Noun
the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
Source: WordNetThe fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt decadence gnawing at them when their birth rate fell off. Benito Mussolini
It is simply a fact that the birth rate of our illegal immigrants exceeds that of our legal residents. John Linder
The last consequence of a dying Christianity is a dying people. Not one post-Christian nation has a birth rate sufficient to keep it alive.... The death of European Christianity means the disappearance of the European tribe, a prospect visible in the demographic statistics of every Western nation. Pat Buchanan
According to Chinese government statistics, the crude birth rate followed five distinct patterns from 1949 to 1982. Source: Internet
Although the birth rate has been steady since 1994, the net reproduction rate is only approximately 70%. Source: Internet
Although family planning and birth control was introduced in the 1960s, the lowered birth rate was more than offset by increased migration from the provinces as economic expansion accelerated. Source: Internet