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France’s falling birth rate has prompted frantic calls for a ‘demographic rearmament’

Based on average fertility rates, France is Europe’s baby utopia.

In 2022, there were 1.8 live births for every woman in France. This was the highest rate across the Continent except for Georgia, according to official figures.

Parents in France get big tax cuts if they have more children, and access to a wide range of heavily subsidised childcare.

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