The total fertility rate (TFR) is the most widely used measurement by healthcare organizations and researchers to better understand and predict population trends. It measures the total number of live ...

Pronatalism – the belief that low birth rates are a problem that must be reversed – is having a moment in the U.S. Demographers generally gauge births in a population with a measure called the total ...

The total fertility rate in the United States – the estimated number of children that the average woman will have in her lifetime, based on present trends – has generally declined over the past two ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation The total fertility rate—the average number of births per woman—in Europe is already at 1.46, which is significantly below ...