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Total fertility rate

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-001946

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 set of age-specific fertility rates.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-001946
FieldEconomic statistics
ReferencesU.S. Census Bureau Glossary
See alsoAge-specific fertility rate; Growth rate
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-001946",
  "term": "Total fertility rate",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "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 set of age-specific fertility rates.",
  "see_also": [
    "Age-specific fertility rate",
    "Growth rate"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/total-fertility-rate/"
}

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