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    fertility rate

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    n.NounThe average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if she were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates through her lifetime, and survive from birth through the end of her reproductive life.
    The country's fertility rate is below the replacement level.

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    What India’s Population Surpassing China’s Means for Global Economies | WSJ

    05:34What India’s Population Surpassing China’s Means for Global Economies | WSJ
    • In 2020, China's fertility rate⏤or the number of children a woman has over her lifetime⏤came in at 1.3, which is one of the lowest in the world.

      In 2020, China's fertility rate⏤or the number of children a woman has over her lifetime⏤came in at 1.3, which is one of the lowest in the world.

    • Despite reversing the one-child policy in 2016, China's fertility rate has continued to decline.

      Despite reversing the one-child policy in 2016, China's fertility rate has continued to decline.

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    Problem-solution presentation: full version

    13:07Problem-solution presentation: full version
    • As a result, there has been a rapid drop in the fertility rate.

      As a result, there has been a rapid drop in the fertility rate.

    • the fertility rate. The shape of (the) population pyramid has changed.

      the fertility rate. The shape of (the) population pyramid has changed.

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    Why Spain’s Economy Is Booming

    10:02Why Spain’s Economy Is Booming
    • That has an impact on the fertility rate in the country.

      That has an impact on the fertility rate in the country.

    • That has an impact on the fertility rate in the country.

      That has an impact on the fertility rate in the country.

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    Everyone is freaking out about this graph

    09:39Everyone is freaking out about this graph
    • But now the fertility rate is plummeting so much in specifically wealthy nations that the UN thinks that we'll peak at 10.9 billion around the year 2100, and then the population size on Earth is going to slowly start to decrease or stabilize.

      But now the fertility rate is plummeting so much in specifically wealthy nations that the UN thinks that we'll peak at 10.9 billion around the year 2100, and then the population size on Earth is going to slowly start to decrease or stabilize.

    • They make these predictions by using the statistical idea of fertility rate.

      They make these predictions by using the statistical idea of fertility rate.

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    SOUTH KOREA IS OVER

    14:47SOUTH KOREA IS OVER
    • To have a stable population you need a fertility rate of about 2.1 children per woman.

      To have a stable population you need a fertility rate of about 2.1 children per woman.

    • To have a stable population, you need a fertility rate of about 2.1 children per woman.

      To have a stable population, you need a fertility rate of about 2.1 children per woman.

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    Why The U.S. Government Can’t Convince Americans To Have Kids

    11:38Why The U.S. Government Can’t Convince Americans To Have Kids
    • And so that has driven our overall fertility rate lower, although we all are seeing increases in births to women in their 30s and even in their 40s.

      And so that has driven our overall fertility rate lower, although we all are seeing increases in births to women in their 30s and even in their 40s.

    • And so that has driven our overall fertility rate lower, although we all are seeing increases in births to women in their 30s and even in their 40s.

      And so that has driven our overall fertility rate lower, although we all are seeing increases in births to women in their 30s and even in their 40s.

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    Joel Cohen: An Introduction to Demography (Malthus Miffed: Are People the Problem?)

    43:22Joel Cohen: An Introduction to Demography (Malthus Miffed: Are People the Problem?)
    • has happened.  And it’s important.  But you remember that the total fertility rate,

      has happened.  And it’s important.  But you remember that the total fertility rate,

    • The horizontal axis is total fertility rate, children per woman per lifetime.

      The horizontal axis is total fertility rate, children per woman per lifetime.

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    nOboDy wAnTs tO HaVe kIdS AnyMore

    11:18nOboDy wAnTs tO HaVe kIdS AnyMore
    • In fact, the fertility rate back here was actually worse than it looks.

      In fact, the fertility rate back here was actually worse than it looks.

    • The fertility rate, normally expressed in the number of births per woman, and also the replacement rate.

      The fertility rate, normally expressed in the number of births per woman, and also the replacement rate.

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    Are you ever too old to have a baby? - The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service

    17:54Are you ever too old to have a baby? - The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service
    • and they've had almost no effect on the demographics there and on the fertility rate.

      and they've had almost no effect on the demographics there and on the fertility rate.

    • And they've had almost no effect on the demographics there and on the fertility rate.

      And they've had almost no effect on the demographics there and on the fertility rate.

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    Why China Ended its One-Child Policy

    11:35Why China Ended its One-Child Policy
    • but China's total fertility rate, the average number of children a woman will have in her lifetime, has fallen all the way to 1.6, well below the 2.1 needed to maintain its size.

      but China's total fertility rate, the average number of children a woman will have in her lifetime, has fallen all the way to 1.6, well below the 2.1 needed to maintain its size.

    • but China's total Fertility Rate, the average number of children a woman will have in her lifetime, has fallen all the way to 1.6, well below the 2.1 needed to maintain its size.

      but China's total Fertility Rate, the average number of children a woman will have in her lifetime, has fallen all the way to 1.6, well below the 2.1 needed to maintain its size.

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