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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

France is 18% bigger than Thailand

France: 606,410 km² (2024) · Thailand: 513,115 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

France’s coastline is 51% longer than Thailand’s

France: 4,853 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

France’s highest peak towers 2,245 m above Thailand’s

France: 4,810 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 53% of France, versus 43% of Thailand

France: 52.8% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Thailand has 4% more people than France

France: 68.7 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Thailand is 10% more densely populated than France

France: 128 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in France are 7.0 cm taller than in Thailand

France: 178.6 cm (2019) · Thailand: 171.6 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in France are 5.1 cm taller than in Thailand

France: 164.5 cm (2019) · Thailand: 159.4 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in France is 2.2 years older than in Thailand

France: 41.8 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

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

France: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 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 16% in Thailand

France: 22.5% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

France hosts 9.8 times as many refugees per resident as Thailand

France: 11.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 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, Thailand none

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

Official languages

How many official languages?

France and Thailand are practically level

France: 1 (2026) · Thailand: 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 5.8 times the size of Thailand’s

France: $3.37 trillion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

France produces 2.4 times as much per person as Thailand

France: Int$63,975 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Thailand than in France (Gini 1.5 points higher)

France: 31.8 (2023) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

France and Thailand are practically level

France: 0.1% (2023) · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 7.5% in France, versus 0.8% in Thailand

France: 7.5% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

France spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Thailand 1.0%

France: 2% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

France’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Thailand’s 15%

France: 22.8% (2024) · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

France’s price level (US = 100) is 2.5× Thailand’s

France: 77% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

France spends 16 times as much on health per person as Thailand

France: $5,327 (2024) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in France live 6.4 years longer than in Thailand

France: 83 years (2024) · Thailand: 76.6 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Thailand is 2.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in France

France: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

France has 6.1 times as many doctors per person as Thailand

France: 3.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

France has 2.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Thailand

France: 5.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in France is 45% higher than in Thailand

France: 13.9 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

16% of adults in Thailand are obese, versus 13% in France

France: 12.5% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

34% of adults in France smoke, versus 18% in Thailand

France: 33.6% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in France rate their lives 0.29 points higher than in Thailand

France: 6.59 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in France drink 42% more alcohol than in Thailand

France: 11.2 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

France has 3.3 times as much meat per person as Thailand

France: 80.3 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

France has 634 kcal more food per person per day than Thailand

France: 3,490 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Thailand put in 690 more hours a year than in France

France: 1,487 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in France went to school 2.7 years longer than in Thailand

France: 11.8 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

France welcomed 2.4 times as many tourists per resident as Thailand (2019)

France: 1.35 (2019) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

France has 47 more World Heritage sites than Thailand (56 against 9)

France: 56 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

France has won 985 Olympic medals, Thailand 41

France: 985 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

91% of people in Thailand are online, versus 89% in France

France: 89% (2024) · Thailand: 91% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in France is 28% faster than in Thailand

France: 460 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

France and Thailand are practically level

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

79% of people in France live in cities, versus 63% in Thailand

France: 79% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, France 117

France: 117 (2023) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

France’s railway network is 6.8 times as long as Thailand’s

France: 27,716 km (2021) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from France fly 30% more passengers per resident than those from Thailand

France: 0.94 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 39% of Thailand, but only 33% of France

France: 32.9% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in France emits 6% more CO₂ than someone in Thailand

France: 4 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

26% of France’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Thailand

France: 26.1% (2025) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Thailand carries 2.6 times as much fine dust as in France

France: 8.9 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

France: 1.3 per 100k (2024) · Thailand: no data

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Thailand are 4.7 times as deadly as in France

France: 7.6 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Thailand is on average 12.6 °C warmer than France

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

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Thailand gets 43% more rain than France

France: 1,158 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 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 Thailand?

France is larger. France is 18% bigger than Thailand.

Which has more people, France or Thailand?

Thailand has 4% more people than France (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, France or Thailand?

People in France live 6.4 years longer than in Thailand. Life expectancy at birth is 83.0 years in France and 76.6 in Thailand.

Are people taller in France or Thailand?

Men in France are 7.0 cm taller than in Thailand (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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