##  [Fertility Rate](/fertility-rate) 

  ##  [Fertility Rate](https://social.quantumdictionary.io/fertility-rate-0) 

  

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Definition

A demographic indicator that expresses the average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have over their reproductive lifetimes if they were subject, at each age, to the period’s observed age‑specific fertility rates; usually reported as a number of children per woman and calculated for a specified population and time period.