Table 1.

Demographic Data Relevant to the impact of Covid-19 in France, Belgium, and Canada.

	France	Belgium	Canada
Government Type [7]	Semi-presidential republic	Federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy	Federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy
Regional Organization	13 regions, 5 overseas department and regions, and 7 overseas territories	3 regions (Flemish Region, Brussels Capital Region and Walloon Region) & 3 linguistic communities (Flemish, French and German)	10 Provinces (sovereign in Constitutionally agreed areas) and 3 Territories (directly dependant from the Federal level)
Population (million)	67.0 [8]	11.4 [9]	37 (Canada): 14.5 (Ontario): 8.5 (Quebec): 5 (British Columbia) [10]
Population density per km²	104.9 [8]	991 [9]	4 [10]
% Pop. above 65	19.3 [9]	19.1 [10]	17 [10]
Life expectancy at birth (years)	82.65 (total): 85.6 (female): 79.7 (male) [8]	81.5 (total): 83.7 (female): 79.2 (male) [11]	81.95 (total): 84 (female): 79.9 (male) [10]
GDP/Capita (€)	31 200 [9]	35 900 [12]	28 055 [10]
Unemployment rate prior to Covid-19 (%) [13]	8.2	5.2	6.3
Prevalence of Chronic Conditions (% of total deaths): [14] Diabetes Cardiovascular Diseases Respiratory Diseases	2 28 4	2 30 7	3 27 7
Obesity Prevalence (% of population considered obese, 2016) [7]	21.6	22.1	29.4
Alcohol Consumption (liters of pure alcohol per capita 2016) [10]	12.6	12.1	8.9
Tobacco Use (% of adult population smoking)	25 [9]	15 [9]	15.8 [15]