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title: "France — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "France: capital Paris, area 643,801 km², population 68,720,337 (2025), currency Euro. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/france/
site: "At One Place"
---

# France

**France: Capital Paris**

643,801 km² · 68,720,337 people (2025) · Euro

Mont Blanc on the Italian border is 4,806 m, the highest point in western Europe. Counting its overseas departments, France spans twelve time zones — more than any other country — and its exclusive economic zone is the second largest in the world. The Gouffre Mirolda and other Alpine systems make it one of the great caving countries.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Paris
- **Area:** 643,801 km² — 248,573 sq mi
- **Population:** 68,720,337 (2025)
- **Density:** 106.7 people per km²
- **Currency:** Euro (EUR, €)
- **Official language:** French
- **Time zone:** UTC+01:00
- **Calling code:** +33
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** FR · FRA
- **Continent:** Europe

## How it compares

- **By area:** 44 of 200
- **By population:** 23 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Afghanistan | 652,230 | 43,844,111 |
| South Sudan | 644,329 | 12,188,788 |
| France ← | 643,801 | 68,720,337 |
| Somalia | 637,657 | 19,654,739 |
| Central African Republic | 622,984 | 5,513,282 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of France?

Paris

### What currency does France use?

The Euro (EUR).

### How big is France?

643,801 km², or 248,573 square miles — 44 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does France drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Afghanistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/afghanistan/)
- [South Sudan](https://atoneplace.net/country/south-sudan/)
- [Somalia](https://atoneplace.net/country/somalia/)
- [Central African Republic](https://atoneplace.net/country/central-african-republic/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)
- [Romania](https://atoneplace.net/country/romania/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]