Denmark vs France: Birth rate

Denmark

9.72 births per 1,000 people

in 2023

France

9.62 births per 1,000 people

in 2023

Denmark rank

172nd

France rank

173rd

Birth rate over time

Denmark currently reports 9.72 births per 1,000 people against 9.62 births per 1,000 people in France, a difference of 0.103 births per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 189 shared years of data; in 1835 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 172nd and France ranks 173rd of 236 countries.

Indicator: Birth rate
Unit: births per 1,000 people
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 18,723 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total number of births per 1,000 people in a given year.