Fertility in France (1950–2100)

France
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.64
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of France is projected at 1.64 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (115 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 31.9 years old. In total, 633,972 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.64
Births
633,972
Births per 1,000 people
9.5
Mean age of mothers
31.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
66,746,401
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.10.0%98
15-193.00.9%6,126
20-2429.69.1%60,875
25-2986.926.6%170,237
30-34115.535.4%212,743
35-3970.021.4%139,899
40-4419.96.1%40,776
45-491.50.5%3,217
50-540.00.0%0