Births fell in 2023 to reach a new historical low. The 322,075 newborns last year, a still provisional figure, represent a drop of 24% in the last 10 years.
The drop is 24.4% compared to 2014, 10 years ago. Demographers point to two factors. The first, pure demographic inertia: there are fewer generations of childbearing age. The second, the decision to have children is increasingly delayed, and fewer and fewer children are being had.