Is fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age rising or falling in France?

Over the last ten years it is down 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this France data come from?

The figures come from Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age in France

Name: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age in France
Creator: Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

France: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age was 1.63 children per women in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

1.63 children per women

Change on year

down 6.9%

World rank

144th

of 236 countries

All-time high

2.77 children per women

in 1964

All-time low

0.9378 children per women

in 1916

Years of data

208

1816–2023

Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age in France, 1816–2023

Source: Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in children per women.

Analysis

France recorded 1.63 children per women for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age in 2023.

That represents a change of down 6.9% on the previous year and down 16.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age in France peaked at 2.77 children per women in 1964 and was at its lowest, 0.9378 children per women, in 1916.

That places France 144th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 208 years of available data.

Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age in France, year by year

Annual values for Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age in France, 1816 to 2023.
Year	children per women	Change
1816	2.4 children per women	—
1817	2.33 children per women	-3.0%
1818	2.24 children per women	-3.9%
1819	2.4 children per women	+7.4%
1820	2.36 children per women	-1.6%
1821	2.35 children per women	-0.4%
1822	2.29 children per women	-2.6%
1823	2.28 children per women	-0.7%
1824	2.3 children per women	+0.9%
1825	2.28 children per women	-0.6%
1826	2.33 children per women	+2.1%
1827	2.3 children per women	-1.6%
1828	2.29 children per women	-0.2%
1829	2.29 children per women	+0.0%
1830	2.3 children per women	+0.4%
1831	2.34 children per women	+2.0%
1832	2.18 children per women	-7.1%
1833	2.26 children per women	+3.7%
1834	2.25 children per women	-0.4%
1835	2.35 children per women	+4.5%
1836	2.32 children per women	-1.5%
1837	2.21 children per women	-4.7%
1838	2.25 children per women	+2.0%
1839	2.26 children per women	+0.5%
1840	2.26 children per women	-0.4%
1841	2.32 children per women	+2.8%
1842	2.28 children per women	-1.5%
1843	2.3 children per women	+0.8%
1844	2.26 children per women	-1.8%
1845	2.33 children per women	+3.1%
1846	2.24 children per women	-3.9%
1847	2.08 children per women	-7.0%
1848	2.14 children per women	+2.9%
1849	2.24 children per women	+4.5%
1850	2.24 children per women	+0.1%
1851	2.25 children per women	+0.5%
1852	2.22 children per women	-1.2%
1853	2.17 children per women	-2.5%
1854	2.08 children per women	-4.2%
1855	2.07 children per women	-0.5%
1856	2.18 children per women	+5.3%
1857	2.09 children per women	-3.9%
1858	2.15 children per women	+3.1%
1859	2.21 children per women	+2.7%
1860	2.25 children per women	+1.6%
1861	2.25 children per women	-0.0%
1862	2.22 children per women	-1.0%
1863	2.22 children per women	+0.0%
1864	2.21 children per women	-0.8%
1865	2.2 children per women	-0.2%
1866	2.27 children per women	+3.1%
1867	2.24 children per women	-1.2%
1868	2.15 children per women	-4.2%
1869	2.17 children per women	+0.9%
1870	2.15 children per women	-0.7%
1871	1.89 children per women	-12.2%
1872	2.28 children per women	+20.4%
1873	2.26 children per women	-0.8%
1874	2.31 children per women	+2.3%
1875	2.33 children per women	+0.9%
1876	2.37 children per women	+1.8%
1877	2.31 children per women	-2.8%
1878	2.27 children per women	-1.7%
1879	2.27 children per women	+0.1%
1880	2.21 children per women	-2.4%
1881	2.27 children per women	+2.6%
1882	2.26 children per women	-0.8%
1883	2.28 children per women	+1.0%
