Online dictionaryOnline dictionary
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




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.





WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |
Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar




"Fertility rate" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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 ...
— The 1998 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.


Words linked to "Fertility rate" :   birth rate, rate, fertility, natality


Copyright © 2024 Dictionary One.com