But against this shared background, France exhibits some important distinctive features. First, demography: for the last 50 years France has had much higher fertility rates than the rest of Europe – 1.9 children per woman, compared to the European average of 1.6 and the German or Spanish rates of 1.3.
但在上面所说的大的背景下，法国又具备某些与众不同的重要特征。首先是人口统计领域：过去50年来，法国的人口出生率远远高于其它欧洲国家¾女性的平均生育数字达到19，而欧洲国家平均为1.6，德国或西班牙则只有1.3。