1884	2.23 children per women	-2.1%
1885	2.26 children per women	+1.3%
1886	2.23 children per women	-1.1%
1887	2.19 children per women	-1.8%
1888	2.15 children per women	-1.8%
1889	2.15 children per women	+0.1%
1890	2.07 children per women	-4.1%
1891	2.15 children per women	+3.9%
1892	2.07 children per women	-3.4%
1893	2.14 children per women	+3.4%
1894	2.14 children per women	-0.3%
1895	2.08 children per women	-2.5%
1896	2.21 children per women	+6.2%
1897	2.16 children per women	-2.4%
1898	2.07 children per women	-4.0%
1899	2.08 children per women	+0.5%
1900	2.06 children per women	-1.0%
1901	2.17 children per women	+5.3%
1902	2.16 children per women	-0.4%
1903	2.12 children per women	-2.2%
1904	2.08 children per women	-1.5%
1905	2.08 children per women	-0.2%
1906	2.06 children per women	-0.8%
1907	2.01 children per women	-2.7%
1908	2.06 children per women	+2.4%
1909	2.02 children per women	-1.7%
1910	2.04 children per women	+0.8%
1911	1.9 children per women	-6.9%
1912	1.99 children per women	+4.8%
1913	1.97 children per women	-0.8%
1914	1.87 children per women	-5.0%
1915	1.21 children per women	-35.3%
1916	0.9378 children per women	-22.7%
1917	1.02 children per women	+8.6%
1918	1.18 children per women	+15.4%
1919	1.2 children per women	+2.1%
1920	2.17 children per women	+80.8%
1921	2.13 children per women	-1.7%
1922	2.04 children per women	-4.3%
1923	2.02 children per women	-0.9%
1924	2.02 children per women	-0.1%
1925	2.07 children per women	+2.3%
1926	2.06 children per women	-0.4%
1927	2.03 children per women	-1.6%
1928	2.03 children per women	+0.3%
1929	1.98 children per women	-2.4%
1930	2.07 children per women	+4.4%
1931	2.06 children per women	-0.5%
1932	2.07 children per women	+0.4%
1933	1.98 children per women	-4.1%
1934	2.02 children per women	+1.8%
1935	1.94 children per women	-4.0%
1936	1.91 children per women	-1.5%
1937	1.87 children per women	-2.3%
1938	1.85 children per women	-1.0%
1939	1.84 children per women	-0.5%
1940	1.66 children per women	-9.9%
1941	1.55 children per women	-6.3%
1942	1.72 children per women	+11.2%
1943	1.85 children per women	+7.4%
1944	1.91 children per women	+3.2%
1945	1.93 children per women	+0.9%
1946	2.57 children per women	+33.5%
1947	2.69 children per women	+4.5%
1948	2.74 children per women	+1.7%
1949	2.74 children per women	+0.2%
1950	2.76 children per women	+0.8%
1951	2.63 children per women	-4.8%
1952	2.61 children per women	-0.9%
1953	2.55 children per women	-2.3%
1954	2.56 children per women	+0.4%
1955	2.55 children per women	-0.2%
1956	2.55 children per women	-0.0%
1957	2.58 children per women	+0.9%
1958	2.56 children per women	-0.5%
1959	2.62 children per women	+2.4%
1960	2.62 children per women	-0.2%
1961	2.71 children per women	+3.6%
1962	2.68 children per women	-1.3%
1963	2.76 children per women	+3.0%
1964	2.77 children per women	+0.6%
1965	2.73 children per women	-1.7%
1966	2.68 children per women	-1.5%
1967	2.56 children per women	-4.7%
1968	2.49 children per women	-2.9%
1969	2.45 children per women	-1.6%
1970	2.41 children per women	-1.6%
1971	2.43 children per women	+0.9%
1972	2.36 children per women	-2.7%
1973	2.26 children per women	-4.3%
1974	2.07 children per women	-8.3%
1975	1.89 children per women	-8.8%
1976	1.79 children per women	-5.2%
1977	1.83 children per women	+2.1%
1978	1.79 children per women	-1.9%
1979	1.83 children per women	+1.9%
1980	1.91 children per women	+4.8%
1981	1.91 children per women	-0.1%
1982	1.88 children per women	-1.5%
1983	1.76 children per women	-6.5%
1984	1.77 children per women	+0.9%
1985	1.79 children per women	+0.7%
1986	1.8 children per women	+0.9%
1987	1.78 children per women	-1.4%
1988	1.78 children per women	+0.2%
1989	1.76 children per women	-0.9%
1990	1.76 children per women	-0.4%
1991	1.75 children per women	-0.5%
1992	1.71 children per women	-2.1%
1993	1.64 children per women	-4.2%
1994	1.64 children per women	+0.3%
1995	1.7 children per women	+3.3%
1996	1.72 children per women	+1.3%
1997	1.71 children per women	-0.6%
