Fertility rate: France
1.639 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.
Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.639 |
| 2022 | 1.76 |
| 2021 | 1.799 |
| 2020 | 1.785 |
| 2019 | 1.826 |
| 2018 | 1.837 |
| 2017 | 1.859 |
| 2016 | 1.892 |
| 2015 | 1.927 |
| 2014 | 1.974 |
| 2013 | 1.973 |
| 2012 | 1.99 |
| 2011 | 1.995 |
| 2010 | 2.017 |
| 2009 | 1.99 |
| 2008 | 1.987 |
| 2007 | 1.952 |
| 2006 | 1.974 |
| 2005 | 1.916 |
| 2004 | 1.898 |
| 2003 | 1.873 |
| 2002 | 1.865 |
| 2001 | 1.879 |
| 2000 | 1.876 |
| 1999 | 1.793 |
| 1998 | 1.764 |
| 1997 | 1.73 |
| 1996 | 1.74 |
| 1995 | 1.718 |
| 1994 | 1.665 |
| 1993 | 1.661 |
| 1992 | 1.735 |
| 1991 | 1.773 |
| 1990 | 1.782 |
| 1989 | 1.791 |
| 1988 | 1.808 |
| 1987 | 1.804 |
| 1986 | 1.832 |
| 1985 | 1.816 |
| 1984 | 1.806 |
| 1983 | 1.79 |
| 1982 | 1.917 |
| 1981 | 1.947 |
| 1980 | 1.951 |
| 1979 | 1.863 |
| 1978 | 1.83 |
| 1977 | 1.868 |
| 1976 | 1.832 |
| 1975 | 1.935 |
| 1974 | 2.125 |
| 1973 | 2.32 |
| 1972 | 2.427 |
| 1971 | 2.499 |
| 1970 | 2.481 |
| 1969 | 2.526 |
| 1968 | 2.571 |
| 1967 | 2.649 |
| 1966 | 2.781 |
| 1965 | 2.826 |
| 1964 | 2.88 |
| 1963 | 2.873 |
| 1962 | 2.788 |
| 1961 | 2.829 |
| 1960 | 2.735 |
| 1959 | 2.746 |
| 1958 | 2.689 |
| 1957 | 2.71 |
| 1956 | 2.693 |
| 1955 | 2.699 |
| 1954 | 2.713 |
| 1953 | 2.702 |
| 1952 | 2.779 |
| 1951 | 2.818 |
| 1950 | 2.965 |