France’s coastline is 3.9 times as long as Finland’s

Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition) · France: 4,853 km (2026 edition)

France’s highest peak towers 3,482 m above Finland’s

Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition) · France: 4,810 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 53% of France, versus 7.4% of Finland

Finland: 7.4% (2024) · France: 52.8% (2024)

France has 12 times as many people as Finland

Finland: 5.65 million (2025) · France: 68.7 million (2025)

France is 6.9 times as densely populated as Finland

Finland: 19 per km² (2025) · France: 128 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Finland is 0.97 year older than in France

Finland: 42.8 years (2023) · France: 41.8 years (2023)

Women in France have 0.4 more children on average than in Finland

Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024) · France: 1.61 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 23% in France

Finland: 24.2% (2025) · France: 22.5% (2025)

Finland hosts 58% more refugees per resident than France

Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025) · France: 11.5 per 1,000 (2025)

France has produced 9.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Finland 8.9

Finland: 8.9 (2026) · France: 9.5 (2026)

Finland has 2 official languages, France 1

Finland: 2 (2026) · France: 1 (2026)

France’s economy is 11 times the size of Finland’s

Finland: $317 billion (2025) · France: $3.37 trillion (2025)

Finland produces 3% more per person than France

Finland: Int$65,885 (2025) · France: Int$63,975 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in France than in Finland (Gini 4.4 points higher)

Finland: 27.4 (2023) · France: 31.8 (2023)

Finland and France are practically level

Finland: 0.2% (2023) · France: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 7.5% in France

Finland: 9.5% (2025) · France: 7.5% (2025)

Finland spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, France 2.0%

Finland: 2.6% (2025) · France: 2% (2025)

Finland’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, France’s 23%

Finland: 25.3% (2024) · France: 22.8% (2024)

Finland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× France’s

Finland: 85% (2025) · France: 77% (2025)

Finland spends 4% more on health per person than France

Finland: $5,515 (2023) · France: $5,327 (2024)

A baby in France is 79% more likely to die before turning one than in Finland

Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024) · France: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Finland has 10% more doctors per person than France

Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021) · France: 3.3 per 1,000 (2022)

France has 2.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Finland

Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · France: 5.7 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in France is 6% higher than in Finland

Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023) · France: 13.9 per 100k (2023)

26% of adults in Finland are obese, versus 13% in France

Finland: 26.2% (2024) · France: 12.5% (2024)

34% of adults in France smoke, versus 21% in Finland

Finland: 21.4% (2024) · France: 33.6% (2024)

People in Finland rate their lives 1.18 points higher than in France

Finland: 7.76 (2025) · France: 6.59 (2025)

Adults in France drink 19% more alcohol than in Finland

Finland: 9.4 litres (2023) · France: 11.2 litres (2023)

France has 16% more meat per person than Finland

Finland: 69.4 kg (2023) · France: 80.3 kg (2023)

France has 144 kcal more food per person per day than Finland

Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023) · France: 3,490 kcal (2023)

Workers in Finland put in 10 more hours a year than in France

Finland: 1,497 hours (2023) · France: 1,487 hours (2023)

Adults in Finland went to school 1.2 years longer than in France

Finland: 13 years (2023) · France: 11.8 years (2023)

France welcomed 69% more tourists per resident than Finland (2019)

Finland: 0.8 (2024) · France: 1.35 (2019)

France has 48 more World Heritage sites than Finland (56 against 8)

Finland: 8 (2026) · France: 56 (2026)

France has won 985 Olympic medals, Finland 486

Finland: 486 (2026 edition) · France: 985 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Finland are online, versus 89% in France

Finland: 94% (2024) · France: 89% (2024)

Home internet in France is 86% faster than in Finland

Finland: 247 Mbps (2026) · France: 460 Mbps (2026)

Finland and France are practically level

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

79% of people in France live in cities, versus 75% in Finland

Finland: 75% (2025) · France: 79% (2025)

Finland has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, France 117

Finland: 126 (2024) · France: 117 (2023)

France’s railway network is 4.7 times as long as Finland’s

Finland: 5,918 km (2021) · France: 27,716 km (2021)

Airlines from Finland fly 2 times as many passengers per resident as those from France

Finland: 1.91 (2023) · France: 0.94 (2023)

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 33% of France

Finland: 74.2% (2024) · France: 32.9% (2024)

The average person in Finland emits 34% more CO₂ than someone in France

Finland: 5.3 t (2024) · France: 4 t (2024)

56% of Finland’s electricity is renewable, versus 26% in France

Finland: 56.5% (2025) · France: 26.1% (2025)

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

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

You are 37% more likely to be murdered in France than in Finland

Finland: 1 per 100k (2023) · France: 1.3 per 100k (2024)

Roads in France are 43% deadlier than in Finland

Finland: 5.3 per 100k (2023) · France: 7.6 per 100k (2023)

France is on average 10.6 °C warmer than Finland

Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · France: 14.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

France gets 53% more rain than Finland

Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg) · France: 1,158 mm (2016–2025 avg)