GermanyandFrance

18 January 1871 · 10 August 843

Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.

Germany

18 January 1871 — The German Empire is proclaimed

Dossier →Chronicle →

France

10 August 843 — The Treaty of Verdun gives Charles the Bald West Francia

Dossier →Chronicle →

Shared indicators
42
Domains
9
Crossed events
3
Data through
2026-08-22

The figures, side by side

Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.

Economy

DEUFRA
  • GDP
    $5.05 T2025$3.37 T2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP per capita
    $60,4962025$48,9862025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP growth
    0.2%20250.8%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Inflation
    2.2%20250.9%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Trade openness
    78.5%202567.2%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded

Society

DEUFRA
  • Population
    83 m202569 m2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Life expectancy
    80.8 yrs202483.0 yrs2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Urban population
    82.1%202578.8%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Fertility rate
    1.420241.62024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Governance

DEUFRA

Health

DEUFRA
  • Health spending
    12.3%202411.5%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Physicians
    4.5320223.282022
    Observed 2022 / 2022 · figures compared, never graded
  • Under-5 mortality
    3.720244.32024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Measles immunisation
    96.0%202495.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Safe drinking water
    99.9%202499.7%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Education

DEUFRA

Technology

DEUFRA
  • R&D spending
    3.2%20232.2%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Researchers (per million)
    5,92620235,3692023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Internet users
    93.5%202488.7%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mobile subscriptions
    12920241172023
    Observed 2024 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • High-tech exports
    18.0%202423.1%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Geography

DEUFRA
  • Land area
    349,430 km²2023538,950 km²2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest area
    32.7%202332.5%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Agricultural land
    47.5%202352.5%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • CO₂ per capita (t)
    6.920244.02024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Renewable energy
    17.6%202116.2%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded

Resources

DEUFRA
  • Resource rents
    0.1%20210.0%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Oil rents
    0.0%20210.0%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mineral rents
    0.0%20210.0%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest rents
    0.0%20210.0%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Electricity access
    100.0%2024100.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Military

DEUFRA
  • Military burden
    1.9%20242.1%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Defense spending
    $88 B2024$65 B2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Armed forces
    183,0002020304,0002020
    Observed 2020 / 2020 · figures compared, never graded

Entangled histories

3 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

  1. 6 Aug 1806

    Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire

    Under pressure from Napoleon, Emperor Francis II abdicated the imperial crown and dissolved the Holy Roman Empire, ending the medieval framework of German statehood after more than eight centuries.

    Politics & Power · from the Germany chronicle · Prussia, Fragmentation and the Road to Unity · REFS 1 — Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor

  2. 1815

    Congress of Vienna and the German Confederation

    After Napoleon's defeat, the Congress of Vienna created a loose confederation of German states dominated by Austria and Prussia, leaving national unity unfulfilled.

    Politics & Power · from the Germany chronicle · Prussia, Fragmentation and the Road to Unity · REFS 1 — Germany

  3. 18 Jan 1871

    Proclamation of the German Empire

    Following victory in the Franco-Prussian War, the German states united as the German Empire, proclaimed in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles with Wilhelm I as Emperor and Bismarck as Chancellor.

    Formation · from the Germany chronicle · Prussia, Fragmentation and the Road to Unity · REFS 2 — Proclamation of the German Empire, 1871, Germany