France's population has reached a record high of 65 million plus and the birth rate is now the highest since the baby boom. In 2001 there were 61 million people in mainland France and the overseas departments, compared with 54 million in 1981, according to the latest figures from Insee. The birth rate has now passed two babies per woman at 2,01, the highest since the mid-1970s.There was a net increase owing to the changes in birth/death rates of 283,000 last year compared to 75,000 due to immigration/departures.
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