birth rate
noun
variants
or birthrate
: the ratio between births and individuals in a specified population and time
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At the same time, South Korea’s birth rate was dropping and the government was seeking ways to boost the population.
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Gawon Bae, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
Authorities’ efforts to encourage births have so far done little to reverse the demographic shift, with birth rate falling to a record last year.
—Bloomberg News, TIME, 13 Sep. 2024
The findings come as the annual U.S. birth rate has slowed to a record low.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2024
But after a brief uptick in 2016, the national birth rate has continued to fall.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
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Gawon Bae, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
Authorities’ efforts to encourage births have so far done little to reverse the demographic shift, with birth rate falling to a record last year.
—Bloomberg News, TIME, 13 Sep. 2024
The findings come as the annual U.S. birth rate has slowed to a record low.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2024
But after a brief uptick in 2016, the national birth rate has continued to fall.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
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birthrate
noun
birth·rate
-ˌrāt 
: the number of births for every hundred or every thousand persons in a given area or group during a given time
Medical Definition
birth rate
noun
variants
or birthrate
: the ratio between births and individuals in a specified population and time often expressed as number of live births per hundred or per thousand population per year
called also natality
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