France flag

France

Paris
Leads 8 of 15 metrics
vs
Japan flag

Japan

Tokyo
Leads 6 of 15 metrics
2.9×
France has 2.9× the gold reserves of Japan
1.8×
Japan has 1.8× the population of France
1.5×
France has 1.5× the Olympic medals of Japan
France Tale of the tape Japan
68.1M
Population
JPN 1.8×
126M
552K km²
Land Area
FRA 1.5×
378K km²
$2.94T
GDP (nominal)
JPN 1.4×
$4.23T
$43,120
GDP per Capita
FRA 1.3×
$33,660
82.5 yrs
Life Expectancy
JPN 1.0×
84.6 yrs
0.903
HDI
JPN 1.0×
0.925
99.0%
Literacy Rate
even
99.0%
89.4%
Internet Users
JPN 1.0×
92.7%
204K
Active Military
JPN 1.2×
247K
$65B
Defense Budget
FRA 1.2×
$55B
$1.07T
Exports
FRA 1.2×
$917B
$1.08T
Imports
FRA 1.1×
$952B
991
Olympic Medals
FRA 1.5×
644
2,437 t
Gold Reserves
FRA 2.9×
846 t
70.2
Cost of Living Index
FRA 1.2× lower
83.3
Bars are scaled to the larger value of each metric. The chip marks the leading country (for cost of living, the lower index leads).
France Japan
Paris Capital Tokyo
Euro (EUR) Currency Japanese Yen (JPY)
French Language Japanese
Unitary semi-presidential republic Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy