Europe’s fertility crisis: Which countries are having the most and fewest babies?
28SEP2024
https://www.euronews.com/health/2024/09/28/europes-fertility-crisis-which-european-country-is-having-the-fewest-babies
In the article they say Romania has a fertility rate of 1.71, but other EU nations have much lower numbers.
Natality rate and birth rate are the same thing. Birth rate is important measure in the context of comparing countries births.
Birth rate refers to the number of live births per 1,000 individuals in a population over a specific period, usually a year. It is calculated by dividing the number of live births during the period by the total population and multiplying by 1,000. Birth rate is often expressed as a rate per 1,000 individuals.
Fertility rate, on the other hand, measures the average number of children born to a woman over her lifetime. It is calculated by summing up the age-specific fertility rates for all ages and multiplying by the length of the reproductive period. Fertility rate is usually expressed as the number of children per woman.