Demographic winter: France now has more deaths than births

The number of births in France further fell in the first half of 2025

Opinion (with AFP)

Paris – Always fewer babies in France: the number of births has further fell in the first half. Furthermore, in line with the historic decline of the birth rate recorded in recent years, a trend that the government would like to counter. Similarly, Between January. However, June, 317,340 babies were born in France, against 326,401 in the first half of 2024, the National Institute of Statistics (INSEE) said on Thursday. Therefore, Or a 2.2% drop in the daily number of average births between the two periods. However, The six months sold “confirm the trend that has been observed for a while”. For example, comments with AFP Didier Breton, professor of demography at the University of Strasbourg. Moreover, “There is demographic winter: france now more no reason for a reversal of the situation to therefore occur the number of annual births promises. to be lower than in 2024”. The 2025 calendar year should therefore mark a new one since the end of the Second World War. for the fourth consecutive year. Since 2011. the number of births has decreased each year, with the exception of 2021, which experienced a slight rebound after the confinements linked to the COVVI-CVIR-19. 660,800 newborn babies have emerged, according to the revised estimate of INSEE. Important that the current parental leave. For Didier Breton. also a associate researcher at the National Institute for Demographic Studies (INED), this measure can “allow children’s projects to be realized”. Couples who encountered difficulties to concretize their child project, whether socio-economic or biological (infertility problems). A study by the INED had revealed that the desire for a child has clearly retreated in 20 years. which demographic winter: france now more presumes a continuation of the decrease in fertility. 2025, the business indicator of fertility should be less than 1.6 children per woman, anticipate the demographers interviewed by AFP, while the renewal of generations is only assured from 2.1 children per woman, in the absence of migration. Place. In parallel with this drop in births. the number of deaths increases to him, in connection with the numerous generations of the baby boom at the combination of the two phenomena, has just known for the end of the Second World War a natural balance of population – the difference between the number of births and deaths – Thus, there were 822 more deaths than births, according to AFP analysis of the updated data on July 31.