France.. The birth rate is at the lowest level since World War II

The number of births in France fell last year to its lowest level since the end of World War II in 1945, the French statistics office reported Tuesday.
The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies said that 663,000 children were born in France in 2024, a decrease of 2.2 percent from the previous year.
The total fertility rate reached 1.59 children per woman on the French mainland, its lowest level in more than a century.

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The institute said that 646,000 people died in France in 2024, an increase of 1.1 percent over the previous year, due to the baby boom generation reaching old age after World War II.
France’s population reached 68.6 million people on January 1, 2025, an increase of 0.25 percent in a year, and the institute said that migration flows added a net 152,000 people to the total population last year.
The average life expectancy of people in France has stabilized at a “historically high level” of 85.6 years for women and 80 years for men.