Polity · 1945 CE – 1957 CE
French Fourth Republic
République française · Quatrième République
- Peak recorded area
- 711,539 km²
- 1945 CE
- Data series
- 81
- 1945 CE–1957 CE
Overview
The French Fourth Republic was the republican government of France from 27 October 1946 to 4 October 1958, governed by the fourth republican constitution of 13 October 1946. Essentially a reestablishment and continuation of the French Third Republic which governed from 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War to 1940 during World War II, it suffered many of the same problems which led to its end. The French Fourth Republic was a parliamentary republic.
Lead section from Wikipedia, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article.
Territory
5 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 1957 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
6 of 36 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Population21 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 45Mpersons1957 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy13 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 68.9years1957 CE · Clio-Infra |
| Urban Population13 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 7.6Mpersons1957 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Who Tb Incidence9 obs · 1949 CE–1957 CE | 28.94per_1000001957 CE · WHO Global Health Observatory |
| Infant Mortality Rate8 obs · 1950 CE–1957 CE | 33.5per 1000 live births1957 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Female8 obs · 1950 CE–1957 CE | 72.21years1957 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
Economy
6 of 9 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| GDP per capita13 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 10.8K2011 int'l $1957 CE · Maddison Project Database 2023 |
| GDP per capita PPP13 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 10.6Kint'l $ (inflation adj.)1957 CE · Gapminder |
| Total Exports4 obs · 1945 CE–1948 CE | 1,780million USD (current)1948 CE · CoW Bilateral Trade v4.0 |
| Total Imports4 obs · 1945 CE–1948 CE | 3,200million USD (current)1948 CE · CoW Bilateral Trade v4.0 |
| Trade Balance4 obs · 1945 CE–1948 CE | -1,420million USD (current)1948 CE · CoW Bilateral Trade v4.0 |
| Trade Openness4 obs · 1945 CE–1948 CE | 4,980million USD (current)1948 CE · CoW Bilateral Trade v4.0 |
Military
6 of 8 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| CINC Score13 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 0.0327CINC (share of world capability)1957 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Energy Consumption13 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 109.6Mcoal-ton equivalents1957 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Iron Steel Production13 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 14.1Mtons1957 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Expenditure13 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 3.7Bcurrent USD1957 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Personnel13 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 913Kpersons1957 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Nuclear Warhead Stockpile13 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 0count1957 CE · FAS Nuclear Notebook (via OWID) |
Territory & resources
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Coal Production13 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 473.57TWh1957 CE · Our World in Data Energy |
| Gas Production13 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 11.94TWh1957 CE · Our World in Data Energy |
| Oil Production13 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 16.41TWh1957 CE · Our World in Data Energy |
Governance
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Electoral Democracy Index13 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 0.751index (0-1)1957 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Liberal Democracy Index13 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 0.631index (0-1)1957 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Participatory Democracy Index13 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 0.497index (0-1)1957 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Polity213 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 10index (-10 to 10)1957 CE · Clio-Infra |
| Regime Type13 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 3RoW index (0-3)1957 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Rule Of Law Index13 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 0.921index (0-1)1957 CE · V-Dem v15 |
Development
6 of 19 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Freedom Of Expression Index13 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 0.877index (0-1)1957 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Tech Aviation Passenger Km13 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 3,833passenger-km1957 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Electricity Production13 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 57.4BGWh1957 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Merchant Shipping Tonnage13 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 4,010gross tons1957 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Radios13 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 10.9Kcount1957 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Railway Freight Tkm13 obs · 1945 CE–1957 CE | 53.7Ktonne-km1957 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- French
- Currency
- French franc (FRF)
Memberships
- United Kingdom–France Defense Pact (1947)Military alliance · member1947 CE – 1948 CE
- 10-member Defense Pact (1948)Military alliance · member1948 CE –
- 20-member Defense Pact (1949)Military alliance · member1949 CE –
- 8-member Entente (1954)Historical alliance · member1954 CE – 1974 CE
- France–Libya Entente (1955)Historical alliance · member1955 CE – 2011 CE
- France–Morocco Entente (1956)Historical alliance · member1956 CE – 1966 CE
- United Kingdom–France–Israel Non-Aggression Pact (1956)Historical alliance · member1956 CE – 1956 CE
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
CHAT (Comin-Hobijn)2009 (FinalCHAT_72909)
Comin, D. & Hobijn, B. (2009). The CHAT Dataset. NBER Working Paper 15319.
NBER research data, freely downloadable
Clio-Infra2017 datasets
Clio-Infra project (2017). Reconstructions of global inequality and well-being. International Institute of Social History.
Academic use, attribution
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Correlates of War NMC v6.0v6.0
Singer, J.D. (1987). National Material Capabilities Data (NMC), v6.0. Correlates of War Project.
Free academic use, citation
Barbieri, K. & Keshk, O. (2016). Correlates of War Project Trade Data Set, v4.0.
Free academic use, citation
FAS Nuclear Notebook (via OWID)2024
Kristensen, H.M. et al., Federation of American Scientists Nuclear Notebook, via Our World in Data (2024).
CC BY 4.0 (OWID); underlying FAS data
Gapminderv14 / systema globalis
Gapminder Foundation. Gapminder systema globalis dataset.
CC BY 4.0
Maddison Project Database 20232023
Bolt, J. & van Zanden, J.L. (2024). Maddison Project Database 2023. University of Groningen GGDC.
CC BY 4.0
Our World in Data (2024). Energy dataset. Based on Energy Institute & Ember.
CC BY 4.0
UN World Population Prospects 20242024
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024.
CC BY 3.0 IGO
V-Dem v15v15
Coppedge, M. et al. (2025). V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v15. Varieties of Democracy Project.
Free academic/non-commercial use, attribution
WHO Global Health Observatory2024
World Health Organization (2024). Global Health Observatory data repository.
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
French Fourth Republic is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.