birth rate

noun

variants or birthrate

ˈbərth-ˌrāt 

: the ratio between births and individuals in a specified population and time

Examples of birth rate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The government offers generous tax breaks to families with more than two children, a policy aimed at increasing the Hungarian birth rate, and this would be Kiss’s third. —Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025

Could financial incentives increase the birth rate? —Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2025

Policy experts and advocates of boosting the birth rate have been meeting with White House aides to present proposals on how to increase the U.S. birth rate, The New York Times reported this week. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025

The View cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin's assessment of former boss Donald Trump's potential plan to raise the American birth rate elicited an audible gasp from the talk show's live studio audience. —EW.com, 23 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for birth rate

• abate
• airfreight
• await
• baseplate
• berate
• birthdate
• birthrate
• bookplate
• borate
• breastplate
• bromate
• casemate

Kids Definition

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

ˈbər-ˌthrāt 

: 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