Australia’s coastline is 5.3 times as long as France’s

Australia: 25,760 km (2026 edition) · France: 4,853 km (2026 edition)

France’s highest peak towers 2,582 m above Australia’s

Australia: 2,228 m (2026 edition) · France: 4,810 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 53% of France, versus 47% of Australia

Australia: 47.3% (2024) · France: 52.8% (2024)

France has 2.5 times as many people as Australia

Australia: 27.6 million (2025) · France: 68.7 million (2025)

France is 36 times as densely populated as Australia

Australia: 4 per km² (2025) · France: 128 per km² (2025)

The typical person in France is 4.1 years older than in Australia

Australia: 37.8 years (2023) · France: 41.8 years (2023)

Women in France have 0.1 more children on average than in Australia

Australia: 1.48 children per woman (2024) · France: 1.61 children per woman (2024)

23% of people in France are 65 or older, versus 18% in Australia

Australia: 18.1% (2025) · France: 22.5% (2025)

France hosts 9.5 times as many refugees per resident as Australia

Australia: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · France: 11.5 per 1,000 (2025)

France has produced 9.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Australia 3.6

Australia: 3.6 (2026) · France: 9.5 (2026)

Australia and France are practically level

Australia: 1 (2026) · France: 1 (2026)

France’s economy is 87% larger than Australia’s

Australia: $1.8 trillion (2025) · France: $3.37 trillion (2025)

Australia produces 12% more per person than France

Australia: Int$71,934 (2025) · France: Int$63,975 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Australia than in France (Gini 2 points higher)

Australia: 33.8 (2020) · France: 31.8 (2023)

0.9% of people in Australia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in France

Australia: 0.9% (2020) · France: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 7.5% in France, versus 4.1% in Australia

Australia: 4.1% (2025) · France: 7.5% (2025)

France and Australia are practically level

Australia: 1.9% (2025) · France: 2% (2025)

Australia’s central government collects 24% of GDP in tax, France’s 23%

Australia: 23.6% (2022) · France: 22.8% (2024)

Australia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× France’s

Australia: 91% (2025) · France: 77% (2025)

Australia spends 31% more on health per person than France

Australia: $6,980 (2023) · France: $5,327 (2024)

A baby in France is 10% more likely to die before turning one than in Australia

Australia: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · France: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Australia has 25% more doctors per person than France

Australia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2022) · France: 3.3 per 1,000 (2022)

France has 48% more hospital beds per person than Australia

Australia: 3.8 per 1,000 (2016) · France: 5.7 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in France is 10% higher than in Australia

Australia: 12.6 per 100k (2023) · France: 13.9 per 100k (2023)

32% of adults in Australia are obese, versus 13% in France

Australia: 32.4% (2024) · France: 12.5% (2024)

34% of adults in France smoke, versus 12% in Australia

Australia: 11.6% (2024) · France: 33.6% (2024)

People in Australia rate their lives 0.33 points higher than in France

Australia: 6.92 (2025) · France: 6.59 (2025)

Adults in France drink 6% more alcohol than in Australia

Australia: 10.5 litres (2023) · France: 11.2 litres (2023)

Australia has 45% more meat per person than France

Australia: 116.8 kg (2023) · France: 80.3 kg (2023)

Australia has 72 kcal more food per person per day than France

Australia: 3,562 kcal (2023) · France: 3,490 kcal (2023)

Workers in Australia put in 124 more hours a year than in France

Australia: 1,611 hours (2023) · France: 1,487 hours (2023)

Adults in Australia went to school 1.1 years longer than in France

Australia: 12.9 years (2023) · France: 11.8 years (2023)

Australia: no data · France: 1.35 (2019)

France has 35 more World Heritage sites than Australia (56 against 21)

Australia: 21 (2026) · France: 56 (2026)

France has won 985 Olympic medals, Australia 619

Australia: 619 (2026 edition) · France: 985 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Australia are online, versus 89% in France

Australia: 96% (2024) · France: 89% (2024)

Home internet in France is 76% faster than in Australia

Australia: 261 Mbps (2026) · France: 460 Mbps (2026)

Australia and France are practically level

Australia: 100% (2024) · France: 100% (2024)

88% of people in Australia live in cities, versus 79% in France

Australia: 88% (2025) · France: 79% (2025)

France has 117 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Australia 113

Australia: 113 (2024) · France: 117 (2023)

Australia’s railway network is 18% longer than France’s

Australia: 32,606 km (2022) · France: 27,716 km (2021)

Airlines from Australia fly 2.7 times as many passengers per resident as those from France

Australia: 2.5 (2023) · France: 0.94 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of France, but only 17% of Australia

Australia: 17.4% (2024) · France: 32.9% (2024)

The average person in Australia emits 3.6 times as much CO₂ as someone in France

Australia: 14.5 t (2024) · France: 4 t (2024)

39% of Australia’s electricity is renewable, versus 26% in France

Australia: 38.6% (2025) · France: 26.1% (2025)

The air in France carries 65% more fine dust than in Australia

Australia: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · France: 8.9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 58% more likely to be murdered in France than in Australia

Australia: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · France: 1.3 per 100k (2024)

Roads in France are 1% deadlier than in Australia

Australia: 7.5 per 100k (2023) · France: 7.6 per 100k (2023)

Australia is on average 8.3 °C warmer than France

Australia: 22.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · France: 14.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

France gets 2.6 times as much rain as Australia

Australia: 447 mm (2016–2025 avg) · France: 1,158 mm (2016–2025 avg)