CountryDuel

Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

France is 35% bigger than Uzbekistan

France: 606,410 km² (2024) · Uzbekistan: 448,923 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

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

Highest point

How high can you climb?

France’s highest peak towers 167 m above Uzbekistan’s

France: 4,810 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 59% of Uzbekistan, versus 53% of France

France: 52.8% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

France has 85% more people than Uzbekistan

France: 68.7 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

France is 51% more densely populated than Uzbekistan

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

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in France are 7.7 cm taller than in Uzbekistan

France: 178.6 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 170.9 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in France are 4.2 cm taller than in Uzbekistan

France: 164.5 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 160.3 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in France is 15 years older than in Uzbekistan

France: 41.8 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Uzbekistan have 1.9 more children on average than in France

France: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 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 6.1% in Uzbekistan

France: 22.5% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

France hosts 85,022 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

France: 11.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 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, Uzbekistan none

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

Official languages

How many official languages?

Uzbekistan has 2 official languages, France 1

France: 1 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 2 (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 23 times the size of Uzbekistan’s

France: $3.37 trillion (2025) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

France produces 4.7 times as much per person as Uzbekistan

France: Int$63,975 (2025) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Uzbekistan than in France (Gini 0.9 points higher)

France: 31.8 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

2.3% of people in Uzbekistan live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in France

France: 0.1% (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 7.5% in France, versus 4.6% in Uzbekistan

France: 7.5% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Uzbekistan and France are practically level

France: 2% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

France’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Uzbekistan’s 11%

France: 22.8% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

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

France: 77% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 29% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

France spends 28 times as much on health per person as Uzbekistan

France: $5,327 (2024) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in France live 10 years longer than in Uzbekistan

France: 83 years (2024) · Uzbekistan: 72.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Uzbekistan is 3.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in France

France: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

France has 17% more doctors per person than Uzbekistan

France: 3.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

France has 16% more hospital beds per person than Uzbekistan

France: 5.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in France is 78% higher than in Uzbekistan

France: 13.9 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

31% of adults in Uzbekistan are obese, versus 13% in France

France: 12.5% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

34% of adults in France smoke, versus 16% in Uzbekistan

France: 33.6% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in France rate their lives 0.30 points higher than in Uzbekistan

France: 6.59 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in France drink 5.3 times as much alcohol as in Uzbekistan

France: 11.2 litres (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

France has 70% more meat per person than Uzbekistan

France: 80.3 kg (2023) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

France has 192 kcal more food per person per day than Uzbekistan

France: 3,490 kcal (2023) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Uzbekistan put in 612 more hours a year than in France

France: 1,487 hours (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Uzbekistan went to school 0.14 years longer than in France

France: 11.8 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

France welcomed 6.2 times as many tourists per resident as Uzbekistan (2019)

France: 1.35 (2019) · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

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

France: 56 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

France has won 985 Olympic medals, Uzbekistan 50

France: 985 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

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

France: 89% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in France is 2.1 times as fast as in Uzbekistan

France: 460 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

France and Uzbekistan are practically level

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

79% of people in France live in cities, versus 51% in Uzbekistan

France: 79% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 51% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

France has 117 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uzbekistan 110

France: 117 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

France’s railway network is 5.9 times as long as Uzbekistan’s

France: 27,716 km (2021) · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from France fly 7.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uzbekistan

France: 0.94 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 33% of France, but only 8.8% of Uzbekistan

France: 32.9% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in France emits 4% more CO₂ than someone in Uzbekistan

France: 4 t (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.8 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

26% of France’s electricity is renewable, versus 19% in Uzbekistan

France: 26.1% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Uzbekistan carries 3.4 times as much fine dust as in France

France: 8.9 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 4% more likely to be murdered in Uzbekistan than in France

France: 1.3 per 100k (2024) · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Uzbekistan are 71% deadlier than in France

France: 7.6 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Uzbekistan is on average 0.2 °C warmer than France

France: 14.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

France gets 5.2 times as much rain as Uzbekistan

France: 1,158 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 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 Uzbekistan?

France is larger. France is 35% bigger than Uzbekistan.

Which has more people, France or Uzbekistan?

France has 85% more people than Uzbekistan (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, France or Uzbekistan?

People in France live 10 years longer than in Uzbekistan. Life expectancy at birth is 83.0 years in France and 72.5 in Uzbekistan.

Are people taller in France or Uzbekistan?

Men in France are 7.7 cm taller than in Uzbekistan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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