birthrate

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birthrate (plural birthrates)

1. 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.
   • 2020 June 27, Ross Douthat, “Waking Up in 2030”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 18 July 2020:

     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.

   • 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^[2], archived from the original on 6 July 2025:

     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.

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