After two years of health crisis, what is the face of France?
As of January 1, 2022, INSEE counts 67.8 million inhabitants there in its annual report, unveiled on Tuesday.
After a dark year in 2020, the imprint of Covid 19 is still noticeable on the 2021 demographic assessment, in particular with very high mortality.
But the specter of a “
baby crash
” has been avoided: births have started to rise again.
“
Fertility is holding up despite the Covid-19 pandemic
”, first notes INSEE.
Should we see in this quivering the sign of a page that turns?
Birth rate, mortality, life expectancy, natural balance, marriages... Here are the main data of this annual report.
1- The “
baby-crash
” avoided: 738,000 births
For the birth rate, this is the year of all the twists and turns.
In 2021, 738,000 babies were born in France, i.e. 3,000 more than in 2020. Admittedly a very modest increase, but which makes it possible to rule out the scenario of a "
baby-crash
" which was looming after a collapse in births in January and February…
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