Italy vs France

Italy

France

Equal-area projection, same scale · Natural Earth 1:50m

Population ✓Area ✓Population density ✓GDP (nominal) ✓GDP per capita (PPP) ✓Exports ✓Unemployment ✓Life expectancy ✓Median age ✓Birth rate ✓Urban population ✓

Population

Natural Earth · 2019

Italy60,297,396France67,059,887France is 1.1× more populous

Area

computed · ≈

Italy≈ 300,794 km²France≈ 636,064 km²France is 2.1× larger

Population density

derived

Italy≈ 200 / km²France≈ 105 / km²Italy is 1.9× denser

GDP (nominal)

CIA World Factbook · 2024 est.

Italy$2.37 trillionFrance$3.16 trillionFrance is 1.3× larger

GDP per capita (PPP)

CIA World Factbook · 2024 est.

Italy$53,100France$54,500Nearly equal — Italy −2.6%

Exports

CIA World Factbook · 2024 est.

Italy$778.9 billionFrance$1.07 trillionFrance is 1.4× higher

Unemployment

CIA World Factbook · 2024 est.

Italy6.8%France7.4%France is higher by 0.6 points

Life expectancy

CIA World Factbook · 2024 est.

Italy83 yearsFrance82.6 yearsItaly is higher by 0.4 years

Median age

CIA World Factbook · 2025 est.

Italy48.8 yearsFrance42.7 yearsItaly is higher by 6.1 years

Birth rate

CIA World Factbook · 2025 est.

Italy7.13 per 1,000France10.88 per 1,000France is higher by 3.75 per 1,000

Urban population

CIA World Factbook · 2023

Italy72%France81.8%France is higher by 9.8 points