1998	1.75 children per women	+2.0%
1999	1.77 children per women	+1.7%
2000	1.86 children per women	+4.7%
2001	1.86 children per women	+0.1%
2002	1.85 children per women	-0.7%
2003	1.86 children per women	+0.5%
2004	1.88 children per women	+1.3%
2005	1.9 children per women	+1.0%
2006	1.96 children per women	+3.0%
2007	1.94 children per women	-1.1%
2008	1.97 children per women	+1.8%
2009	1.97 children per women	+0.2%
2010	2 children per women	+1.4%
2011	1.98 children per women	-1.1%
2012	1.97 children per women	-0.3%
2013	1.96 children per women	-0.9%
2014	1.96 children per women	+0.1%
2015	1.91 children per women	-2.4%
2016	1.88 children per women	-1.8%
2017	1.84 children per women	-1.8%
2018	1.82 children per women	-1.2%
2019	1.81 children per women	-0.6%
2020	1.77 children per women	-2.2%
2021	1.78 children per women	+0.8%
2022	1.75 children per women	-2.1%
2023	1.63 children per women	-6.9%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1810s	2.34 children per women	2.24 children per women	2.4 children per women	4
1820s	2.31 children per women	2.28 children per women	2.36 children per women	10
1830s	2.27 children per women	2.18 children per women	2.35 children per women	10
1840s	2.25 children per women	2.08 children per women	2.33 children per women	10
1850s	2.17 children per women	2.07 children per women	2.25 children per women	10
1860s	2.22 children per women	2.15 children per women	2.27 children per women	10
1870s	2.24 children per women	1.89 children per women	2.37 children per women	10
1880s	2.22 children per women	2.15 children per women	2.28 children per women	10
1890s	2.12 children per women	2.07 children per women	2.21 children per women	10
1900s	2.08 children per women	2.01 children per women	2.17 children per women	10
1910s	1.53 children per women	0.9378 children per women	2.04 children per women	10
1920s	2.06 children per women	1.98 children per women	2.17 children per women	10
1930s	1.96 children per women	1.84 children per women	2.07 children per women	10
1940s	2.14 children per women	1.55 children per women	2.74 children per women	10
1950s	2.6 children per women	2.55 children per women	2.76 children per women	10
1960s	2.64 children per women	2.45 children per women	2.77 children per women	10
1970s	2.07 children per women	1.79 children per women	2.43 children per women	10
1980s	1.82 children per women	1.76 children per women	1.91 children per women	10
1990s	1.72 children per women	1.64 children per women	1.77 children per women	10
2000s	1.9 children per women	1.85 children per women	1.97 children per women	10
2010s	1.91 children per women	1.81 children per women	2 children per women	10
2020s	1.73 children per women	1.63 children per women	1.78 children per women	4

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Frequently asked questions

What is fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age in France?: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age in France was 1.63 children per women in 2023, according to Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age recorded in France?: The highest recorded value was 2.77 children per women in 1964.
What is the lowest fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age recorded in France?: The lowest recorded value was 0.9378 children per women in 1916.
How does France rank for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?: France ranks 144th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age rising or falling in France?: Over the last ten years it is down 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this France data come from?: The figures come from Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Unit: children per women
Source: Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – 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: 28 August 2026

Number of children who live long enough to reproduce, per woman. This number is dependent on the survival of daughters to childbearing age (between 15 and 49 years old).