Fertility rates in France and the United Kingdom tell the stories of their respective countries.
Source: Our World in Data
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Year | United Kingdom | France |
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1800 | 4.97 | 4.41 |
1801 | 4.6 | 4.36 |
1802 | 5.3 | 4.31 |
1803 | 5.61 | 4.26 |
1804 | 5.65 | 4.21 |
1805 | 5.55 | 4.16 |
1806 | 5.49 | 4.1 |
1807 | 5.45 | 4.05 |
1808 | 5.4 | 4 |
1809 | 5.24 | 3.95 |
1810 | 5.36 | 3.9 |
1811 | 5.43 | 3.89 |
1812 | 5.31 | 3.89 |
1813 | 5.45 | 3.88 |
1814 | 5.46 | 3.88 |
1815 | 6.02 | 3.87 |
1816 | 5.73 | 3.86 |
1817 | 5.69 | 3.86 |
1818 | 5.54 | 3.85 |
1819 | 5.45 | 3.85 |
1820 | 5.4 | 3.84 |
1821 | 5.55 | 3.83 |
1822 | 5.69 | 3.82 |
1823 | 5.54 | 3.8 |
1824 | 5.42 | 3.79 |
1825 | 5.38 | 3.78 |
1826 | 5.36 | 3.77 |
1827 | 5.07 | 3.76 |
1828 | 5.23 | 3.74 |
1829 | 4.85 | 3.73 |
1830 | 4.83 | 3.72 |
1831 | 4.78 | 3.7 |
1832 | 4.78 | 3.69 |
1833 | 5 | 3.67 |
1834 | 4.89 | 3.65 |
1835 | 4.83 | 3.64 |
1836 | 4.86 | 3.62 |
1837 | 4.79 | 3.6 |
1838 | 4.78 | 3.59 |
1839 | 4.93 | 3.57 |
1840 | 4.9 | 3.56 |
1841 | 4.89 | 3.55 |
1842 | 4.83 | 3.54 |
1843 | 4.82 | 3.53 |
1844 | 4.83 | 3.53 |
1845 | 4.75 | 3.52 |
1846 | 4.9 | 3.51 |
1847 | 4.58 | 3.51 |
1848 | 4.71 | 3.5 |
1849 | 4.78 | 3.49 |
1850 | 4.85 | 3.49 |
1851 | 4.94 | 3.45 |
1852 | 4.94 | 3.42 |
1853 | 4.78 | 3.38 |
1854 | 4.89 | 3.31 |
1855 | 4.85 | 3.24 |
1856 | 4.94 | 3.4 |
1857 | 4.9 | 3.36 |
1858 | 4.79 | 3.46 |
1859 | 4.97 | 3.61 |
1860 | 4.86 | 3.4 |
1861 | 4.88 | 3.51 |
1862 | 4.92 | 3.46 |
1863 | 4.94 | 3.53 |
1864 | 4.96 | 3.51 |
1865 | 4.94 | 3.53 |
1866 | 4.92 | 3.53 |
1867 | 4.94 | 3.55 |
1868 | 4.97 | 3.49 |
1869 | 4.82 | 3.49 |
1870 | 4.88 | 3.44 |
1871 | 4.85 | 3.08 |
1872 | 4.89 | 3.59 |
1873 | 4.94 | 3.51 |
1874 | 4.93 | 3.53 |
1875 | 4.92 | 3.51 |
1876 | 4.9 | 3.57 |
1877 | 4.89 | 3.49 |
1878 | 4.88 | 3.44 |
1879 | 4.81 | 3.44 |
1880 | 4.75 | 3.36 |
1881 | 4.68 | 3.4 |
1882 | 4.62 | 3.4 |
1883 | 4.55 | 3.38 |
1884 | 4.47 | 3.38 |
1885 | 4.39 | 3.32 |
1886 | 4.32 | 3.26 |
1887 | 4.24 | 3.22 |
1888 | 4.16 | 3.16 |
1889 | 4.11 | 3.12 |
1890 | 4.06 | 2.95 |
1891 | 4 | 3.03 |
1892 | 3.95 | 2.96 |
1893 | 3.9 | 3.02 |
1894 | 3.84 | 2.94 |
1895 | 3.79 | 2.86 |
1896 | 3.73 | 2.98 |
1897 | 3.68 | 2.92 |
1898 | 3.62 | 2.87 |
1899 | 3.58 | 2.88 |
1900 | 3.53 | 2.8 |
1901 | 3.49 | 2.9 |
1902 | 3.44 | 2.85 |
1903 | 3.4 | 2.78 |
1904 | 3.35 | 2.75 |
1905 | 3.3 | 2.71 |
1906 | 3.24 | 2.7 |
1907 | 3.19 | 2.58 |
1908 | 3.14 | 2.64 |
