birth rate
noun
variants
or birthrate
: the ratio between births and individuals in a specified population and time
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Japan’s birth rate fell to a record low of 1.20 in 2023, according to figures released Wednesday by Japan’s health ministry.
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Seamus Webster, Fortune, 6 June 2024
In April, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a report saying America’s birth rate last year has hit an all-time low.
—Andre Mouchard, Orange County Register, 2 June 2024
Media reports already make much of the declining birth rate in Germany and neighboring countries.
—Mara Hvistendahl, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2016
Since 2008, the country's birth rate has dropped an alarming 14 percent, leaving small and large villages alike bereft of new blood to support a withering population.
—Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2016
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Seamus Webster, Fortune, 6 June 2024
In April, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a report saying America’s birth rate last year has hit an all-time low.
—Andre Mouchard, Orange County Register, 2 June 2024
Media reports already make much of the declining birth rate in Germany and neighboring countries.
—Mara Hvistendahl, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2016
Since 2008, the country's birth rate has dropped an alarming 14 percent, leaving small and large villages alike bereft of new blood to support a withering population.
—Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2016
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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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