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In France, the average life expectancy is 82 years (79 years for men, 85 years for women). In Germany, that number is 81 years (78 years for men, 83 years for women).
In France, the average life expectancy is 82 years (79 years for men, 85 years for women). In Germany, that number is 81 years (78 years for men, 83 years for women).
France has a GDP per capita of $43,800, while in Germany, the GDP per capita is $50,400.
In France, 9.5% of adults are unemployed. In Germany, that number is 3.8%.
In France, 14.2% live below the poverty line. In Germany, however, that number is 16.7%.
In France, approximately 8.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor. In Germany, 6.0 women do.
In France, there are approximately 12.2 babies per 1,000 people. In Germany, there are 8.6 babies per 1,000 people.
France spends 5.5% of its total GDP on education. Germany spends 4.9% of total GDP on education.
France has a total of 3,427 km of coastline. In Germany, that number is 2,389 km.
Germany is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 348,672 sq km. As Europe's largest economy and second most populous nation (after Russia), Germany is a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20th century and left the country occupied by the victorious Allied powers of the US, UK, France, and the Soviet Union in 1945. With the advent of the Cold War, two German states were formed in 1949: the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR). The democratic FRG embedded itself in key Western economic and security organizations, the EC, which became the EU, and NATO, while the communist GDR was on the front line of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact. The decline of the USSR and the end of the Cold War allowed for German unification in 1990. Since then, Germany has expended considerable funds to bring Eastern productivity and wages up to Western standards. In January 1999, Germany and 10 other EU countries introduced a common European exchange currency, the euro.
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The statistics on this page were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
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