birth rate
noun
variants
or birthrate
: the ratio between births and individuals in a specified population and time
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China's ongoing efforts to raise its birth rate have seemingly contributed to a surge in New Zealand's top-performing stock.
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
The demographic crisis has become one of Japan’s most pressing issues, with its birth rate continually declining despite government efforts to encourage young people to get married and start families.
—Kathleen Magramo and Junko Ogura, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
The birth rate of women 35-39 also went up 1 percent during that time, and the birth rate of women 40-44 increased by 2 percent.
—Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2025
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
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
The demographic crisis has become one of Japan’s most pressing issues, with its birth rate continually declining despite government efforts to encourage young people to get married and start families.
—Kathleen Magramo and Junko Ogura, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
The birth rate of women 35-39 also went up 1 percent during that time, and the birth rate of women 40-44 increased by 2 percent.
—Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2025
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
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“Birth rate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birth%20rate. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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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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