birth rate
noun
variants
or birthrate
: the ratio between births and individuals in a specified population and time
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Indeed, in a country where jobs, pubs, the birth rate, and even immigration are all dwindling, padel is one of the few things that is really booming.
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Mark Rice-Oxley,
Christian Science Monitor,
29 June 2026
And that obituary has been authored in slow motion by the declining birth rate of the last two decades.
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Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
20 June 2026
The city's birth rate peaked in 2005, meaning those babies have already graduated high school.
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Chierstin Roth,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
The Western birth rate, of course, is plummeting too.
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Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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Mark Rice-Oxley,
Christian Science Monitor,
29 June 2026
And that obituary has been authored in slow motion by the declining birth rate of the last two decades.
—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
20 June 2026
The city's birth rate peaked in 2005, meaning those babies have already graduated high school.
—
Chierstin Roth,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
The Western birth rate, of course, is plummeting too.
—
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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“Birth rate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birth%20rate. Accessed 5 Jul. 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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