France vs Japan
France vs Japan: Tropical nights
Tropical nights in 2014: 3.1 nights in France and 58.6 nights in Japan, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in Japan, by 55.6 nights, or 19 times that in France.
nights a year · CMIP6
What the numbers say
- Japan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
- The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts France at 19.2 nights and Japan at 87.7 nights in 2100.
Every year
nights a year · CMIP6
| Year | France | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3.1 | 58.6 |
| 2013 | 3.1 | 59.9 |
| 2012 | 2.9 | 59.3 |
| 2011 | 2.7 | 57.9 |
| 2010 | 3.9 | 59.6 |
| 2009 | 2.5 | 57.6 |
| 2008 | 2.4 | 57.3 |
| 2007 | 2.1 | 56.6 |
| 2006 | 2.6 | 57.5 |
| 2005 | 2.9 | 57.2 |
| 2004 | 2.7 | 56.7 |
| 2003 | 2.6 | 56.1 |
| 2002 | 1.8 | 56 |
| 2001 | 2.3 | 54.2 |
| 2000 | 1.8 | 53.8 |
| 1999 | 2.1 | 55.3 |
| 1998 | 1.5 | 52.4 |
| 1997 | 1.6 | 52.4 |
| 1996 | 1.5 | 52.9 |
| 1995 | 1.3 | 49.7 |
| 1994 | 1.5 | 49.5 |
| 1993 | 1.1 | 45.4 |
| 1992 | 1 | 45.1 |
| 1991 | 1.8 | 49.4 |
| 1990 | 1.9 | 50.7 |
| 1989 | 1.2 | 51.4 |
| 1988 | 1.2 | 48.1 |
| 1987 | 1.3 | 47.7 |
| 1986 | 0.9 | 46.1 |
| 1985 | 0.9 | 46.7 |
| 1984 | 1.1 | 44.8 |
| 1983 | 1.1 | 41.9 |
| 1982 | 1 | 46.4 |
| 1981 | 1.1 | 45.9 |
| 1980 | 1.2 | 46.5 |
| 1979 | 0.9 | 46.7 |
| 1978 | 1.3 | 47.6 |
| 1977 | 0.9 | 45.8 |
| 1976 | 0.8 | 46 |
| 1975 | 0.9 | 46.9 |
| 1974 | 1.2 | 45.6 |
| 1973 | 0.9 | 44.3 |
| 1972 | 0.9 | 45.8 |
| 1971 | 1 | 44.8 |
| 1970 | 0.9 | 44 |
| 1969 | 1 | 46.9 |
| 1968 | 0.9 | 45.7 |
| 1967 | 0.8 | 48.3 |
| 1966 | 0.8 | 45.9 |
| 1965 | 0.7 | 45.8 |
| 1964 | 1 | 44.9 |
| 1963 | 0.9 | 48.3 |
| 1962 | 1.1 | 45.6 |
| 1961 | 0.9 | 48.9 |
| 1960 | 1.1 | 46.4 |
| 1959 | 1.2 | 46.9 |
| 1958 | 1 | 48.8 |
| 1957 | 1 | 49.2 |
| 1956 | 1.2 | 50.6 |
| 1955 | 1.1 | 47.9 |
| 1954 | 1.3 | 46.9 |
| 1953 | 1 | 49.2 |
| 1952 | 1.3 | 49.5 |
| 1951 | 1.1 | 46.2 |
| 1950 | 1.2 | 49.9 |
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2015–2100
| Year | France | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3.61.5–8.6 | 60.649.3–74.4 |
| 2016 | 4.11.5–9.9 | 61.547.9–73.9 |
| 2017 | 3.51.3–10.2 | 62.352.1–75.8 |
| 2018 | 3.91.7–10.8 | 60.548.5–73.8 |
| 2019 | 4.51.6–9 | 64.152.1–80.1 |
| 2020 | 4.11.6–10.5 | 63.151–74.5 |
| 2021 | 4.51.3–13.2 | 62.348.5–78.8 |
| 2022 | 51.5–12.5 | 64.653.8–76.5 |
| 2023 | 4.81.6–12.5 | 65.951.7–78 |
| 2024 | 5.51.8–11.2 | 65.352.9–80.7 |
| 2025 | 5.81.5–12.1 | 65.652.8–80.4 |
| 2026 | 6.22.1–12.7 | 65.554.2–81.2 |
| 2027 | 5.41.7–11.2 | 66.452.9–79.5 |
| 2028 | 5.91.7–13.3 | 65.352.4–80.1 |
| 2029 | 6.31.9–12.6 | 68.555–80.4 |
| 2030 | 5.82.1–11.9 | 66.552.3–80.6 |
