Demographics of Europe

[Crawford]

New Brisavoine, I have a question about French birthrates.

Obviously everyone knows that the French have surprisingly high birthrates for a rich, secular country, and many attribute it to cultural factors and generous social programs. For whatever reason, France, unlike, say Germany, has been able to maintain high birthrates. Germany now has very generous programs for new mothers but there are still cultural factors at play that make it more difficult for some families.

But here's my question- are the high birthrates reflected in the entire French population? In other words, do "native", non-immigrant stock French also have high birthrates? Or is it mostly immigrants, and their descendants? Obviously when you say "born in Metropolitan France" it could be a second or third-generation family with roots in the Maghreb or something, and France doesn't classify people by race/ethnicity, so would this data even be available?