natality
noun
natality is a noun meaning “The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled N-A-T-A-L-I-T-Y, and it appears about once in every 54 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of natality is natalities.
What does natality mean?
noun
- 1
The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year.
- 2
The human ability to create new ideas, institutions and frameworks out of nothing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of natality
- natalities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is natality?
Natality appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does natality come from?
From natal + -ity, perhaps after mortality. Compare French natalité (“birthrate”) and Middle English natalyte (“birth”). Philosophical usage introduced by Hannah Arendt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).