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Fertility rate   /fərtˈɪləti reɪt/   Listen
Fertility rate

noun
1.
The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year.  Synonyms: birth rate, birthrate, fertility, natality.





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... This entry gives a figure for the average number of children that would be born per woman if all women lived to the end of their childbearing years and bore children according to a given fertility rate at each age. The total fertility rate is a more direct measure of the level of fertility than the crude birth rate, since it refers to births per woman. This indicator shows the potential for population growth in the country. High rates will also place ...
— The 1997 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.


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