birthrate means 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.
Etymology
From birth + rate.
noun
- 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.“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.”