This country comparison is a concise, tabular overview of numerous data from our respective country pages for France and St. Martin. There, we provide many explanations and details per country that go far beyond this comparison.
General information
| France | St. Martin | |
|---|---|---|
| Region: | Western Europe | Caribbean |
| Area: | 549,087 km² | 53 km² |
| National language: | French | French |
| Government form: | Semi-presidential republic | Overseas territory of France |
| Capital: | Paris | Marigot |
Population
Details for France and St. Martin| France | St. Martin | |
|---|---|---|
| Population: | 67,750,000 | 31,948 |
| Inhabitants/km²: | 123.4 | 600.5 |
| Life expectancy males: | Ø 79 years | Ø 77 years |
| Life expectancy females: | Ø 85 years | Ø 83 years |
| Average age: | Ø 41.7 years | Ø 33.3 years |
| Birth rate: | 10.90 ‰ | 15.77 ‰ |
| Death rate: | 9.90 ‰ | 4.79 ‰ |
| Migrationrate: | 1.06 ‰ | -6.13 ‰ |
Economy
| France | St. Martin | |
|---|---|---|
| Currency: | euro (1 EUR = 100 Cent) | euro (1 EUR =100 Cent) |
| FRA: total | per 1000 inh. | MAF: total | per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross domestic product: | 2,957,880 M US$ | 43.66 M US$ | 773 M US$ | 24.19 M US$ |
Infrastructure
| FRA: total | per 1000 inh. | MAF: total | per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger airports: | 61 | 0.0009 | 1 | 0.0313 |
Telecommunication
| France | St. Martin | |
|---|---|---|
| International dialing: | +33 | +590 |
| Internet domain: | .fr | .mf |
| FRA total | FRA per 1000 inh. | MAF total | MAF per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile cellulars: | 72,751,000 | 1074 | 68,840 | 2155 |
| Internet users: | 58,329,375 | 861 | 1,100 | 34 |
Native languages
| France | St. Martin | |
|---|---|---|
| French: | 93.6 % | 9.0 % |
| Creole: | n/a | 39.0 % |
| English: | n/a | 14.0 % |
| Arabic: | 2.5 % | n/a |
| Portuguese: | 1.2 % | n/a |
| Italian: | 0.4 % | n/a |
| Spanish: | 0.4 % | n/a |
| Turkish: | 0.4 % | n/a |
| other: | 1.5 % | 38.0 % |