View source for 34. Demographic indicators: measures of birth and fertility

* Crude birth rate – annual number of live births per 1000 people
** 18 live births per 1000 people (2017)
* Fertility rate – annual number of live births per woman of childbearing age (15 – 49)
** Around 5 live births per woman in Africa
** Around 1,5 live births per woman in Europe
* Age-specific fertility rates – annual number of live births per 1000 women in particular age groups
** 15 – 19
** 20 – 24
** etc.
* Natural balance = difference between births and deaths per 1000 people
** In some European countries the natural balance is negative = natural decrease
*** -3,0 in Greece
*** -4,0 in Hungary
** In most countries the natural balance is positive = natural increase
*** 4,1 in Norway
* Gross reproduction rate – annual number of daughters per 1000 women of childbearing age
* Net reproduction rate – annual number of daughters per 1000 newborn women
** The net reproduction rate is always lower than the gross reproduction rate, because some women die before entering their childbearing years

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