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A new method to calculate the Total Fertility Rate from the number of birth

The standard methods to calculate the Total Fertility Rate require the reliable age-specific fertility rate including birth data and the related age-specific women's population data. Historically, the number of births was often not counted according to the age of the mother, so it is difficult to estimate the historical total fertility rate with the standard methods. Many empirical methods have been proposed, but their application is limited to specific period and place. This paper deduces a new method for calculating the total fertility rate from the number of birth and the population of women at childbearing age, can be applied to most of cases. The relative error is usually less than 5%. It is easier to calculate TFR, and may be applied to obtain more TFRs for the history.

preprint2020arXivOpen access

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