One in every 194 babies born in the world today is born in France. France has about 680,000 births a year, around 0.5% of all births worldwide.

Births per year
680,000
Share of world births
0.5%
Birth odds
1/194
Life expectancy
83 years
Risk of dying before age 5
0.4%
Income per person, PPP
US$58,000
Children per woman
1.6
Urban population
81%

Life expectancy in France is 83 years, which is 10 years longer than the world average.

Of every 1,000 babies born here, about 4 do not reach their fifth birthday. The world average is 37 per 1,000.

Income per person is about US$58,000 in purchasing power. That is 2.5 times the world average.

On average a woman has 1.6 children in her lifetime. The world average is 2.3.

About 81% of the population lives in cities. A baby born here has roughly a 19% chance of being born in the countryside.

Born in France: relatively high fertility for Europe

Life expectancy in France was around 70 in the 1960s and is 83 today. A strong public health system, falling rates of heart and vascular disease and good access to maternity care have put the figure near the top in Europe. Women live about six years longer than men. Fertility was around 2.7 in the 1960s and stayed among the highest in Europe for many years. It is now 1.6. Family benefits, paid childcare and parental leave are often cited as policies that help keep the figure above that of neighbouring countries.

There are still differences between regions. Life expectancy is high around Paris and in the southwest, and somewhat lower in the former industrial areas of the north and in some rural departments. Fertility is lower in cities and a little higher in the countryside and in immigrant neighbourhoods. A baby's chances in France depend on the family's income and education as well as on the region. France is ageing too, but its population is ageing more slowly than Germany's or Italy's.

Religious makeup

  • Christianity50%
  • No religion40%
  • Islam8%
  • Judaism1%

Sample names given to people born in this country in the game

Gabriel · Léo · Louis · Jules · Jade · Louise · Emma · Chloé

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Values are rounded approximations. Sources: UN World Population Prospects 2024, World Bank WDI, Pew Research Center 2020.