PARIS, Jan 16 (Reuters) - France saw the lowest number of births since World War Two last year, the national statistics agency INSEE said, in a blow to its traditionally strong demographic profile.

The results of a large study in France are consistent with previous research indicating that Covid vaccination is safe and ...

Beginning next year, young women in France between the ages of 15 and 18 will have access to birth control free of charge, and without parental notification. The French government says the new measure ...

France’s population is older than ever, and its citizens are having fewer children. Just 678,000 babies were born in the country last year, the lowest number since 1946. The decline is primarily due ...

PARIS — France became the first non-Scandinavian country in Western Europe to record a majority of out-of-wedlock births. Of the 816,500 births registered in France last year, 50.5% were to unmarried ...

PARIS, Jan 16 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron promised on Tuesday to overhaul parental leave so it pays better after France saw the lowest number of births since World War Two last year, ...