China
Leads 9 of 15 metrics
vs
France
Leads 6 of 15 metrics
20×
China has 20× the
population of France
17×
China has 17× the
land area of France
10.0×
China has 10.0× the
active military of France
China
Tale of the tape
France
1.41B
Population
CHN
20×
68.7M
9.6M km²
Land Area
CHN
17×
552K km²
$19.5T
GDP (nominal)
CHN
5.8×
$3.37T
$13,862
GDP per Capita
FRA
3.5×
$48,986
78.0 yrs
Life Expectancy
FRA
1.1×
83.0 yrs
0.768
HDI
FRA
1.2×
0.903
96.7%
Literacy Rate
FRA
1.0×
99.0%
91.6%
Internet Users
CHN
1.0×
88.7%
2.04M
Active Military
CHN
10.0×
204K
$314B
Defense Budget
CHN
4.8×
$65B
$3.75T
Exports
CHN
3.5×
$1.07T
$3.22T
Imports
CHN
3.0×
$1.08T
819
Olympic Medals
FRA
1.2×
991
2,280 t
Gold Reserves
FRA
1.1×
2,437 t
42.0
Cost of Living Index
CHN
1.7×
lower
70.2
Bars are scaled to the larger value of each metric. The chip marks the leading country
(for cost of living, the lower index leads).
China
France
Beijing
Capital
Paris
Renminbi (Yuan, CNY)
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Mandarin Chinese
Language
French
Unitary one-party socialist republic
Government
Unitary semi-presidential republic