| 2031 | 5.92–11.8 | 66.554.7–80 |
| 2032 | 5.92.7–12.9 | 6650.8–82.1 |
| 2033 | 72.5–13.6 | 70.354.7–84.8 |
| 2034 | 7.92.4–17.3 | 68.553.9–81.7 |
| 2035 | 6.92.4–14.4 | 72.960.4–84.6 |
| 2036 | 7.32.6–14.6 | 72.556.1–89.7 |
| 2037 | 7.32.6–13.3 | 67.656.7–82.5 |
| 2038 | 6.53–15.1 | 70.558.6–83.8 |
| 2039 | 6.92.6–14.3 | 70.455.6–85.7 |
| 2040 | 7.72.3–16 | 73.657.4–89.3 |
| 2041 | 8.12.6–15.2 | 72.955.6–88.5 |
| 2042 | 6.93–16 | 71.258.1–86.4 |
| 2043 | 7.92.8–15.6 | 73.357.9–88.1 |
| 2044 | 7.93.1–16.6 | 72.657.8–85.5 |
| 2045 | 9.23.2–19.6 | 72.959.5–86.7 |
| 2046 | 8.93.2–17.6 | 76.261–90.3 |
| 2047 | 9.74–19.2 | 75.656.6–89.3 |
| 2048 | 9.13.4–17 | 74.858.5–89.4 |
| 2049 | 10.13.7–20.8 | 74.359.7–90.8 |
| 2050 | 10.94.8–18.9 | 75.160.8–89.3 |
| 2051 | 9.23.5–18.4 | 75.861.1–92.4 |
| 2052 | 103.4–21.2 | 74.557.9–90.4 |
| 2053 | 8.73.8–18 | 78.559.6–91.6 |
| 2054 | 9.74.4–19.2 | 75.959.6–89.3 |
| 2055 | 9.93.9–17.2 | 76.862.2–95.1 |
| 2056 | 114.3–21.8 | 77.861.9–93.7 |
| 2057 | 10.94.2–19.8 | 79.962.8–94.4 |
| 2058 | 13.85.1–25.7 | 79.263.7–94.9 |
| 2059 | 11.23.3–25 | 79.858–95.6 |
| 2060 | 12.86.1–22 | 78.261.1–95.1 |
| 2061 | 12.64.7–23.2 | 80.865.7–96.7 |
| 2062 | 12.36.2–22.4 | 8063.6–96.3 |
| 2063 | 125.2–24.9 | 8064.1–96.5 |
| 2064 | 125.3–21.6 | 77.661.4–95.2 |
| 2065 | 12.53.9–30.8 | 81.763–97.4 |
| 2066 | 11.55.3–22.1 | 80.363.8–94.2 |
| 2067 | 18.38.1–33.3 | 81.363.2–97.1 |
| 2068 | 135.4–23.4 | 79.861.4–99.3 |
| 2069 | 15.65.7–25.5 | 82.365–96.1 |
| 2070 | 13.55.2–29.1 | 83.360.2–102.3 |
| 2071 | 154.4–30.2 | 83.663.6–99.2 |
| 2072 | 15.57.4–26 | 84.363.3–99.1 |
| 2073 | 13.96–29.1 | 83.564.9–97.4 |
| 2074 | 12.84.3–27.3 | 84.366.8–100.9 |
| 2075 | 13.96.3–25.6 | 85.664.1–99.8 |
| 2076 | 166.1–33.8 | 83.968.8–99.3 |
| 2077 | 13.25–29.8 | 86.467.6–102.4 |
| 2078 | 13.75.1–33.6 | 84.167.7–103.2 |
| 2079 | 12.95.3–28.4 | 86.168.3–99.4 |
| 2080 | 14.45.4–27.9 | 84.767.6–103.7 |
| 2081 | 15.15.8–29.8 | 83.668.5–104.3 |
| 2082 | 16.46.1–33.9 | 86.469.4–107.7 |
| 2083 | 15.97.9–32 | 85.966.5–105.7 |
| 2084 | 14.16.6–27.7 | 85.867.4–102.3 |
| 2085 | 16.57.3–30.2 | 87.568.9–102.8 |
| 2086 | 19.55.5–32.4 | 84.668.6–105.3 |
| 2087 | 196.9–38 | 87.270.3–107 |
| 2088 | 18.47.7–35.2 | 86.866.3–102.5 |
| 2089 | 1910.6–29.3 | 85.765.9–103.8 |
| 2090 | 16.36.8–33.5 | 89.469.5–104.4 |
| 2091 | 19.77.6–32.3 | 88.367.4–103.1 |
| 2092 | 17.36.1–32.7 | 8667.7–102.3 |
| 2093 | 156.5–29.8 | 88.969.8–107.4 |
| 2094 | 18.68.5–32.8 | 87.569.3–103.7 |
| 2095 | 19.25.9–38.9 | 8872.4–104.9 |
| 2096 | 19.37.6–35.5 | 90.771–107.3 |
| 2097 | 17.36.2–36.1 | 89.471–103.1 |
| 2098 | 18.16.9–36.3 | 88.571–106.5 |
| 2099 | 20.37.4–34.6 | 88.370.8–102.4 |
