Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in France, 2011

France
2011
Total fertility rate: 1.99
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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of France was 1.99 children per woman in 2011 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (132 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 793,347 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.99
Births
793,347
Births per 1,000 people
12.4
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
63,733,777
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%197
15-1910.22.6%19,145
20-2459.915.0%115,911
25-29131.833.1%254,540
30-34126.131.6%252,156
35-3956.814.2%121,300
40-4412.93.2%28,553
45-490.70.2%1,514
50-540.00.0%34