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France vs Germany: Health & Population

This page compares France and Germany across 109 Health & Population indicators. Pick any indicator below for the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Indicator France Germany Detail
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) 36.10 36.88 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 82.98 80.79 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) 88.45 85.01 Compare →
Urban population (% of total population) 78.80 82.02 Compare →
Population, female (% of total population) 51.52 50.62 Compare →
Population, male 33.23M 41.24M Compare →
Population, male (% of total population) 48.48 49.38 Compare →
Rural population 14.53M 15.02M Compare →
Rural population (% of total population) 21.20 17.98 Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %) 0.29 0.42 Compare →
Urban population 54.02M 68.50M Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 1.61 1.36 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) 44.99 46.20 Compare →
Population, total 68.55M 83.52M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) 22.15 23.20 Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) 16.51 13.91 Compare →
Net migration 91,737.00 -334,072.00 Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) 3.30 5.24 Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 9.70 8.10 Compare →
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 9.40 12.10 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years) 85.90 83.20 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 80.20 78.50 Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) 93.00 92.36 Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) 86.32 86.35 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female 5.53M 5.65M Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) 15.64 13.37 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male 5.79M 5.96M Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) 17.42 14.46 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total 11.31M 11.62M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female 21.20M 25.84M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) 60.01 61.13 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male 20.86M 26.68M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) 62.77 64.70 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total 42.06M 52.53M Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) 61.35 62.89 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female 8.60M 10.78M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) 24.34 25.50 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male 6.58M 8.59M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) 19.81 20.84 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total 15.18M 19.37M Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) 1.05 1.06 Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 63.00 59.00 Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) 26.90 22.12 Compare →
Population growth (annual %) 0.26 0.27 Compare →
Population, female 35.32M 42.27M Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population) 13.80 19.80 Compare →
International migrant stock, total 9.19M 16.75M Compare →
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) 100.00 100.00 Compare →
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) 98.64 99.23 Compare →
People practicing open defecation (% of population) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) 6.50 7.80 Compare →
Rural population growth (annual %) 0.17 -0.38 Compare →
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 608.00 853.00 Compare →
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin 139.00 348.00 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) 3.40 3.10 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000) 0.40 0.50 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000) 1.10 1.20 Compare →
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000) 2.10 1.60 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) 4.00 3.40 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) 4.70 4.00 Compare →
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) 2.80 2.30 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) 3.10 2.90 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) 3.70 3.30 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) 4.30 3.70 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 277.00 352.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 320.00 346.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 895.00 951.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 1,683.00 1,352.00 Compare →
Number of infant deaths 2,185.00 2,238.00 Compare →
Number of under-five deaths 2,815.00 2,691.00 Compare →
Number of neonatal deaths 1,805.00 1,647.00 Compare →
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000) 0.40 0.40 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) 0.01 0.00 Compare →
Physicians (per 1,000 people) 3.28 4.53 Compare →
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) 7.00 4.00 Compare →
Number of maternal deaths 47.00 26.00 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) 9,984.00 21,635.00 Compare →
Current health expenditure (% of GDP) 11.54 12.27 Compare →
UHC service coverage index 82.00 87.00 Compare →
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) 95.00 96.00 Compare →
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 36.17 32.38 Compare →
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) 96.00 89.00 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) 14.80 15.40 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49) 13.10 14.00 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) 13.00 13.90 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) 14.70 15.10 Compare →
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) 5.10 3.80 Compare →
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) 5.65 7.55 Compare →
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) 96.00 85.00 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) 16.48 18.63 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) 4.68 5.30 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) 10.32 11.84 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) 10.20 11.60 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) 0.34 0.40 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) 0.24 0.23 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) 0.45 0.58 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) 24.10 18.36 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) 16.58 12.90 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) 9.52 7.58 Compare →
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) 14.68 10.71 Compare →
Cause of death, by injury (% of total) 6.42 4.26 Compare →
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) 78.90 85.03 Compare →
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) 7.30 8.50 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) 13.30 14.70 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population) 13.40 21.10 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) 10.00 14.70 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) 7.20 9.60 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population) 3.40 3.20 Compare →
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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.