Meanings
plural fertility rates
- 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 most industrialized countries the fertility rate has dropped well below replacement rate.
1 more example
In America the fertility rate of recent immigrants tends to be higher than that of native population.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 生育率
- 生育率 (shēngyùlǜ)indicator of population growth
Finnish hedelmällisyysluku
- hedelmällisyyslukuindicator of population growth
French taux de fécondité
- taux de féconditéindicator of population growth
Hindi प्रजनन दर
- प्रजनन दर (prajnan dar)indicator of population growth
Indonesian angka fertilitas
- angka fertilitasindicator of population growth
Malay nisbah kesuburan
- nisbah kesuburanindicator of population growth
Polish dzietność
- dzietnośćindicator of population growth
Cite this entry
fertility rate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fertility%20rate
“fertility rate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fertility%20rate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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