France’s coastline is 3.6 times as long as Sri Lanka’s

France: 4,853 km (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 1,340 km (2026 edition)

France’s highest peak towers 2,286 m above Sri Lanka’s

France: 4,810 m (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2,524 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 53% of France, versus 49% of Sri Lanka

France: 52.8% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 48.8% (2024)

France has 3.2 times as many people as Sri Lanka

France: 68.7 million (2025) · Sri Lanka: 21.8 million (2025)

Sri Lanka is 2.8 times as densely populated as France

France: 128 per km² (2025) · Sri Lanka: 352 per km² (2025)

The typical person in France is 9 years older than in Sri Lanka

France: 41.8 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 32.8 years (2023)

Women in Sri Lanka have 0.3 more children on average than in France

France: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Sri Lanka: 1.95 children per woman (2024)

23% of people in France are 65 or older, versus 12% in Sri Lanka

France: 22.5% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 12.5% (2025)

France hosts 1,172 times as many refugees per resident as Sri Lanka

France: 11.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 0.0098 per 1,000 (2025)

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

France: 9.5 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 0 (2026)

Sri Lanka has 2 official languages, France 1

France: 1 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026)

France’s economy is 31 times the size of Sri Lanka’s

France: $3.37 trillion (2025) · Sri Lanka: $109 billion (2025)

France produces 3.7 times as much per person as Sri Lanka

France: Int$63,975 (2025) · Sri Lanka: Int$17,065 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Sri Lanka than in France (Gini 5.9 points higher)

France: 31.8 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 37.7 (2019)

2.7% of people in Sri Lanka live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in France

France: 0.1% (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.7% (2019)

Unemployment is 7.5% in France, versus 4.0% in Sri Lanka

France: 7.5% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4% (2025)

France spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Sri Lanka 1.3%

France: 2% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 1.3% (2025)

France’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Sri Lanka’s 9.9%

France: 22.8% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 9.9% (2023)

France’s price level (US = 100) is 2.6× Sri Lanka’s

France: 77% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 29% (2025)

France spends 40 times as much on health per person as Sri Lanka

France: $5,327 (2024) · Sri Lanka: $134 (2023)

A baby in Sri Lanka is 53% more likely to die before turning one than in France

France: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 5.2 per 1,000 (2024)

France has 2.9 times as many doctors per person as Sri Lanka

France: 3.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Sri Lanka: 1.1 per 1,000 (2023)

France has 44% more hospital beds per person than Sri Lanka

France: 5.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Sri Lanka: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Sri Lanka and France are nearly identical here

France: 13.9 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 14 per 100k (2023)

13% of adults in France are obese, versus 11% in Sri Lanka

France: 12.5% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 11.2% (2024)

34% of adults in France smoke, versus 21% in Sri Lanka

France: 33.6% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7% (2024)

People in France rate their lives 2.57 points higher than in Sri Lanka

France: 6.59 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4.01 (2025)

Adults in France drink 4.5 times as much alcohol as in Sri Lanka

France: 11.2 litres (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.5 litres (2023)

France has 6.9 times as much meat per person as Sri Lanka

France: 80.3 kg (2023) · Sri Lanka: 11.6 kg (2023)

France has 814 kcal more food per person per day than Sri Lanka

France: 3,490 kcal (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,675 kcal (2023)

Workers in Sri Lanka put in 566 more hours a year than in France

France: 1,487 hours (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,053 hours (2023)

Adults in France went to school 1 year longer than in Sri Lanka

France: 11.8 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 10.8 years (2023)

France welcomed 42 times as many tourists per resident as Sri Lanka (2019)

France: 1.35 (2019) · Sri Lanka: 0.03 (2022)

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

France: 56 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 8 (2026)

France has won 985 Olympic medals, Sri Lanka 2

France: 985 (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026 edition)

89% of people in France are online, versus 55% in Sri Lanka

France: 89% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 55% (2024)

Home internet in France is 7.4 times as fast as in Sri Lanka

France: 460 Mbps (2026) · Sri Lanka: 63 Mbps (2026)

France and Sri Lanka are practically level

France: 100% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 100% (2024)

79% of people in France live in cities, versus 20% in Sri Lanka

France: 79% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 20% (2025)

Sri Lanka has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, France 117

France: 117 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 133 (2024)

France’s railway network is 18 times as long as Sri Lanka’s

France: 27,716 km (2021) · Sri Lanka: 1,562 km (2019)

Airlines from France fly 5.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Sri Lanka

France: 0.94 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 0.18 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of Sri Lanka, but only 33% of France

France: 32.9% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 34.4% (2024)

The average person in France emits 4.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Sri Lanka

France: 4 t (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.9 t (2024)

62% of Sri Lanka’s electricity is renewable, versus 26% in France

France: 26.1% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 61.6% (2025)

The air in Sri Lanka carries 2.3 times as much fine dust as in France

France: 8.9 µg/m³ (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.5 times as likely to be murdered in Sri Lanka as in France

France: 1.3 per 100k (2024) · Sri Lanka: 3.3 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Sri Lanka are 2.8 times as deadly as in France

France: 7.6 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Sri Lanka is on average 12.7 °C warmer than France

France: 14.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Sri Lanka gets 59% more rain than France

France: 1,158 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 1,839 mm (2016–2025 avg)