Generation Time Calculator

Calculate mean generation time and related demographic parameters from age-specific survival and fecundity data.

Life Table Data

Generation Time: T = Σ(x·lx·mx) / Σ(lx·mx)
Net Reproductive Rate: R₀ = Σ(lx·mx)
Intrinsic Rate: r ≈ ln(R₀) / T

Mean Generation Time (T)

2.855

time units

Net Reproductive Rate
3.450
Intrinsic Rate (r)
0.4527
Cohort Gen. Time
2.736
Doubling Time
1.53

Demographic Analysis

Life Expectancy (e₀)3.05
Mean Repro. Age2.855
SD of Repro. Age0.747
Population TrendGrowing