birthrate

American  

[burth-reyt] / ˈbɜrθˌreɪt /

noun

1. the proportion of births to the total population in a place in a given time, usually expressed as a quantity per 1000 of population.

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Etymology

Origin of birthrate

First recorded in 1855–60; birth + rate ¹

Example Sentences

In the Middle East and the wider world, Israel stands out for its healthy birthrate.

From The Wall Street Journal

In keeping with Bethany Mandel’s concerns about what Americans lose when our birthrates collapse, he responded: “It’s not like that in my village. Everyone helps.”

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Economic charts can tell us birthrates are collapsing, but they can’t tell us what that actually feels like.

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In Japan and Hungary, for example, policies like expanded paid family leave and monthly per-child allowances led to only modest increases in the birthrate.

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The present trend—longer lives and lower birthrates—will make Ford’s labor-force problem seem quaint as we move through the next two to three decades.

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