birthrate

[ burth-reyt ]

noun
  1. the proportion of births to the total population in a place in a given time, usually expressed as a quantity per 1000 of population.

Origin of birthrate

1
First recorded in1855–60; birth + rate1

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How to use birthrate in a sentence

  • A declining birth rate may be redeemed by a declining death rate and the superior progeny of mature marriage.

    The Women of Tomorrow | William Hard
  • As things are now, with our vanishing birth rate, we can't afford to lose people in a war.

    The Double Spy | Dan T. Moore
  • But the perseverance of the white man and the declining birth-rate of the Indian tribes began to create a new situation.

  • Now the old problem of half-life is taking its toll, and we cant even hope to keep up with the birth rate any more.

    They Also Serve | Donald E. Westlake
  • And it said that we New Englanders have the smallest birth rate in the civilized world except France, which is the same as ours.

    Still Jim | Honor Willsie Morrow

British Dictionary definitions for birth rate

birth rate

noun
  1. the ratio of live births in a specified area, group, etc, to the population of that area, etc, usually expressed per 1000 population per year

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Scientific definitions for birth rate

birth rate

  1. The ratio of total live births to total population in a specified community or area over a specified period of time. The birth rate is often expressed as the number of live births per 1,000 of the population per year.

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