France: 4,853 km (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 0 km (2026 edition)

Kazakhstan’s highest peak towers 2,200 m above France’s

France: 4,810 m (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 7,010 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 79% of Kazakhstan, versus 53% of France

France: 52.8% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 79.2% (2024)

France has 3.3 times as many people as Kazakhstan

France: 68.7 million (2025) · Kazakhstan: 20.8 million (2025)

France is 17 times as densely populated as Kazakhstan

France: 128 per km² (2025) · Kazakhstan: 8 per km² (2025)

The typical person in France is 12 years older than in Kazakhstan

France: 41.8 years (2023) · Kazakhstan: 29.5 years (2023)

Women in Kazakhstan have 1.4 more children on average than in France

France: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Kazakhstan: 2.98 children per woman (2024)

23% of people in France are 65 or older, versus 9.0% in Kazakhstan

France: 22.5% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 9% (2025)

France hosts 55 times as many refugees per resident as Kazakhstan

France: 11.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Kazakhstan: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

France has produced 9.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kazakhstan none

France: 9.5 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 0 (2026)

Kazakhstan has 2 official languages, France 1

France: 1 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 2 (2026)

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

France: $3.37 trillion (2025) · Kazakhstan: $306 billion (2025)

France produces 44% more per person than Kazakhstan

France: Int$63,975 (2025) · Kazakhstan: Int$44,294 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in France than in Kazakhstan (Gini 2.6 points higher)

France: 31.8 (2023) · Kazakhstan: 29.2 (2021)

France and Kazakhstan are practically level

France: 0.1% (2023) · Kazakhstan: 0% (2021)

Unemployment is 7.5% in France, versus 4.8% in Kazakhstan

France: 7.5% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 4.8% (2025)

France spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Kazakhstan 0.4%

France: 2% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 0.4% (2025)

France’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Kazakhstan’s 12%

France: 22.8% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 11.9% (2023)

France’s price level (US = 100) is 2.3× Kazakhstan’s

France: 77% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 33% (2025)

France spends 11 times as much on health per person as Kazakhstan

France: $5,327 (2024) · Kazakhstan: $490 (2023)

A baby in Kazakhstan is 2.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in France

France: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Kazakhstan: 7.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Kazakhstan has 14% more doctors per person than France

France: 3.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Kazakhstan: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023)

Kazakhstan has 16% more hospital beds per person than France

France: 5.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Kazakhstan: 6.5 per 1,000 (2020)

The suicide rate in Kazakhstan is 31% higher than in France

France: 13.9 per 100k (2023) · Kazakhstan: 18.2 per 100k (2023)

22% of adults in Kazakhstan are obese, versus 13% in France

France: 12.5% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 22.4% (2024)

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

France: 33.6% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 21.1% (2024)

People in Kazakhstan rate their lives 0.05 points higher than in France

France: 6.59 (2025) · Kazakhstan: 6.63 (2025)

Adults in France drink 88% more alcohol than in Kazakhstan

France: 11.2 litres (2023) · Kazakhstan: 6 litres (2023)

France has 24% more meat per person than Kazakhstan

France: 80.3 kg (2023) · Kazakhstan: 64.9 kg (2023)

France has 354 kcal more food per person per day than Kazakhstan

France: 3,490 kcal (2023) · Kazakhstan: 3,136 kcal (2023)

Workers in Kazakhstan put in 488 more hours a year than in France

France: 1,487 hours (2023) · Kazakhstan: 1,975 hours (2023)

Adults in Kazakhstan went to school 0.78 years longer than in France

France: 11.8 years (2023) · Kazakhstan: 12.5 years (2023)

France welcomed 2.7 times as many tourists per resident as Kazakhstan (2019)

France: 1.35 (2019) · Kazakhstan: 0.5 (2024)

France has 49 more World Heritage sites than Kazakhstan (56 against 7)

France: 56 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 7 (2026)

France has won 985 Olympic medals, Kazakhstan 87

France: 985 (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 87 (2026 edition)

93% of people in Kazakhstan are online, versus 89% in France

France: 89% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 93% (2024)

Home internet in France is 2.8 times as fast as in Kazakhstan

France: 460 Mbps (2026) · Kazakhstan: 165 Mbps (2026)

France and Kazakhstan are practically level

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

79% of people in France live in cities, versus 62% in Kazakhstan

France: 79% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 62% (2025)

Kazakhstan has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, France 117

France: 117 (2023) · Kazakhstan: 127 (2024)

France’s railway network is 73% longer than Kazakhstan’s

France: 27,716 km (2021) · Kazakhstan: 16,006 km (2021)

Airlines from France fly 65% more passengers per resident than those from Kazakhstan

France: 0.94 (2023) · Kazakhstan: 0.57 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of France, but only 1.3% of Kazakhstan

France: 32.9% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 1.3% (2024)

The average person in Kazakhstan emits 3.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in France

France: 4 t (2024) · Kazakhstan: 13.9 t (2024)

26% of France’s electricity is renewable, versus 15% in Kazakhstan

France: 26.1% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 14.9% (2025)

The air in Kazakhstan carries 80% more fine dust than in France

France: 8.9 µg/m³ (2024) · Kazakhstan: 16 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 89% more likely to be murdered in Kazakhstan than in France

France: 1.3 per 100k (2024) · Kazakhstan: 2.6 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Kazakhstan are 2.7 times as deadly as in France

France: 7.6 per 100k (2023) · Kazakhstan: 20.4 per 100k (2023)

France is on average 6.3 °C warmer than Kazakhstan

France: 14.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kazakhstan: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

France gets 3.5 times as much rain as Kazakhstan

France: 1,158 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kazakhstan: 328 mm (2016–2025 avg)