birth rate
noun
variants
or birthrate
: the ratio between births and individuals in a specified population and time
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Governments all over the world are trying to reverse the birth rate decline, with almost every country on the planet facing the challenges that may come with fewer babies being born.
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
For instance, said Guo, the falling birth rate means Japan has a shrinking workforce, with fewer young people available to fill the gaps left by aging workers – who in turn are forced to keep toiling instead of retiring.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
The West may think of his nation in terms of space-age technology and zeitgeist-defining cultural phenomena like KPop Demon Hunters, though in truth South Korea battles the lowest birth rate, top suicide rate, and highest youth unemployment of any developed nation.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
However, more than a year later, people still face high uncertainty about the economy and a stubbornly persistent birth rate that doesn’t bode well for the future.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
For instance, said Guo, the falling birth rate means Japan has a shrinking workforce, with fewer young people available to fill the gaps left by aging workers – who in turn are forced to keep toiling instead of retiring.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
The West may think of his nation in terms of space-age technology and zeitgeist-defining cultural phenomena like KPop Demon Hunters, though in truth South Korea battles the lowest birth rate, top suicide rate, and highest youth unemployment of any developed nation.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
However, more than a year later, people still face high uncertainty about the economy and a stubbornly persistent birth rate that doesn’t bode well for the future.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for birth rate
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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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