出生率(しゅっせいりつ)

しゅっせいりつ
noun
birth rate; fertility rate
societynumber
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(にほん)の出生率(しゅっせいりつ)は低(ひく)い。
Japan's birth rate is low.
出生率(しゅっせいりつ)が年々(ねんねん)低下(ていか)している。
The birth rate is declining year after year.
出生率(しゅっせいりつ)を上(あ)げるために、政府(せいふ)は子育(こそだ)て支援策(しえんさく)を強化(きょうか)している。
To raise the birth rate, the government is strengthening child-rearing support measures.

Compound of 出生(しゅっせい) (birth) + 率(りつ) (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.

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Related: 死亡率(しぼうりつ) (death rate)
Related: 少子化(しょうしか) (declining birth rate / drop in number…)
Related: 人口(じんこう) (population)
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Added 2026.5.30 13:08 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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