birth rate

British  

noun

1. the ratio of live births in a specified area, group, etc, to the population of that area, etc, usually expressed per 1000 population per year

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birth rate Scientific  

1. The ratio of total live births to total population in a specified community or area over a specified period of time. The birth rate is often expressed as the number of live births per 1,000 of the population per year.

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Example Sentences

What everyone agrees on is rural communities need more young families amid falling birth rates and an ageing population.

From BBC

South Korea has recorded its biggest annual birth rate bump in 15 years, official figures showed Wednesday, but still far below the threshold needed to stop its population shrinking.

From Barron's

Sales of traditional children’s toys are expected to be flat or slightly down this year, reflecting pressures from declining birth rates and competition from digital entertainment, industry executives said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The bad news is that the birth rate is not high enough to offset an acute population decline, and Japan is not very open to immigration.

From MarketWatch

"I'm calling for a family policy overhaul," the lead author of a parliamentary report on the cause of dwindling birth rates, Jeremie Patrier-Leitus, told AFP.

From Barron's