fertility

About 11.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.

   Muckspreading increases the fertility of the soil.

2. noun The birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year.
3. noun The average number of births per woman within a population.

Similar words

fecundity prolificacy fertility rate birthrate birth rate richness fertilization reproductive reproduction fertilisation

Often followed by

of and in rates rate is decline control to

Word family

fertilities