natality

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year.
2. (countable, uncountable) The human ability to create new ideas, institutions and frameworks out of nothing.

Synonyms

birth rate

birthrate

fertility rate

fertility

birth-rate

ráta breithe

Translations

natalidad

natalità

natalité

natalitat

Natalität

taux de natalité

γεννητικότητα

doğum oranı

Geburtenrate

Fruchtbarkeitsziffer

Fruchtbarkeitsrate

Geburtsrate

Geburtenzahl

gennētikótēta

Fertilitätsrate

Etymology

From natal + -ity, perhaps after mortality. Compare French natalité (“birthrate”) and Middle English natalyte (“birth”). Philosophical usage introduced by Hannah Arendt.