France Records More Deaths Than Births in 2025
The agency noted that births were approximately 6,000 fewer than deaths during the year. Around 645,000 babies were born in 2025, compared with 660,000 in 2024, representing a 2.1% decline. Since 2010, when births last reached their peak, the number of newborns has dropped by 24%.
Meanwhile, deaths reached about 651,000 in 2025, reflecting a 1.5% increase from the previous year. The rise was largely attributed to a severe influenza outbreak during the winter months, according to the institute.
Despite this negative natural balance, France’s overall population continued to grow modestly, supported by net migration provisionally estimated at 176,000 people in 2025.
As of January 1, 2026, the nation’s population was roughly 69.1 million, including 66.8 million in metropolitan France and 2.3 million in overseas territories.
INSEE also highlighted a further decline in fertility rates, with the average number of children per woman falling to 1.56 in 2025 from 1.61 the year before. This marks one of the lowest fertility levels recorded since World War I.
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