1.
birth rate; fertility rate
The number of live births per a given population over a set period, usually expressed per 1,000 people or as the average number of children per woman. Central to demographic discussion.
日本の出生率は低い。
Japan's birth rate is low.
出生率が年々低下している。
The birth rate is declining year after year.
出生率を上げるために、政府は子育て支援策を強化している。
To raise the birth rate, the government is strengthening child-rearing support measures.
Compound of 出生 (birth) + 率 (rate). Often pronounced しゅっしょうりつ in older texts and by some media outlets, but しゅっせいりつ is now standard.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 出生率が下がる: birth rate falls
- 出生率が上がる: birth rate rises
- 出生率の低下: decline in the birth rate
- 合計特殊出生率: total fertility rate (children per woman)
RELATED WORDS:
- 死亡率: death rate; mortality rate
- 少子化: declining birth rate / drop in number of children
- 人口: population