The Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (Insee) have confirmed that 785,000 babies were born in 2016 – a fall of 14,000 on the previous year, with the birth rate dropping to an average of 1.93 per woman, compared to 1.96 in 2015 and 2.00 in 2014.
Despite the falling birth rate, France and Ireland remain Europe’s most fertile nations.
The decrease in the birth rate has been linked to a fall in the number of women of child-bearing age in the country since the 1990s.
Despite the fall in the number of births, the population of France grew by 0.4% in the last year. Life expectancy has risen and women can expect to live 85.4 years, and men 79.3.
The population is France is aging, with those aged 65 and over now accounting for 19.2% of the population compared to 16% a decade ago.
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