Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

If you mean: some weird tribe that has a population of 10 grown up women and one grown up men then yes, any TFR > 1.1 would mean population growth.

But in normal circumstances you assume that there is an equal number of men and women in population. Or, to be more precise, you assume 105:100 men:women ratio, because that's what statistics show in most countries. That's why you need TFR slighly higher than 2 to have constant population size.



Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: