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France
France's best placing is 6th of 193 for airports.
- Best placing
- #6Airports
- Top 10 placings
- 3 / 17
- Population
- 68.7 million
- Land area
- 538,950 km²
Every ranking
Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking France is.
1,218 airports
1st in Europe · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025
3,366,315,927,447 US$ (current prices)
3rd in Europe · World Bank · 2025
27,860 km of railway
3rd in Europe · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2020
68,720,337 people
4th in Europe · World Bank · 2025
48,986 GDP per person (US$)
World Bank · 2025
51.69 km of railway per 1,000 km²
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2020
22.60 airports per 10,000 km²
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025
4,853 km of coastline
10th in Europe · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
175,032 km² of forest
5th in Europe · World Bank · 2023
17.72 airports per million people
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025
538,950 km² of land
3rd in Europe · World Bank · 2023
405.41 km of railway per million people
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2020
127.51 people per km²
World Bank · 2025
32.5 % of land area covered by forest
World Bank · 2023
0.0025 km² of forest per person
World Bank · 2023
867 mm of precipitation per year
12th in Europe · World Bank · 2022
0.008 km² of land per person
World Bank · 2023
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