France: number of births and life expectancy at half mast in 2020

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The number of births in France in 2020 hit a lowest since 1945, with 740,000 babies having been born, and the Covid-19 epidemic has reduced life expectancy by several months, said Tuesday, January 19. , INSEE in its 2020 demographic report. The fertility rate fell to 1.84 children per woman, against 1.86 in 2019, according to the statistics institute. Finally, life expectancy at birth has been reached. 85.2 years for women (down almost five months) and 79.2 years for men (down six months), a much larger drop than that observed in 2015, a year marked by a severe winter flu .