birth rate
noun
variants
or birthrate
: the ratio between births and individuals in a specified population and time
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The year 2024 saw births stood at 9.54 million, a birth rate increase of 6.77 births per 1,000 people compared to 6.39 per 1,000 people in 2023.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
However, the data also showed China’s birth rate — among the lowest in the world — ticked up slightly from the previous year to 6.77 per 1,000 people.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune Asia, 17 Jan. 2025
According to the United Nations' world population data, the average global birth rate is 16.52 births per 1,000 people.
—Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
Now, owing to the combination of widespread emigration, a plummeting birth rate, and civilian and military casualties during three years of war, Ukraine’s population has declined to 35 million, the United Nations reported late last year.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Jan. 2025
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
However, the data also showed China’s birth rate — among the lowest in the world — ticked up slightly from the previous year to 6.77 per 1,000 people.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune Asia, 17 Jan. 2025
According to the United Nations' world population data, the average global birth rate is 16.52 births per 1,000 people.
—Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
Now, owing to the combination of widespread emigration, a plummeting birth rate, and civilian and military casualties during three years of war, Ukraine’s population has declined to 35 million, the United Nations reported late last year.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Jan. 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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