Türkiye’s coastline is 48% longer than France’s

France: 4,853 km (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 7,200 km (2026 edition)

Türkiye’s highest peak towers 327 m above France’s

France: 4,810 m (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 5,137 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 53% of France, versus 50% of Türkiye

France: 52.8% (2024) · Türkiye: 50.2% (2024)

Türkiye has 25% more people than France

France: 68.7 million (2025) · Türkiye: 85.9 million (2025)

France is 14% more densely populated than Türkiye

France: 128 per km² (2025) · Türkiye: 112 per km² (2025)

The typical person in France is 9.3 years older than in Türkiye

France: 41.8 years (2023) · Türkiye: 32.5 years (2023)

Women in France have 0.1 more children on average than in Türkiye

France: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Türkiye: 1.48 children per woman (2024)

23% of people in France are 65 or older, versus 11% in Türkiye

France: 22.5% (2025) · Türkiye: 10.6% (2025)

Türkiye hosts 2.4 times as many refugees per resident as France

France: 11.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Türkiye: 27.8 per 1,000 (2025)

France has produced 9.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Türkiye 0.5

France: 9.5 (2026) · Türkiye: 0.5 (2026)

France and Türkiye are practically level

France: 1 (2026) · Türkiye: 1 (2026)

France’s economy is 2.1 times the size of Türkiye’s

France: $3.37 trillion (2025) · Türkiye: $1.6 trillion (2025)

France produces 41% more per person than Türkiye

France: Int$63,975 (2025) · Türkiye: Int$45,289 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Türkiye than in France (Gini 11.9 points higher)

France: 31.8 (2023) · Türkiye: 43.7 (2023)

Türkiye and France are practically level

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

Unemployment is 8.5% in Türkiye, versus 7.5% in France

France: 7.5% (2025) · Türkiye: 8.5% (2025)

France and Türkiye are practically level

France: 2% (2025) · Türkiye: 1.9% (2025)

France’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Türkiye’s 18%

France: 22.8% (2024) · Türkiye: 17.6% (2024)

France’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Türkiye’s

France: 77% (2025) · Türkiye: 41% (2025)

France spends 9.7 times as much on health per person as Türkiye

France: $5,327 (2024) · Türkiye: $548 (2023)

A baby in Türkiye is 2.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in France

France: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Türkiye: 8 per 1,000 (2024)

France has 47% more doctors per person than Türkiye

France: 3.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Türkiye: 2.2 per 1,000 (2022)

France has 85% more hospital beds per person than Türkiye

France: 5.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Türkiye: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in France is 3.8 times that in Türkiye

France: 13.9 per 100k (2023) · Türkiye: 3.7 per 100k (2023)

30% of adults in Türkiye are obese, versus 13% in France

France: 12.5% (2024) · Türkiye: 30.5% (2024)

34% of adults in France smoke, versus 31% in Türkiye

France: 33.6% (2024) · Türkiye: 31.1% (2024)

People in France rate their lives 1.29 points higher than in Türkiye

France: 6.59 (2025) · Türkiye: 5.30 (2025)

Adults in France drink 5.1 times as much alcohol as in Türkiye

France: 11.2 litres (2023) · Türkiye: 2.2 litres (2023)

France has 63% more meat per person than Türkiye

France: 80.3 kg (2023) · Türkiye: 49.4 kg (2023)

Türkiye has 403 kcal more food per person per day than France

France: 3,490 kcal (2023) · Türkiye: 3,892 kcal (2023)

Workers in Türkiye put in 260 more hours a year than in France

France: 1,487 hours (2023) · Türkiye: 1,747 hours (2023)

Adults in France went to school 2.8 years longer than in Türkiye

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

France welcomed 2.3 times as many tourists per resident as Türkiye (2019)

France: 1.35 (2019) · Türkiye: 0.59 (2022)

France has 34 more World Heritage sites than Türkiye (56 against 22)

France: 56 (2026) · Türkiye: 22 (2026)

France has won 985 Olympic medals, Türkiye 111

France: 985 (2026 edition) · Türkiye: 111 (2026 edition)

90% of people in Türkiye are online, versus 89% in France

France: 89% (2024) · Türkiye: 90% (2025)

Home internet in France is 2.2 times as fast as in Türkiye

France: 460 Mbps (2026) · Türkiye: 205 Mbps (2026)

France and Türkiye are practically level

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

89% of people in Türkiye live in cities, versus 79% in France

France: 79% (2025) · Türkiye: 89% (2025)

France has 117 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Türkiye 108

France: 117 (2023) · Türkiye: 108 (2024)

France’s railway network is 2.6 times as long as Türkiye’s

France: 27,716 km (2021) · Türkiye: 10,546 km (2021)

Airlines from Türkiye fly 56% more passengers per resident than those from France

France: 0.94 (2023) · Türkiye: 1.47 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of France, but only 29% of Türkiye

France: 32.9% (2024) · Türkiye: 29.5% (2024)

The average person in Türkiye emits 48% more CO₂ than someone in France

France: 4 t (2024) · Türkiye: 5.9 t (2024)

43% of Türkiye’s electricity is renewable, versus 26% in France

France: 26.1% (2025) · Türkiye: 43.3% (2025)

The air in Türkiye carries 2.9 times as much fine dust as in France

France: 8.9 µg/m³ (2024) · Türkiye: 25.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.4 times as likely to be murdered in Türkiye as in France

France: 1.3 per 100k (2024) · Türkiye: 3.2 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Türkiye are 51% deadlier than in France

France: 7.6 per 100k (2023) · Türkiye: 11.5 per 100k (2023)

France is on average 1.5 °C warmer than Türkiye

France: 14.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Türkiye: 12.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

France gets 70% more rain than Türkiye

France: 1,158 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Türkiye: 680 mm (2016–2025 avg)