Editing History of France (section)

=== Population trends ===
{{Main|Demographics of France}}
The population held steady from 40.7 million in 1911, to 41.5 million in 1936. The sense that the population was too small, especially in regard to the rapid growth of more powerful Germany, was a common theme in the early twentieth century.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Spengler |first=Joseph J. |title=France Faces Depopulation |date=1938}}</ref> Natalist policies were proposed in the 1930s, and implemented in the 1940s.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Huss |first=Marie-Monique |date=1990 |title=Pronatalism in the inter-war period in France |journal=[[Journal of Contemporary History]] |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=39–68 |doi=10.1177/002200949002500102 |jstor=260720 |s2cid=162316833}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=King |first=Leslie |date=1998 |title='France needs children' |journal=[[Sociological Quarterly]] |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=33–52 |doi=10.1111/j.1533-8525.1998.tb02348.x}}</ref>

France experienced a [[baby boom]] after 1945; it reversed a long-term record of low birth rates.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dyer |first=Colin L. |title=Population and Society in 20th Century France |date=1978 |publisher=Holmes & Meier Publishers |isbn=978-0-8419-0308-1}}</ref> In addition, there was steady immigration, especially from former French colonies in North Africa. The population grew from 41 million in 1946, to 50 million in 1966, and 60 million by 1990. The farming population declined sharply, from 35% of the workforce in 1945 to under 5% by 2000. By 2004, France had the second highest birthrate in Europe.{{Sfnp|Jones|2004|p=438}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Pison |first=Gilles |date=March 2006 |title=La population de la France en 2005 |url=http://perso.univ-rennes1.fr/jean-luc.richard/telechargement_fichier_fr_publi_pdf1_pop_et_soc_francais_421.pdf |journal=Population et Sociétés |language=fr |issue=421 |pages=1–4 |doi=10.3917/popsoc.421.0001 |s2cid=158055002}}</ref>