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France vs Japan

This page compares France and Japan across 50 key World Bank indicators, grouped by category. Pick any indicator below to see the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Health & Population

Indicator France Japan Detail
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 9.40 13.30 Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 9.70 5.70 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female 5.53M 6.90M Compare →
Population, male (% of total population) 48.48 48.78 Compare →
Rural population (% of total population) 21.20 7.81 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) 88.45 64.57 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 80.20 81.09 Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %) 0.29 -0.32 Compare →
Population, male 33.23M 60.48M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total 42.06M 72.88M Compare →
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) 36.10 50.66 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) 19.81 26.84 Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) 61.35 58.78 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male 6.58M 16.23M Compare →
Urban population 54.02M 114.29M Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) 44.99 36.56 Compare →
Population, female (% of total population) 51.52 51.22 Compare →
Rural population 14.53M 9.68M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total 15.18M 36.92M Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) 26.90 19.45 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) 62.77 61.12 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) 15.64 10.87 Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) 1.05 1.05 Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) 86.32 90.06 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years) 85.90 87.13 Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 1.61 1.15 Compare →
Urban population (% of total population) 78.80 92.19 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total 11.31M 14.18M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) 24.34 32.58 Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) 93.00 94.87 Compare →
Population, total 68.55M 123.98M Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 63.00 70.12 Compare →
Population growth (annual %) 0.26 -0.44 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) 60.01 56.55 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) 17.42 12.03 Compare →
Population, female 35.32M 63.50M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female 8.60M 20.69M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female 21.20M 35.91M Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 82.98 84.04 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male 5.79M 7.28M Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) 3.30 1.63 Compare →
Net migration 91,737.00 140,579.00 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male 20.86M 36.97M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) 22.15 29.78 Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) 16.51 11.44 Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population) 13.80 2.80 Compare →

Environment

Indicator France Japan Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 126.86 341.54 Compare →

Agriculture

Indicator France Japan Detail
Surface area (sq. km) 606,410.00 377,969.27 Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km) 7,410.75 5,490.82 Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) 1.36 1.48 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.