France Crude Birth Rate — EU Birth, Death and Migration Rates
EU Birth, Death and Migration Rates — France Crude Birth Rate stood at 9.3 ‰ in 2025, according to Eurostat. It is one of the indicators in the Birth, death and migration rates table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 1994 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Birth, death and migration rates table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude birth rate | |||||||||||
| France | 9.3 | 9.6 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 11.8 | |
| Italy | 6 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.9 |
Understanding france Crude Birth Rate
The crude birth rate in France represents the number of live births per thousand resident population in this western European nation renowned for its robust family policies. The statistical scope aggregates all births with legal nationality or residency, filtering out transient births without long-term residency documentation. The key distinction of this country compared to the rest of the continent lies in its large-scale family welfare support system, causing the reproductive pace to typically remain above the regional average.
Chart viewers should exercise caution regarding retroactive data updates implemented by authorities upon completing the nationwide civil registry reconciliation. When analyzing fluctuations, one should discard seasonal assumptions since the data has been annualized, while cross-referencing with divorce rate and housing cost indicators to understand the root causes. This index alone should not be used to forecast the short-term labour market.
Frequently asked questions
- Do social policies have a strong impact on this index?
- Yes, financial child-support packages and public nursery systems help maintain a more stable birth rate.
- Does the data include children born to foreign parents?
- The total is included as long as the family resides legally and gives birth within the national territory.
- Does the average childbearing age affect the chart?
- Yes, women having children later alters the distribution of birth pacing across different time periods.