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France hits new peak for births
And I can vouch for the article, I see babies absolutely everywhere in my relatives, its pretty impressive..THE number of births in France is on the increase and hit 828,400 in 2008 – up 1.2% from 2007.
National statistics body Insee said there had been 796,000 infants born in metropolitan France and 32,400 Outre-Mer (in the overseas territories).
Births have now matched the peak seen in 2006 – which was the highest rate since 1981.
The secretary of state for the family, Nadine Morano, welcomed the figures saying they showed French people were thinking of the future in spite of the credit crunch.
Insee was updating provisional figures released in January that indicated the number of births was 834,000.
It said then that mothers had a fertility rate of 2.02 children and although this figure has not yet been updated it makes France the champion of Europe for births, matched only by Ireland. The average fertility rate across the European Union is 1.5 children per woman.
Iceland released figures last week showing its birth rate had increased by 3.5% – although that only amounted to 275 actual births in a country of 320,000 people. There the fertility rate has hit 2.14 – against 1.92 for the UK.
http://www.connexionfrance.com/news_...es.php?id=1012
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I suggest we get a break down of who is giving birth in France.Originally Posted by futurepilot2004
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Alien Invasion is still plausible
That's good news! Vive la France!
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The most popular first name for a baby boy in France ......Mohamed.
Ahahahahahahhaha, hilarious.
I for one welcome our toddler overlords...I suggest we get a break down of who is giving birth in France.
Alien Invasion is still plausible
According to statistics I read in Der Spiegel, France is going to catch up with Germany populationwise in 2050.
It was Eurostat who predicted that both countries will have something between 70 and 75 Million citizens each, meaning a decline of roughly 10 Millions for germany and a growth of round abount the same number for France.
I read that too. It's going to be odd - France hasn't been the largest-populated nation of Western Europe since the days of Napoleon.
http://www.linternaute.com/femmes/prenoms/enfant/2009/
Well, it's because the sneaky invading Mooselimbs call their kids Lucas Nathan Tom Jules Enzo Louis Hugo Mathis Ethan Gabriel Noah Arthur Maxime Thomas Theo Clement Leo Axel Timeo Maxence Mohamed, as we all know.
Jup, but despite all the attention (and often fearmongering) this topic gets - to those working in this field of science, it doesn´t come as a surprise...
As far as Germany is concerned, we have had a "prolonged" Baby Boom, throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Germany´s birth rate is pretty stable since the 1970s, so it is not as if people have decided to stop having children...
There will be balance again, sooner or later and other countries will be hit by the same phenomenon in a much harder fashion than us Euros.
I´m not worried.
Predicting populations can always be a tricky business. Especially 40 years down the line. Either case, I'm happy to see that France is experiencing a resurgence in its birthrate. Who knows, maybe Germans will be inspired.
Uh-oh, I hope the Brits have kept Wellington on standby.
It seems to me like every single Muslim has some sort of variation of Mohamed as part of their name. It must be more common than John is in the English language.Well, it's because the sneaky invading Mooselimbs call their kids Lucas Nathan Tom Jules Enzo Louis Hugo Mathis Ethan Gabriel Noah Arthur Maxime Thomas Theo Clement Leo Axel Timeo Maxence Mohamed, as we all know.
This is a well known phenomena whenever the economy is doing badly, there's a recession, war or some other disaster. It usually ends up in a babyboom.
It's strange how people make less children when they are doing well and feel safe. But then start having kids when their future looks uncertain. Must be some biological program.
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