Fertility in France, 2001

France
2001
Total fertility rate: 1.88
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of France was 1.88 children per woman in 2001 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (136 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 777,770 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.88
Births
777,770
Births per 1,000 people
13.0
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
59,905,128
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%184
15-1912.03.2%22,696
20-2463.016.7%120,693
25-29136.436.2%276,988
30-34109.629.1%234,746
35-3945.812.2%101,575
40-449.12.4%20,000
45-490.40.1%838
50-540.00.0%47