| 2100 | 19.27–36.7 | 87.769.2–106.2 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Nights in a year when the temperature stays above 20 °C, averaged over the country.
- Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal, CMIP6 multi-model median.
- The dashed line is the CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its models’ 10th–90th percentile.
- Climate model values are the median of the CMIP6 models, run on past emissions to 2014 and on SSP2-4.5, a middle-of-the-road path, after: they are not measurements.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
France vs Japan
Health
- Life expectancyFrance: 83.3 years in 2023Japan: 84.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityFrance: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Japan: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityFrance: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Japan: 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterFrance: 99.7% in 2022Japan: 98.7% in 2022
- DepressionFrance: 4.25% in 2017Japan: 3.34% in 2017
- Suicide rateFrance: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Japan: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationFrance: 66.4 million people in 2023Japan: 124 million people in 2023
- Population growthFrance: 0.17% a year in 2023Japan: -0.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateFrance: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Japan: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationFrance: 78.8% in 2025Japan: 92.3% in 2025
- Median ageFrance: 41.8 years in 2023Japan: 49 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overFrance: 21.8% in 2023Japan: 29.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateFrance: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Japan: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingFrance: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Japan: 1.41% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsFrance: $64.5B in 2025Japan: $59.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personFrance: $1,021 in 2025Japan: $504 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingFrance: 3.5% of government spending in 2025Japan: 3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelFrance: 304,000 people in 2020Japan: 261,000 people in 2020
- National powerFrance: 1.09% of world capability in 2022Japan: 2.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersFrance: 1% of the labour force in 2020Japan: 0.38% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsFrance: 236 million TIV in 2025Japan: 1.72 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsFrance: 3.37 billion TIV in 2025Japan: 28 million TIV in 2025