France
France appears in 3 reels. Here is where it lands in each one, and the figure the chart gives it.
France at a glance
- People
- 68.7 million
- 2025
- Income per person
- $48,986 a year
- 2025
- Life expectancy
- 83.0 years
- 2024
- Live in cities
- 79%
- 2025
- Land area
- 538,950 km²
- 2024
France over time, across our reels
Each chart is its own measure with its own scale. Open one to compare France with anything else in it.
Tourist arrivals a year in today's top 8 countries
The world's most visited countries, 1995 to 2024
Spain cut the gap to France from 27M to 8M, while Turkey's arrivals grew more than eightfold.
Source: UN Tourism (Tourism Highlights 2025; earlier years via Our World in Data) · Jan 2026
- France#1 of 8
- 102 M
Nvidia's market value vs 2026 GDP, USD
Nvidia outweighs whole countries
Market caps move daily. On the latest data, only the US and China have bigger economies.
Source: Market cap: StockAnalysis · GDP: IMF WEO Apr 2026 · 6 Oct 2026
- France#6 of 8
- 3,596 B
Forbes top 10 richest people, 1987–2026
The world's 10 richest people, every year since 1987
Today's 10th-richest person has more than 7× what the 1987 champion did (nominal dollars).
Source: Forbes World's Billionaires, 1987 & 1990–2026 (nominal US$) · March 2026
- Bernard Arnault#7 of 10
- 171 B


