Category: Archive
February 16, 2011
By Staff Reporter
The fertility rate is the number of children on average born to a woman.
Year Fertility rate
1980 3.23
1981 3.07
1982 2.96
1983 2.76
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1984 2.59
1985 2.5
1986 2.45
1987 2.31
1988 2.17
1989 2.08
1990 2.12
1991 2.08
1992 2.02
1993 1.93
1994 1.85
1995 1.87
1996 1.91
1997 1.92
This is based on the projected number of children a woman would have been 15 and 49 years based on the birth statistics. A rate of 2.1 is generally considered as the level at which the population would replace itself in the long run, ignoring migration.