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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Myanmar is 12% bigger than France

France: 606,410 km² (2024) · Myanmar: 676,578 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

France’s coastline is 2.5 times as long as Myanmar’s

France: 4,853 km (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 1,930 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Myanmar’s highest peak towers 1,060 m above France’s

France: 4,810 m (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 5,870 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 53% of France, versus 20% of Myanmar

France: 52.8% (2024) · Myanmar: 19.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

France has 25% more people than Myanmar

France: 68.7 million (2025) · Myanmar: 54.9 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

France is 52% more densely populated than Myanmar

France: 128 per km² (2025) · Myanmar: 84 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in France are 11.9 cm taller than in Myanmar

France: 178.6 cm (2019) · Myanmar: 166.7 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in France are 9.8 cm taller than in Myanmar

France: 164.5 cm (2019) · Myanmar: 154.7 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

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

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

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Myanmar have 0.5 more children on average than in France

France: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Myanmar: 2.1 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

23% of people in France are 65 or older, versus 7.5% in Myanmar

France: 22.5% (2025) · Myanmar: 7.5% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

France: 11.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Myanmar: 0 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

France has produced 9.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Myanmar 0.2

France: 9.5 (2026) · Myanmar: 0.2 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

France and Myanmar are practically level

France: 1 (2026) · Myanmar: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

France’s economy is 41 times the size of Myanmar’s

France: $3.37 trillion (2025) · Myanmar: $81.7 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

France produces 11 times as much per person as Myanmar

France: Int$63,975 (2025) · Myanmar: Int$6,012 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in France than in Myanmar (Gini 1.1 points higher)

France: 31.8 (2023) · Myanmar: 30.7 (2017)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

10% of people in Myanmar live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in France

France: 0.1% (2023) · Myanmar: 10.3% (2017)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 7.5% in France, versus 3.0% in Myanmar

France: 7.5% (2025) · Myanmar: 3% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Myanmar spends 6.6% of its GDP on the military, France 2.0%

France: 2% (2025) · Myanmar: 6.6% (2024)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

France’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Myanmar’s 6.0%

France: 22.8% (2024) · Myanmar: 6% (2019)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

France’s price level (US = 100) is 3.1× Myanmar’s

France: 77% (2025) · Myanmar: 25% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

France spends 95 times as much on health per person as Myanmar

France: $5,327 (2024) · Myanmar: $56 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in France live 16 years longer than in Myanmar

France: 83 years (2024) · Myanmar: 67.1 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Myanmar is 9.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in France

France: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Myanmar: 32.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

France has 4.3 times as many doctors per person as Myanmar

France: 3.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Myanmar: 0.8 per 1,000 (2019)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

France has 5.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Myanmar

France: 5.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Myanmar: 1.1 per 1,000 (2020)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in France is 3.4 times that in Myanmar

France: 13.9 per 100k (2023) · Myanmar: 4.1 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

13% of adults in France are obese, versus 8.3% in Myanmar

France: 12.5% (2024) · Myanmar: 8.3% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

43% of adults in Myanmar smoke, versus 34% in France

France: 33.6% (2024) · Myanmar: 43.4% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in France rate their lives 2.30 points higher than in Myanmar

France: 6.59 (2025) · Myanmar: 4.29 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in France drink 5.9 times as much alcohol as in Myanmar

France: 11.2 litres (2023) · Myanmar: 1.9 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

France has 3.8 times as much meat per person as Myanmar

France: 80.3 kg (2023) · Myanmar: 20.9 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

France has 681 kcal more food per person per day than Myanmar

France: 3,490 kcal (2023) · Myanmar: 2,809 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Myanmar put in 710 more hours a year than in France

France: 1,487 hours (2023) · Myanmar: 2,197 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in France went to school 5.4 years longer than in Myanmar

France: 11.8 years (2023) · Myanmar: 6.4 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

France welcomed 91 times as many tourists per resident as Myanmar (2019)

France: 1.35 (2019) · Myanmar: 0.01 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

France has 54 more World Heritage sites than Myanmar (56 against 2)

France: 56 (2026) · Myanmar: 2 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

France has won 985 Olympic medals, Myanmar none

France: 985 (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 0 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

89% of people in France are online, versus 45% in Myanmar

France: 89% (2024) · Myanmar: 45% (2020)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in France is 10 times as fast as in Myanmar

France: 460 Mbps (2026) · Myanmar: 45 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in France have electricity, versus 80% in Myanmar

France: 100% (2024) · Myanmar: 80.4% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

79% of people in France live in cities, versus 31% in Myanmar

France: 79% (2025) · Myanmar: 31% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

France has 117 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Myanmar 114

France: 117 (2023) · Myanmar: 114 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

France: 27,716 km (2021) · Myanmar: no data

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from France fly 15 times as many passengers per resident as those from Myanmar

France: 0.94 (2023) · Myanmar: 0.06 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 42% of Myanmar, but only 33% of France

France: 32.9% (2024) · Myanmar: 42% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in France emits 6.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Myanmar

France: 4 t (2024) · Myanmar: 0.6 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

48% of Myanmar’s electricity is renewable, versus 26% in France

France: 26.1% (2025) · Myanmar: 47.9% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Myanmar carries 3.5 times as much fine dust as in France

France: 8.9 µg/m³ (2024) · Myanmar: 31.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 91% more likely to be murdered in Myanmar than in France

France: 1.3 per 100k (2024) · Myanmar: 2.6 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Myanmar are 2.9 times as deadly as in France

France: 7.6 per 100k (2023) · Myanmar: 21.9 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Myanmar is on average 9.9 °C warmer than France

France: 14.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Myanmar: 24.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Myanmar gets 93% more rain than France

France: 1,158 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Myanmar: 2,233 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is France bigger than Myanmar?

Myanmar is larger. Myanmar is 12% bigger than France.

Which has more people, France or Myanmar?

France has 25% more people than Myanmar (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, France or Myanmar?

People in France live 16 years longer than in Myanmar. Life expectancy at birth is 83.0 years in France and 67.1 in Myanmar.

Are people taller in France or Myanmar?

Men in France are 11.9 cm taller than in Myanmar (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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