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Fertility vs Natality - What's the difference?

fertility | natality |

As nouns the difference between fertility and natality

is that fertility is the condition, or the degree, of being fertile while natality is the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year.

fertility

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.
    • Muckspreading increases the fertility of the soil.
  • (countable) The birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year.
  • The average number of births per woman within a population.

    • Synonyms

    * fecundity, fertileness

    Antonyms

    * infertility

    Derived terms

    * oncofertility

    External links

    * (wikipedia)

    natality

    English

    Noun

    (natalities)
  • (demography) The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year.
  • (philosophy) The human ability to create new ideas, institutions and frameworks out of nothing.

    • Synonyms

    * birthrate

    Coordinate terms

    * fertility rate * replacement rate