NATALITY

birthrate, birth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natality

(noun) the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

natality (countable and uncountable, plural natalities)

(demography) The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year.

(philosophy) The human ability to create new ideas, institutions and frameworks out of nothing.

Synonyms

• (ratio of births to population): birthrate

Coordinate terms

• fertility rate

• replacement rate

Source: Wiktionary