Birth Rates
Definition
The birth rate is the number of live births per 1,000 people in a population in a year.
Analogy
Think of birth rates like the production line at your favorite bakery. If they're making 1000 cupcakes a day, the birth rate would be how many new cupcakes are added to that total each day.
Related terms
Total Fertility Rate: This is the average number of children a woman would have assuming that she lives to the end of her childbearing years and bears children according to current age-specific fertility rates.
Crude Birth Rate: This is the number of live births occurring among the population of a given geographical area during a given year, per 1,000 mid-year total population of the same geographical area during the same year.
Population Growth Rate: This is an increase in a country's population during a period of time, usually one year, expressed as a percentage of the population at the start of that period. It reflects both natural increases (births minus deaths) and net migration.
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In stage one of the Demographic Transition Model, birth rates are ______.
Which stage in the Demographic Transition Model features declining birth rates?
What U.S state has policies to incentivize families to have more children due to declining birth rates?
What policy did Singapore implement during the late twentieth century to encourage higher birth rates?
Which of the following population policies would most effectively decrease birth rates in a country with high fertility rate and low economic development?
Why do many developed nations have lower birth rates compared to developing nations?
What is the term for a government policy that supports higher birth rates?
What term is used to describe a significant decline in birth rates?
Who might argue that policies supporting high birth rates are necessary for economic growth?
Which concept explains why lesser economically developed countries have higher birth rates than more developed countries?
Which country's pro-natalist policies have resulted in a significant increase in birth rates?
Why might some societies prefer policies promoting higher birth rates over increased immigration to combat aging populations?
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