FRANCE: Birthrate falls to post-war low

  Births in France fell last year to their lowest annual number since the end of World War II in 1945, the national statistics bureau said on Tuesday. In 2024, 663,000 babies were born in France, INSEE said, a drop of 2.2 per cent from the previous year. The total fertility rate stood at 1.59 […]

 

Births in France fell last year to their lowest annual number since the end of World War II in 1945, the national statistics bureau said on Tuesday.

In 2024, 663,000 babies were born in France, INSEE said, a drop of 2.2 per cent from the previous year.

The total fertility rate stood at 1.59 children per woman in metropolitan France, its lowest level for more than a century.

INSEE said 646,000 people died in France in 2024, an increase of 1.1 per cent from the previous year, because of baby boomers reaching old age.

France had a population of 68.6 million as of January 1, 2025, an increase of 0.25 per cent over one year.