Crude birth rate in France
France recorded 9.3 live births per 1,000 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1994. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
The latest value carries the source flag “Provisional”.
France, 2025
9.3p (Provisional)
Change from 2024
−0.3per 1,000 people
European Union, 2025
7.7 per 1,000 peopleep (Source flag ep)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
7.8 per 1,000 people
Position in 2025
14th of 43
Crude birth rate in France over time
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Live births per 1,000 people. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | France | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.3 per 1,000 peoplep (provisional) | 7.7 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 9.6 per 1,000 peoplep (provisional) | 7.9 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 9.9 per 1,000 peoplep (provisional) | 8.2 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 10.6 per 1,000 people | 8.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2021 | 10.9 per 1,000 people | 9.2 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 10.9 per 1,000 people | 9.1 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2019 | 11.2 per 1,000 people | 9.3 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 11.3 per 1,000 people | 9.5 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2017 | 11.5 per 1,000 people | 9.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 11.8 per 1,000 people | 9.9 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 12.0 per 1,000 people | 9.8 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 12.4 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) | 9.9 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 12.4 per 1,000 people | 9.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 12.6 per 1,000 people | 10.0 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 12.7 per 1,000 people | 10.1 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 12.9 per 1,000 people | 10.4 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 12.8 per 1,000 people | 10.5 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | 12.9 per 1,000 people | 10.6 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 12.8 per 1,000 people | 10.4 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2006 | 13.1 per 1,000 people | 10.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | 12.8 per 1,000 people | 10.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | 12.8 per 1,000 people | 10.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | 12.8 per 1,000 people | 10.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | 12.9 per 1,000 people | 10.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | 13.1 per 1,000 people | 10.2 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; e estimated; ep estimated, provisional; p provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.3 from 9.6 per 1,000 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 12.0 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −2.7.
- Among the 43 countries with data for 2025, France has the 14th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 7.7 per 1,000 people.
More for France
All statistics for France
Total fertility rate
1.61p (Provisional) births per woman
2024 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
9.4p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population on 1 January
68,882,600p (Provisional) people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
68,882,600p (Provisional) people
2025 · Eurostat
Population aged 65 and over
21.9%p (Provisional)
2025 · Eurostat
Median age of the population
42.8p (Provisional) years
2025 · Eurostat