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birthrate

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: natality

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: birth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natality

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rate

History

Etymology

From birth + rate.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: раждаемост (raždaemost) — rate of live births to population
  • Catalan: natalitat — rate of live births to population
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出生率 (chūshēnglǜ) — rate of live births to population
  • Czech: porodnost — rate of live births to population
  • Finnish: syntyvyys — rate of live births to population
  • French: taux de natalité — rate of live births to population
  • Galician: natalidade — rate of live births to population
  • Georgian: შობადობა (šobadoba) — rate of live births to population
  • Georgian: შობადობის დონე (šobadobis done) — rate of live births to population
  • Georgian: შობადობის კოეფიციენტი (šobadobis ḳoepicienṭi) — rate of live births to population
  • Georgian: შობადობის მაჩვენებელი (šobadobis mačvenebeli) — rate of live births to population
  • German: Geburtenrate — rate of live births to population
  • Hindi: जन्मदर (janmadar) — rate of live births to population
  • Hungarian: születési arányszám — rate of live births to population
  • Indonesian: angka kelahiran — rate of live births to population
  • Japanese: 出生率 (shusshōritsu) — rate of live births to population
  • Latvian: dzimstība — rate of live births to population
  • Malay: kadar kelahiran — rate of live births to population
  • Polish: współczynnik urodzeń — rate of live births to population
  • Portuguese: natalidade — rate of live births to population
  • Russian: рожда́емость (roždájemostʹ) — rate of live births to population
  • Serbo-Croatian: rodnost — rate of live births to population
  • Spanish: natalidad — rate of live births to population
  • Swahili: kiwango cha uzazi — rate of live births to population
  • Swedish: födelsetal — rate of live births to population
  • Swedish: nativitet — rate of live births to population
  • Thai: อัตราการเกิด (àt-dtraa-gaan-gə̀ət) — rate of live births to population
  • Ukrainian: наро́джуваність (naródžuvanistʹ) — rate of live births to population