The fertility rate fell to 1.84 children per woman in France in 2020, against 1.86 in 2019. The number of babies born during the year, around 740,000, is at the lowest since the end of the Second World War. global.
About 740,000 babies were born in France in 2020, or 13,000 less than in 2019 (-1.8%), a figure at the lowest since 1945, INSEE said on Tuesday in its annual demographic report.
The fertility rate fell to 1.84 children per woman, from 1.86 in 2019, according to the statistics institute.
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