1909 | 3.07 | 2.56 |
1910 | 2.99 | 2.57 |
1911 | 2.92 | 2.46 |
1912 | 2.9 | 2.49 |
1913 | 2.93 | 2.47 |
1914 | 2.88 | 2.34 |
1915 | 2.59 | 1.52 |
1916 | 2.6 | 1.23 |
1917 | 2.1 | 1.34 |
1918 | 2.03 | 1.56 |
1919 | 2.31 | 1.59 |
1920 | 3.08 | 2.69 |
1921 | 2.69 | 2.6 |
1922 | 2.44 | 2.42 |
1923 | 2.38 | 2.41 |
1924 | 2.28 | 2.36 |
1925 | 2.2 | 2.39 |
1926 | 2.15 | 2.37 |
1927 | 2.01 | 2.29 |
1928 | 2.01 | 2.31 |
1929 | 1.95 | 2.24 |
1930 | 1.95 | 2.3 |
1931 | 1.89 | 2.25 |
1932 | 1.83 | 2.23 |
1933 | 1.72 | 2.11 |
1934 | 1.76 | 2.14 |
1935 | 1.75 | 2.07 |
1936 | 1.77 | 2.09 |
1937 | 1.79 | 2.1 |
1938 | 1.84 | 2.13 |
1939 | 1.84 | 2.17 |
1940 | 1.74 | 2 |
1941 | 1.72 | 1.85 |
1942 | 1.93 | 2.04 |
1943 | 2.03 | 2.19 |
1944 | 2.25 | 2.25 |
1945 | 2.05 | 2.31 |
1946 | 2.47 | 3 |
1947 | 2.7 | 3.04 |
1948 | 2.39 | 3.02 |
1949 | 2.26 | 3 |
1950 | 2.08 | 2.83 |
1951 | 2.1 | 2.81 |
1952 | 2.15 | 2.76 |
1953 | 2.2 | 2.72 |
1954 | 2.26 | 2.7 |
1955 | 2.33 | 2.68 |
1956 | 2.4 | 2.69 |
1957 | 2.48 | 2.7 |
1958 | 2.55 | 2.72 |
1959 | 2.63 | 2.74 |
1960 | 2.69 | 2.77 |
1961 | 2.75 | 2.8 |
1962 | 2.79 | 2.81 |
1963 | 2.8 | 2.81 |
1964 | 2.79 | 2.8 |
1965 | 2.76 | 2.77 |
1966 | 2.7 | 2.73 |
1967 | 2.61 | 2.68 |
1968 | 2.52 | 2.62 |
1969 | 2.41 | 2.56 |
1970 | 2.29 | 2.49 |
1971 | 2.18 | 2.41 |
1972 | 2.07 | 2.33 |
1973 | 1.98 | 2.24 |
1974 | 1.89 | 2.15 |
1975 | 1.83 | 2.06 |
1976 | 1.78 | 1.98 |
1977 | 1.74 | 1.92 |
1978 | 1.73 | 1.88 |
1979 | 1.72 | 1.85 |
1980 | 1.73 | 1.84 |
1981 | 1.74 | 1.84 |
1982 | 1.76 | 1.84 |
1983 | 1.78 | 1.85 |
1984 | 1.8 | 1.85 |
1985 | 1.81 | 1.84 |
1986 | 1.82 | 1.83 |
1987 | 1.83 | 1.81 |
1988 | 1.83 | 1.79 |
1989 | 1.82 | 1.77 |
1990 | 1.81 | 1.75 |
1991 | 1.8 | 1.74 |
1992 | 1.79 | 1.72 |
1993 | 1.78 | 1.72 |
1994 | 1.77 | 1.72 |
1995 | 1.76 | 1.72 |
1996 | 1.74 | 1.73 |
1997 | 1.73 | 1.75 |
1998 | 1.71 | 1.77 |
1999 | 1.69 | 1.79 |
2000 | 1.68 | 1.82 |
2001 | 1.67 | 1.84 |
2002 | 1.67 | 1.87 |
2003 | 1.69 | 1.89 |
2004 | 1.72 | 1.92 |
2005 | 1.76 | 1.94 |
2006 | 1.8 | 1.96 |
2007 | 1.84 | 1.97 |
2008 | 1.86 | 1.98 |
2009 | 1.88 | 1.99 |
2010 | 1.89 | 1.99 |
2011 | 1.89 | 1.99 |
2012 | 1.89 | 1.99 |
2013 | 1.88 | 1.98 |
2014 | 1.88 | 1.98 |
2015 | 1.88 | 1.98 |
2016 | 1.87 | 1.98 |
2017 | 1.87 | 1.98 |
2018 | 1.87 | 1.97 |
2019 | 1.87 | 1.97 |
Also curious about the sudden sharp drop in birth rate in the late 1940s in the UK. Seems like the opposite of a baby boom.
Outside of sub-Saharan Africa and a few other countries, fertility rates are low and getting lower.