Definitions for "Total fertility rate"
Keywords:  alive, lifetime, tfr, fertility, born
The average number of children who would be born alive to a woman (or group of women) during her lifetime if she were to pass through her childbearing years conforming to the age-specific fertility rates of a given year. It can thought of as the average number of lifetime births per woman.
Estimate of the average number of children who will be born alive to a woman during her lifetime if she passes through all her childbearing years (ages 15-44) conforming to age-specific fertility rates of a given year. In simpler terms, it is an estimate of the average number of children a woman will have during her childbearing years.
The number of children that would be born per woman if she were to live to the end of her child bearing years and bear children at each age in accordance with prevailing age-specific fertility rates.