FRANCE

Capital Paris
Area (km2) 551 500
Total population (thousands, 2023) 68 372
Population density (per km2) 124
National currency Euro (EUR)
National statistical office www.insee.fr
National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE)
Women in the labour force, 2023
   percentage of total for both sexes 49%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2018 24%
   hourly wage, 2023 12%
Women in part-time employment, 2023
   percentage of employed women 27%
Female tertiary students, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 55%
Female victims of homicide, 2015
   percentage of total for both sexes 37%
Women researchers, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 30%
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
   females, years 85.7
   males, years 80.1
Life expectancy at 65, 2023
   females, years 23.6
   males, years 19.9
Total fertility rate, 2023
   average number of children per woman 1.7
Adolescent fertility rate, 2023
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 6.1
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2023
   age in years 29.1
 
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
1.2
-0.1
2.6
2.4
1.1
0.6
Unemployment rate
 (%)
8.4
8.0
7.9
7.3
7.3
..
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
19.5
20.2
18.9
17.3
17.2
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2023 4 197 857
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 61 473
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 33.2
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 34.0
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 48 469
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   EUR per USD, US=1, 2023 0.672
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 31
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 44

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2023 27 597
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2023 11 751
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 988
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 43
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2023 101 316
      million tonne-kilometres, 2023 29 399
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2023 818 582
      million tonne-kilometres, 2023 169 222