birthrate en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From birth + rate.
Meanings
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The ratio of total live births to total population for a specific community or nation in a specified period; often expressed in births per thousand per year.
In 2023, the birthrate fell for the eighth consecutive year to 0.72, the lowest in the world, from 1.24 in 2015, raising concerns over the economic shock to society from such a rapid pace.
2025 February 25, Reuters, “South Korea’s birth rate rose for the first time in 9 years. Is the world’s lowest fertility rate on the rebound?”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2025:In higher education a similar transformation is being pulled forward: Colleges were expecting a grim landscape in the later 2020s, because 2010s birthrates were so low, but now a decline in foreign enrollment and an acceleration of online learning will threaten marginal state schools and possibly close small liberal-arts colleges much sooner.
2020 June 27, Ross Douthat, “Waking Up in 2030”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2020:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| birth rate | alternative | lexicographic | |
| birthrates | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (29)
ru рожда́емость (rate of live births to population) · bg раждаемост (rate of live births to population) · th อัตราการเกิด (rate of live births to population) · sv nativitet (rate of live births to population) · id angka kelahiran (rate of live births to population) · ja 出生率 (rate of live births to population) · ka შობადობის კოეფიციენტი (rate of live births to population) · cs porodnost (rate of live births to population) · ka შობადობა (rate of live births to population) · hi जन्मदर (rate of live births to population) · fr taux de natalité (rate of live births to population) · fi syntyvyys (rate of live births to population) · sw kiwango cha uzazi (rate of live births to population) · pl współczynnik urodzeń (rate of live births to population) · ka შობადობის მაჩვენებელი (rate of live births to population) · gl natalidade (rate of live births to population) · es natalidad (rate of live births to population) · ca natalitat (rate of live births to population) · hu születési arányszám (rate of live births to population) · lv dzimstība (rate of live births to population) · cmn 出生率 (rate of live births to population) · el γεννητικότητα (rate of live births to population) · de Geburtenrate (rate of live births to population) · sv födelsetal (rate of live births to population) · uk наро́джуваність (rate of live births to population) · sh rodnost (rate of live births to population) · ka შობადობის დონე (rate of live births to population) · ms kadar kelahiran (rate of live births to population) · pt natalidade (rate of live births to population)