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What is fertility rate?

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average number of children a population of women have in their lifetimes.

The total fertility rate (TFR, sometimes also called the fertility rate, period total fertility rate (PTFR) or total period fertility rate (TPFR)) of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if (1) she were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) through her lifetime, and (2) she were to survive from birth through the end of her reproductive life. It is obtained by summing the single-year age-specific rates at a given time.

The total fertility rate (TFR, sometimes also called the fertility rate, period total fertility rate (PTFR) or total period fertility rate (TPFR)) of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if (1) she were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) through her lifetime, and (2) she were to survive from birth through the end of her reproductive life. It is obtained by summing the single-year age-specific rates at a given time.

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The Fertility rate is the rate of birth's to death's of a group, country or whatever is being calculated.

You see some countries, like China, N. Korea, Cuba, the former Soviet Union used these figures to decide if they needed to restrict birth's. Example of this is China which allows 'one' child born per family, all others need to be killed or hidden from the government.

While other countries use it to decide on future money needs for schools, social security, hospitals, roads excreta.

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