fertility rate en · NOUN
Meanings
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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.
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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fertility rates | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
natality · birthrate · replacement rate
Translations (10)
ms nisbah kesuburan (indicator of population growth) · id angka fertilitas (indicator of population growth) · fr taux de fécondité (indicator of population growth) · sq shkallë e pjellorisë (indicator of population growth) · cmn 生育率 (indicator of population growth) · pl dzietność (indicator of population growth) · hi प्रजनन दर (indicator of population growth) · sh plodnost (indicator of population growth) · mk стапка на плодност (indicator of population growth) · fi hedelmällisyysluku (indicator of population growth)