birth rate
noun
variants
or birthrate
: the ratio between births and individuals in a specified population and time
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Some couples try to ensure their children are born in the Year of the Dragon, a symbol of prosperity and vigor, often resulting in a bump in the country’s birth rate.
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Chris Lau, CNN, 16 Feb. 2024
As an island nation with relatively few foreign residents, Japan's population has been shrinking and aging for years, while Germany’s has grown to nearly 85 million, as immigration helped to make up for a low birth rate.
—Yuri Kageyama, Quartz, 15 Feb. 2024
Japan's public health insurance started covering some fertility treatments two years ago as the nation grapples with a low birth rate.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
Like its East Asian neighbors — including China, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea — the island has a stubbornly low birth rate.
—Diksha Madhok, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
South Korean officials are considering more than just matchmaking events to bolster the country’s rapidly-declining birth rate.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 16 Feb. 2024
Some women CEOs in China are offering free transportation, egg freezing, and education stipends to retain female employees and raise the country’s slumping birth rate.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
The country’s birth rate also hit a record low, at 6.39 births per 1,000 women.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune Asia, 27 Mar. 2024
Putin is preoccupied with raising the birth rate at any cost, but there are few signs this can be changed.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2024
Chris Lau, CNN, 16 Feb. 2024
As an island nation with relatively few foreign residents, Japan's population has been shrinking and aging for years, while Germany’s has grown to nearly 85 million, as immigration helped to make up for a low birth rate.
—Yuri Kageyama, Quartz, 15 Feb. 2024
Japan's public health insurance started covering some fertility treatments two years ago as the nation grapples with a low birth rate.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
Like its East Asian neighbors — including China, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea — the island has a stubbornly low birth rate.
—Diksha Madhok, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
South Korean officials are considering more than just matchmaking events to bolster the country’s rapidly-declining birth rate.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 16 Feb. 2024
Some women CEOs in China are offering free transportation, egg freezing, and education stipends to retain female employees and raise the country’s slumping birth rate.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
The country’s birth rate also hit a record low, at 6.39 births per 1,000 women.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune Asia, 27 Mar. 2024
Putin is preoccupied with raising the birth rate at any cost, but there are few signs this can be changed.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2024
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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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