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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.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of birthrate1

First recorded in 1855–60; birth + rate 1
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Add to the mix an ageing population and low birthrates and the proportion of retirees grows each year, making it harder for the economy to support them.

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Musk has long obsessed over the idea that low birthrates and a subsequent aging population are "the biggest danger civilization faces by far."

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If these well-worn arguments feel like a waste of pixels, it's because they are based on a false assumption: that "natalism" has anything to do with birthrates.

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Has the 4B movement managed to pull down South Korea’s birthrate?

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The man who murdered 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019 titled his manifesto “The Great Replacement,” and began it by railing about “the birthrates” of white women.

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