"France now has 69.1 million inhabitants - 66.8 million in l'hexagone (mainland France) and 2.3 million in the French overseas territories, which include the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe and the South American territory of French Guiana."
"The fertility rate continues its downward trend, it stands at 1.56 children per woman, after 1.61 in 2024 (1.53 after 1.58 in metropolitan France). This decline reflects a medium-term trend: the rate has been falling since 2010, when it stood at 2.02 children per woman in metropolitan France. The same pattern is observed among men, with the fertility rate dropping to 1.56 children per man in 2025, compared with 1.61 in 2024."
France's population reached 69.1 million in 2025, with 66.8 million in mainland France and 2.3 million in overseas territories. Net migration was +176,000, while the natural balance (births minus deaths) was -6,000, the first negative natural balance since the end of World War II, producing a 0.01% population decline. Births fell to 645,000 in 2025, down 2.1% and the lowest annual total since World War II; mainland births numbered 611,000, the lowest since 1942. Fertility dropped to 1.56 children per woman (and per man), and the average age at childbirth rose to 31.2 years for women.
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