Studies have shown that in France, women tend to have children at an older age than before. In 1990, the proportion of newborns whose mothers were 40 or older amounted to 2.15 percent in France. Years later, in 2014, and after a gradual progression over the years, this share reached 5.13 percent. French mothers do not only have their children at an older age, they mostly have their first born later. In 2014, more than 26 percent of newborns born from a mother aged 40 and older were their first child.
The most fertile country in Europe
Even though the mean age of mothers at first birth is increasing in most Western countries, it seems that women in France still have children at a younger age than most of their European counterparts. But French women are not only younger when they give birth, they also have more children. In 2017, France was the most fertile country in Europe with nearly 2 births per women. A number that has remained relatively stable for several years.
Average age at childbirth among women in France from 1994 to 2020
The source adds the following information: "age calculated for a fictitious generation of women who would have at each age the fertility observed for women of the same age in that year."
**Source include Mayotte in dataset from 2014
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Insee. (March 29, 2021). Average age at childbirth among women in France from 1994 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 16, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/957266/mothers-age-at-childbirth-france/
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