The total fertility rate in an economy is defined as:

1. (a) the number of children born per 1000 people in the population in a year.
2. (b) the number of children born to a couple in their lifetime in a given population.
3. (c) the birth rate minus death rate.
4. (d) the average number of live births a woman would have by the end of her child-bearing age.Correct answer

Answer: (d)