France recorded 54,542 births in August
Insee’s provisional records show births in August 2026 were 1.6% lower than a year earlier.
Event / data period: 2026-08
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IllustrationIn Insee’s 1 October update, France recorded 54,542 births, averaging 1,759 a day. The January–August total of 425,811 was 1.0% below the same period a year earlier.
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Data
Births
Births
- Births
- 54,542 count
- 2026-08 · Estimate
- Births
- 55,436 count
- 2025-08 · Estimate
Methodology
Insee civil registrations; 2026 provisional, monthly count.
Updated:
Subjects and places
Subject proposals
- economySuggested
- Preserved editorial category/topic; broad candidate onlywww.insee.fr ↗
- population and censusSuggested
- Subject suggested from the title or summary: birthswww.insee.fr ↗
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- France · France · Place role: Coverage · Place type: Country or area · Location precision: RegionalEvidence
- Explicit preserved editorial country/region; no city or national centroid inferredwww.insee.fr ↗