France Fertility Rate

Current and historical fertility rate data for France, including latest value (1.61), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: France
UNIT: births per woman
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T20:07:00+02:00
Economy Data Rating
France · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
83 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability 18.4 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 16.8 / 20
External stability 14.9 / 15
Financial robustness 12.3 / 15
Structural stability 10 / 10
Future capacity 8.2 / 10
Demographic capacity 2.1 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 78% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1960–2024 19602024
1960 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

France · total fertility rate, births per woman.

1960–2024
1.61 births per woman
1.66 births per woman
1.82 births per woman
29 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1960 1973 1986 1999 2012 2024
fertility rate rate reference line

Countries by fertility rate

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Nigeria 4.38 high
Ethiopia 3.91 high
Pakistan 3.55 high
Ghana 3.34 high
Kenya 3.17 high
Kazakhstan 2.98 medium
Israel 2.87 medium
Egypt 2.74 medium

Interpretation

short note

This social and demographic indicator helps place economic development in population context.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Italy 1.18
Spain 1.1
China 1.01

Related indicators

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GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS

Source layer

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SP.DYN.TFRT.IN

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T20:07:00+02:00

France Snapshot

country profile
Population 68.55 m
GDP 3160.44 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Unemployment 7.54%
Currency n/a
Region Europe
Income group High income

France Fertility Rate: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Fertility Rate for France. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: france fertility rate rate, fertility rate data france, france fertility rate statistics, france births per woman.