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<p>Fertility is the ability of two cells, the egg and the sperm, to unite in order to conceive a biological child. The aim of this study is to analyse how the fertility rate has evolved demographically since the communist period and until now in Romania. In order to carry out this study, we analysed the data provided by Macrotrends regarding the fertility rate in Romania from the last 71 years (more precisely 1950-2021). The results of the study indicate that, in 1950 Romania had an average fertility rate of 3.25 children per woman. It gradually declined until 1965. In 1967, the number of births doubled to almost half a million new-borns in just 1 year. Such a rate has never been reached, the fertility rate being in a continuous decline until now.</p>
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Fertility is the ability of two cells, the egg and the sperm, to unite in order to conceive a biological child. The aim of this study is to analyse how the fertility rate has evolved demographically since the communist period and until now in Romania. In order to carry out this study, we analysed the data provided by Macrotrends regarding the fertility rate in Romania from the last 71 years (more precisely 1950-2021). The results of the study indicate that, in 1950 Romania had an average fertility rate of 3.25 children per woman. It gradually declined until 1965. In 1967, the number of births doubled to almost half a million new-borns in just 1 year. Such a rate has never been reached, the fertility rate being in a continuous decline until now.

Analysis of the Demographic Phenomenon of Fertility in Romania from 1950-2021

PhD Candidate, “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu

Acta Medica Transilvanica

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Fertility is the ability of two cells, the egg and the sperm, to unite in order to conceive a biological child. The aim of this study is to analyse how the...

Analysis of the Demographic Phenomenon of Fertility in Romania from 1950-2021

Published Online: Jan 24, 2022

Page range: 3 - 6

Received: Aug 03, 2021

Accepted: Nov 26, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amtsb-2021-0059

Keywords
fertility, fertility in Romania, fertility evolution, fertility rate, births

© 2021 Alina Laura Cârstea et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Analysis of the Demographic Phenomenon of Fertility in Romania from 1950-2021

Published Online: Jan 24, 2022

Page range: 3 - 6

Received: Aug 03, 2021

Accepted: Nov 26, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amtsb-2021-0059

Keywordsfertility, fertility in Romania, fertility evolution, fertility rate, births

© 2021 Alina Laura Cârstea et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
fertility, fertility in Romania, fertility evolution, fertility rate, births