Monthly birthsNaissances mensuelles
Naissances mensuellesMonthly births
This API from INSEE, the French national statistics institute, provides monthly and annual counts of births broken down by department, region, and at the national level. It offers a standardized dataset useful for demographic monitoring and analysis across different administrative and geographic scales in France, allowing comparison of birth trends over time and between territories.Nombre de naissances mensuel et annuel au niveau départemental, régional et national.
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Data schema (5 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GEOTerritory | string | Geographic code identifying the area and year, e.g. department or region.Geographic code identifying the area and year, e.g. department or region. |
| EC_MEASUREEc measure | string | Code indicating the type of birth measure, e.g. monthly or cumulative.Code indicating the type of birth measure, e.g. monthly or cumulative. |
| FREQFrequency | string | Frequency of the observation, annual or monthly.Frequency of the observation, annual or monthly. |
| TIME_PERIODPeriod | string | Period covered by the observation, year or year-month.Period covered by the observation, year or year-month. |
| OBS_VALUE_NIVEAUValue | number | Number of births recorded for the given area and period.Number of births recorded for the given area and period. |
Schema captured from melodi 7 days ago.
Query the data
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Sample data (5 records)
| GEO | EC_MEASURE | FREQ | TIME_PERIOD | OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-DEP-02 | LVB | M | 2026-01 | 400 |
| 2025-DEP-86 | LVB | M | 2026-02 | 256 |
| 2025-DEP-973 | LVB | M | 2026-02 | 488 |
| 2025-REG-53 | LVB | M | 2026-02 | 2103 |
| 2025-DEP-69 | LVB | M | 2026-01 | 1753 |
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Using the API
Configuration
- Base URL
- https://api.insee.fr/melodi/data/DS_EC_NAIS
Query examples
curl -s 'https://api.insee.fr/melodi/data/DS_EC_NAIS?maxResult=20' -H 'Accept: application/json'First 20 observations (dimensions + measures) as JSON.
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