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What is natality?


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Natality:

  1. In population ecology, for a given population, natality is defined as the ratio of the number of births to the size of that population.
  2. Natality is also known as birth rate.
  3. It shows a positive effect on the population density because it results in the addition of number of individuals to a population.

The formula for calculating natality for a growing population:

Natality=NumberofbirthperyearTotalpopulation×100


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