fertility rate
The average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if she…The average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if she followed the current average pattern of fertility among a given group of women and survived through her reproductive years; used as an indicator of strength of population growth.
» Algeria has a relatively high fertility rate.
Meaning
1 sensesThe average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if she followed the current average pattern of fertility among a given group of women and survived through her reproductive years; used as an indicator of strength of population growth.
In America the fertility rate of recent immigrants tends to be higher than that of native population.
In most industrialized countries the fertility rate has dropped well below replacement rate.
- the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
Examples
3 sentencesAlgeria has a relatively high fertility rate.
Algeria's fertility rate is declining.
What's Algeria's fertility rate?
Translations
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plural: fertility rates| Singular | fertility rate |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year:birthratebirth ratefertilitynatality