birth rate
noun
variants
or birthrate
: the ratio between births and individuals in a specified population and time
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The declining birth rate is a complex issue that cannot be attributed to a single causeheavily impacted by shifts in culture, which is often cited as a major reason people are having fewer children.
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
That’s because the birth rate has decreased while the death rate has decreased even more—a combination that can be difficult to model.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2025
Demography is a potential factor: a decline in the birth rate, which began around 2007, is predicted to result in fewer high-school seniors.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
Denmark's city planners wanted to limit the island's population growth at a time when a construction boom attracted many Danish workers and led to a high Inuit birth rate.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
That’s because the birth rate has decreased while the death rate has decreased even more—a combination that can be difficult to model.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2025
Demography is a potential factor: a decline in the birth rate, which began around 2007, is predicted to result in fewer high-school seniors.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
Denmark's city planners wanted to limit the island's population growth at a time when a construction boom attracted many Danish workers and led to a high Inuit birth rate.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Birth rate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birth%20rate. Accessed 31 Oct. 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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