Country
France
- FR
- Europe
- EUR
- .fr
France (FR/FRA) is a country in Europe with its capital at Paris. It covers about 551,695 km² with a population of roughly 68,000,000, uses the EUR, dials on +33, owns the .fr internet domain and keeps its capital on Europe/Paris. It borders 8 countries.
Identity
Official short nameFrance
CapitalParis
ContinentEurope
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2FR
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3FRA
Internet TLD.fr
Calling code+33
Currency codeEUR
Geography
Latitude46.2276° N
Longitude2.2137° E
HemisphereNorthern and Eastern
Area551,695 km²213,011 square miles
Land neighbours85 have pages here; LU, AD, MC are not yet in the dataset
Distance from London611 kmto the approximate centre of France, not to Paris. SSE, bearing 162.8°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalEurope/Paristhe IANA zone for Paris; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC+01:00
Observes daylight savingYesthe clock moves between UTC+01:00 and UTC+02:00
Summer offsetUTC+02:00
Offset in JanuaryUTC+01:00
Offset in JulyUTC+02:00
Current offsetUTC+02:00
Local time now9 Sept 2026, 18:24
Hours ahead of UTC2
Population & scale
Population68,000,000≈estimate, 2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Population density123.3 per km²≈
Share of world population0.84%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset25 of 59
Population rank in this dataset20 of 59
Neighbouring countries
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2024-01-01
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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