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Texas vs France Geography
Land area
- Texas has a land area of 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²), while France has 210,016 square miles (543,940 km²).
- Texas' land area is 1.2 times (24%) larger than France's.
Total area
- Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²) vs France: 213,011 square miles (551,695 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 1.3 times (26%) larger than France's.
Length
- Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km) long from north to south; France is 742 miles (1,194 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 1.1 times (9%) longer than France's.
Width
- Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km) east to west; France spans 818 miles (1,316 km).
- France's east-west width is 1.1 times (5%) wider than Texas'.
Highest point
- Texas's highest point is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m); France's is Mont Blanc at 15,778 feet (4,809 m).
- Mont Blanc is 7,048 feet higher than Guadalupe Peak.
Lowest point
- Texas's lowest point is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet; France's is Etang de Lavalduc at -33 feet.
- France's lowest point is 33 feet lower.
Texas vs France Population and History
Population
- Texas has a population of 31,290,831 (2024), while France has 69,081,996 (2026).
- France's population is 2.2 times (121%) larger than Texas'.
Population density
- Texas: 119.8 people per square mile vs France: 328.9.
- France's population density is 2.7 times (175%) higher than Texas'.
Biggest city
- Texas's biggest city is Houston with 2,390,125 people; France's is Paris with 2,148,271.
- Houston's population is 1.1 times (11%) larger than Paris'.
Largest metro area
- Texas's largest metropolitan area is Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032 people) vs France's Paris (9,381,921).
- Paris' population is 1.1 times (12%) larger than Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's.
History
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- France: An independent state since the Treaty of Verdun in 843; the current Fifth Republic dates from 1958.
- In its current form, France is the older of the two by 1,002 years.
Texas vs France Economy
GDP
- Texas's GDP is $2,769.8 billion (2024) vs France's $3,366.3 billion.
- France's economic output is 1.2 times (22%) larger than Texas'.
GDP per capita
- Texas: $88,517 per person vs France: $48,986.
- Texas' GDP per capita is 1.8 times (81%) higher than France's.
Average income
- Texas: $69,823 vs France: $48,630 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Texas' average income is 1.4 times (44%) higher than France's.
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