birth rate
noun
variants
or birthrate
: the ratio between births and individuals in a specified population and time
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Efforts by the Kremlin to encourage more births had fallen flat, Sonin said, because women in Russia did not feel safe and secure, with the low birth rate direct evidence of that and effectively dispelling positive images of the country and war promoted by Russia and state-run media.
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Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year, Ukraine’s birth rate is collapsing, with increasing number of people struggling with fertility or putting off the decision to have children.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
The curbing of international migration comes as some economists and population experts have argued that more immigrants will be key to growing the economy in Milwaukee and Wisconsin – especially with a declining birth rate and projections of a shrinking population.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Nothing says happy Valentine’s Day like a collapsing birth rate.
—Kate Andrews, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2026
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Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year, Ukraine’s birth rate is collapsing, with increasing number of people struggling with fertility or putting off the decision to have children.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
The curbing of international migration comes as some economists and population experts have argued that more immigrants will be key to growing the economy in Milwaukee and Wisconsin – especially with a declining birth rate and projections of a shrinking population.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Nothing says happy Valentine’s Day like a collapsing birth rate.
—Kate Andrews, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Birth rate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birth%20rate. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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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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