Laura Laplaud
France had 68.4 million inhabitants in 2023 reveals INSEE and for the first time, life expectancy at birth for men reached 80 years. That of women also continues to increase to reach 85.7 years.
More people, fewer babies and increasing life expectancy. In its demographic report for the year 2023, INSEE indicates that life expectancy continues to increase and that it even exceeds 80 years for men for the first time.
Male life expectancy reaches 80 years for the first time
For the year 2023, life expectancy at birth stands at 85.7 years for women, an increase of 0.6 years, and 80 years for men, an increase of 0.7 years. a first. INSEE specifies that life expectancy has increased more slowly for women than for men since the mid-1990s, thus reducing the gap between the two sexes.
21.5% of residents are over 65 years old
As a result, the aging of the population is accelerating. As of January 1, 2024, 21.5% of residents were 65 years old or over while those under 15 represented 17% of the population. A proportion that has been increasing for over 30 years, points out INSEE, seeing the baby boom generations reaching these ages. THE People aged at least 75 represent one in ten people (10.4%) and their number is increasing.
As of January 1, 2024, France had 68.4 million inhabitants, or 0.3% more than last year. An increase limited by a marked drop in the birth rate: 678,000 babies were born last year, or 6.6% less than the previous year, the low number of births in one year since the end of the Second World War.