France: fertility rate

The fertility rate is the average number of children per woman. In France in 2020, women had an average of 1.83 children. This value was the lowest since 2005. Indeed, the fertility rate remained stable between 2005 and 2014. Since that year, the number of children per woman has been falling steadily. As a reminder, the generation renewal threshold is set at 2.05 children per woman. That is to say, as of 2020, France cannot hope to keep the same number of inhabitants only with natural growth. France still remains the country with the highest fertility rate in the European Union. In the United Kingdom, for instance, the fertility rate reached 1.56 in 2020.

Number of children born per woman in France from 2005 to 2020

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Release date

April 2024

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Region

France

Survey time period

2005 to 2020

Supplementary notes

* Forecasts.

Statistics on fertility: based on the different breakdowns of data on live births and on legally induced abortions received, Eurostat produces the following:

Statistics available in the online table Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level (demo_gind):
- natural change of the population, crude birth rate

Statistics available in the online table Fertility indicators (demo_find):
- the proportion of live births outside marriage
- total fertility rate
- the mean age of women at childbirth
- the mean age of women at the birth of first / second / third / fourth and higher child
- the median age of women at childbirth
- the percentage of first / second / third / fourth and higher live births Fertility rates by age (demo_frate)

Fertility rates by age and NUTS 2 region (demo_r_frate2)
Total fertility rate by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_frate3)
Statistics available in the online table Abortion indicators (demo_fabortind):
- abortion rate
- abortion ratio