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Fertility Rate

Demographic

The average number of children born to a woman over her lifetime. A rate of 2.1 is considered the replacement level needed to maintain population without migration.

Example: Niger has the highest fertility rate at over 7 children per woman.

Related field: Total fertility rate

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