FRANCE IS THE BABY CHAMPION'.

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With 63.4 million inhabitants on 1 January 2007, the population of France continued to rise in 2006 thanks to a record number of births and a fertility rate of two children per woman, the highest in Europe, according to the latest demographic statistics released by the French National Institute for Statistics (INSEE). In spite of the ongoing ageing of the population, France registered a record of 830,900 births (+2.9%), returning to its 1981 level. With an average life expectancy of 76.7 years, the French live almost a year longer than their neighbours. This high birth rate, a trend...

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