B. The average number of children that would be born to a woman over her reproductive lifetime, given current age-specific fertility rates
12.
The fertility rate at which a population would, in the long run, exactly replace itself from one generation to the next without growing or shrinking (in the absence of migration) is known as:
A.
The crude birth rate, defined as exactly 10 children per woman
B.
The doubling time, defined as exactly 5 children per woman
C.
Zero population growth, defined as exactly 1 child per woman
D.
Replacement level fertility, generally estimated at around 2.1 children per woman
