France monthly deaths (including Mayotte)
France monthly deaths (including Mayotte) stood at 50,440 persons in Aug 2026, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the Births and deaths table (Value · Monthly), with a complete series running from Jan 1994 to Aug 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Births and deaths table
| Indicator | 08-2026 | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of deaths per month - France (including Mayotte since 2014) | 50,440 | 52,531 | 53,969 | 51,519 | 50,729 | 53,218 | 52,002 | 69,751 | 59,496 | 52,575 | |
| Number of live births per month - Metropolitan France | 51,933 | 54,365 | 51,103 | 51,222 | 47,766 | 49,296 | 45,870 | 51,688 | 50,786 | 48,756 | |
| Number of deaths per month - Metropolitan France | 49,102 | 51,172 | 52,703 | 50,264 | 49,500 | 51,923 | 50,725 | 68,391 | 58,136 | 51,367 |
Understanding france monthly deaths (including Mayotte)
Civil registers supply the raw counts for this monthly enumeration of mortality, which spans the full national territory under current administrative borders. The tally incorporates every recorded death regardless of nationality or residency status, integrating records from the overseas department that joined the statistical perimeter later in the timeline. This aggregate contrasts with narrower geographical cuts by capturing the absolute sum of all registered passings across every region and territory overseen by the national statistical authority, ensuring a complete geographical tally rather than a subset restricted to European departments.
Interpreting these figures requires accounting for recurring seasonal shifts, as mortality typically surges during the colder months and recedes during warmer periods. Initial releases rely on provisional counts that undergo subsequent adjustments as late civil registrations are processed and integrated by local authorities. Comparing periods of equal length provides a more reliable evaluation than matching adjacent months, due to the varying number of days in each calendar period. Analysts frequently contrast this aggregate with birth counts to evaluate natural population change, though demographic momentum and age structure variations mean that monthly fluctuations in fatalities reflect immediate environmental and health pressures rather than long-term shifts in baseline mortality.
Frequently asked questions
- Why does this series include overseas territories while older historical data does not?
- The statistical perimeter expanded to incorporate the overseas department only from a specific point onward, reflecting changes in administrative integration and data availability.
- Are stillbirths included in this monthly death count?
- Civil registration rules separate fetal deaths from live births and subsequent deaths, meaning stillbirths are excluded from this general mortality total.
- How do reporting delays affect early estimates of monthly deaths?
- Local registry processing lags mean that initial monthly totals are subject to upward revisions in subsequent publications as late-arriving certificates are fully processed.