LE FIGARO.
- France has long been an exception in the European demographic landscape.
When did it align with the trajectory of other countries on the continent?
What are the causes of the “demographic winter” which concerns all EU countries?
Alain PARANT.
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For a long time, France was an exception, including in the oldest periods, because the baby boom there was more lasting and more pronounced than elsewhere: we went from 2 children per woman in 1945 to 3 until 1964. The link was quickly made with the family policy implemented from the family code in 1939, and gradually generalized to all categories of the population in 1945-1946.
Since 2010, the situation has changed, whether we think about the number of births or the total fertility indicator.
But the problem is global: the decline in fertility is observed on all continents.
Simply, in countries where fertility was still very high in the 1950s…
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