolution of historical population in France

Relationship between urban land area and population in France

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 rural land area in France

Evolution of historical rural population in France

Relationship between rural population and urban land area in France

Evolution of historical urban land area in France

Relationship between urban land area and urban population in France

Evolution of historical urban population in France

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

Relationship between population and date in France

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in France

Evolution of historical agricultural land in France

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in France

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in France

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in France

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in France

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in France

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in France

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in France

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in France

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in France

Evolution of historical access to electricity in France

Relationship between access to electricity and birth rate in France

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in France

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in France

Distribution of sites in France by inscription year

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in France

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in France

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in France

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

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

Geographical distribution of sites in France by area

Sites in France

Proportion of transboundary sites in France

Geographical distribution of wildfires in France by mean width

Wildfires in France

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in France

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 304,000 people
  • Democracy score: 7.80
  • Democracy type: Flawed democracy
  • Individuals using the internet: 85.33 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 1.94 % of GDP
  • Net migration: 66,601 people
  • Press freedom: 3.52
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 37.26 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in France

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in France

Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in France

Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in France

Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel in France

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in France

Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in France

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in France

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

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in France

Evolution of historical military expenditure in France

Evolution of historical net migration in France

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

Political parties in France

Distribution of politicians from France by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in France

Politicians from France

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Business

  • Central government debt: 98.66 % of GDP
  • Expense: 23.56 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 2,779,092,236,505.85 current US$
  • Inflation: 5.22 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 13.09 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 14.36 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 7.31 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 8.07 % of total employment

Proportion of revenue types by company in France

Distribution of companies founded in France by year

Proportion of CEOs per gender in France

Companies from France

Proportion of employee types in companies from France

Evolution of historical central government debt in France

Evolution of historical expense in France

Evolution of historical GDP in France

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in France

Evolution of historical inflation in France

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in France

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in France

Evolution of historical tax revenue in France

Evolution of historical unemployment in France

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in France

Exchanges in France

Proportion of shops per country in France

Shops in 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

Evolution of historical death rate in France

Evolution of historical birth rate in France

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in France

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in France

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in France

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in France

Relationship between birth rate and median age in France

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in France

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 at birth in France

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in France

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in France

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in France

Diseases in France

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in France

Proportion of diseases in France by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in France by start date

Evolution of historical cases in France

Evolution of historical deaths in France

Relationship between cases and deaths in France

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from France by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in France

Athletes from France

Proportion of competitions per city in France

Competitions in France

Proportion of competitions per country in France

Distribution of competitions in France by start date

Proportion of medals won by France in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from France

Distribution of artists from France by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in France

Geographical distribution of museums in France by visitors

Museums in France

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in France by total students

Distribution of universities in France per 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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Details

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

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