中英對照讀新聞》French Birthrate Falls To Post-war Low 法國出生率降至二戰後新低
◎陳成良
Births in France fell last year to their lowest annual number since the end of World War II in 1945, the national statistics bureau said on Tuesday.
法國國家統計局(INSEE)週二表示,去年法國出生人數降至1945年第二次世界大戰結束以來的年度最低值。
In 2024, 663,000 babies were born in France, INSEE said, a drop of 2.2 percent from the previous year. The total fertility rate stood at 1.59 children per woman in metropolitan France, its lowest level for more than a century.
INSEE指出,2024年法國的新生兒數量為66.3萬人,比前一年下降2.2%。法國本土的總生育率降至每名婦女生育1.59名孩子,創下逾百年來的新低。
INSEE said 646,000 people died in France in 2024, an increase of 1.1 percent from the previous year, because of baby boomers reaching old age. France had a population of 68.6 million as of January 1, 2025, an increase of 0.25 percent over one year.
INSEE表示,2024年法國共有64.6萬人死亡,比前一年增加1.1%,主要原因是嬰兒潮世代步入高齡。截至2025年1月1日,法國人口達到6860萬人,較前一年成長0.25%。
新聞辭典
fertility:名詞,生育力,指女性、男性或一個群體的生育能力。例句:The fertility rate in many developed countries has been declining for decades.(許多已開發國家的生育率已持續下降數十年。)
metropolitan:形容詞,本土的,指一個國家的本土部分,而非其海外領地。例句:The law applies only to metropolitan France, not its overseas territories.(該法律僅適用於法國本土,不包括其海外領地。)