Baby Roxanna (Credit: Yazdani) France has crossed a demographic threshold that would have been completely unthinkable just a generation ago. For the first time since the end of the Second World War, the country recorded more deaths than births—a historic break from its postwar trajectory and a definitive sign of the ongoing, and much-ignored, demographic collapse across Europe and the West. According to official figures from the national statistics agency INSEE, France recorded roughly 645,000 births in 2025 while deaths climbed to about 651,000. The negative natural population balance reveals a quiet but profound turning point for a country long accustomed to demographic stability. The scale of the decline is striking when placed in a broader historical context. Births have declined precipitously, more than 24…
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