Spain vs. France
Demographics
| Spain | France | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 47,260,584 (July 2021 est.) | 68,084,217 (July 2021 est.) note: the above figure is for metropolitan France and five overseas regions; the metropolitan France population is 62,814,233 |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 15.02% (male 3,861,522/female 3,650,085) 15-24 years: 9.9% (male 2,557,504/female 2,392,498) 25-54 years: 43.61% (male 11,134,006/female 10,675,873) 55-64 years: 12.99% (male 3,177,080/female 3,319,823) 65 years and over: 18.49% (male 3,970,417/female 5,276,984) (2020 est.) | 0-14 years: 18.36% (male 6,368,767/female 6,085,318) 15-24 years: 11.88% (male 4,122,981/female 3,938,938) 25-54 years: 36.83% (male 12,619,649/female 12,366,120) 55-64 years: 12.47% (male 4,085,564/female 4,376,272) 65 years and over: 20.46% (male 6,029,303/female 7,855,244) (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 43.9 years male: 42.7 years female: 45.1 years (2020 est.) | total: 41.7 years male: 40 years female: 43.4 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | -0.03% (2021 est.) | 0.33% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 8.05 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 11.77 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 9.78 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 9.58 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 1.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 1.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2020 est.) | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 3.14 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.51 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) | total: 3.19 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.57 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 82.21 years male: 79.22 years female: 85.39 years (2021 est.) | total population: 82.39 years male: 79.31 years female: 85.61 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.51 children born/woman (2021 est.) | 2.04 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.4% (2020 est.) | 0.3% (2019 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Spaniard(s) adjective: Spanish | noun: Frenchman(men), Frenchwoman(women) adjective: French |
| Ethnic groups | Spanish 84.8%, Moroccan 1.7%, Romanian 1.2%, other 12.3% (2021 est.) note: data represent population by country of birth | Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities note: overseas departments: Black, White, Mulatto, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 150,000 (2020 est.) note: estimate does not include children | 190,000 (2019 est.) |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 58.2%, atheist 16.2%, agnostic 10.8%, other 2.7%, non-believer 10.5%, unspecified 1.7% (2021 est.) | Christian (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic) 63-66%, Muslim 7-9%, Buddhist 0.5-0.75%, Jewish 0.5-0.75%, other 0.5-1.0%, none 23-28% (2015 est.) note: France maintains a tradition of secularism and has not officially collected data on religious affiliation since the 1872 national census, which complicates assessments of France's religious composition; an 1872 law prohibiting state authorities from collecting data on individuals' ethnicity or religious beliefs was reaffirmed by a 1978 law emphasizing the prohibition of the collection or exploitation of personal data revealing an individual's race, ethnicity, or political, philosophical, or religious opinions; a 1905 law codified France's separation of church and state |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <1,000 (2020) note: estimate does not include children | <500 (2019 est.) |
| Languages | Castilian Spanish (official nationwide) 74%, Catalan (official in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and the Valencian Community (where it is known as Valencian)) 17%, Galician (official in Galicia) 7%, Basque (official in the Basque Country and in the Basque-speaking area of Navarre) 2%, Aranese (official in the northwest corner of Catalonia (Vall d'Aran) along with Catalan, <5,000 speakers); note - Aragonese, Aranese Asturian, Basque, Calo, Catalan, Galician, and Valencian are recognized as regional languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages major-language sample(s): La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. | French (official) 100%, declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish, Occitan, Picard); note - overseas departments: French, Creole patois, Mahorian (a Swahili dialect) major-language sample(s): The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Major infectious diseases | respiratory diseases: Covid-19 (see note) (2020) note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Spain; as of 19 July 2021, Spain has reported a total of 4,161,850 cases of COVID-19 or 8,792.77 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 171.38 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 19 July 2021, 63.52% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; the Department of Homeland Security has issued instructions requiring US passengers who have been in Spain to travel through select airports where the US Government has implemented enhanced screening procedures | note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout France; as of 19 July 2021, France has reported a total of 5,753,579 cases of COVID-19 or 8,846.3 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 169.92 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 19 July 2021, 55.97% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 18 years male: 17 years female: 18 years (2018) | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2018) |
| Education expenditures | 4.2% of GDP (2017) | 5.5% of GDP (2017) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 81.1% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 0.24% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) note: data include Canary Islands, Ceuta, and Melilla | urban population: 81.2% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 0.67% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 6.669 million MADRID (capital), 5.624 million Barcelona, 835,000 Valencia (2021) | 11.079 million PARIS (capital), 1.734 million Lyon, 1.614 million Marseille-Aix-en-Provence, 1.068 million Lille, 1.037 million Toulouse, 980,000 Bordeaux (2021) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 4 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) | 8 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 9% (2018) | 11.3% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 3.87 physicians/1,000 population (2017) | 3.27 physicians/1,000 population (2018) |
| Hospital bed density | 3 beds/1,000 population (2017) | 6 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 23.8% (2016) | 21.6% (2016) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 31.1 years (201 est.) | 28.8 years (2019 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 62.1% (2018) note: percent of women aged 18-49 | 78.4% (2010/11) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 52.4 youth dependency ratio: 21.9 elderly dependency ratio: 30.4 potential support ratio: 3.3 (2020 est.) | total dependency ratio: 62.4 youth dependency ratio: 28.7 elderly dependency ratio: 33.7 potential support ratio: 3 (2020 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
