Birth Rate

The crude birth rate in a period is the total number of live births per 1,000 population divided by the length of the period in years. The number of live births is normally taken from a universal registration system for births; population counts from a census, and estimation through specialized demographic techniques. The birth rate (along with mortality and migration rates) is used to calculate population growth. The estimated average population may be taken as the mid-year population.Another term used interchangeably with birth rate is natality.When the crude death rate is subtracted from the crude birth rate, the result is …

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EU: European Union · 2 May 2024 English

This fourth ESPAS Global Trends Report is a contribution to the ongoing debate about the future of Europe, its role in the world and its ability to adapt and change …

It will also decline in absolute terms as a result of declining birth rates; immigration flows will not compensate for indication of rising living standards resulting in longer lives, the demographic transition in the EU shows a decline in birth rates.


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 2 May 2024 English

This report provides new data and analysis on well-being among older people in Asia and the Pacific and suggests how policymakers in the region can help people age well.

economies like the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) even outpaced earlier projections as birth rates plunged.


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 2 May 2024 English

This report provides new data and analysis on well-being among older people in Asia and the Pacific and suggests how policymakers in the region can help people age well.

economies like the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) even outpaced earlier projections as birth rates plunged.


Cato Institute · 30 April 2024 English

Deregulation turns out to be a bona fide panacea: a large rise in housing supply would raise living standards, reduce inequality, increase social mobility, promote economic growth, reduce homelessness, increase birth rates, help the environment, and more.

raise living standards, reduce inequality, increase social mobility, promote economic growth, reduce homelessness, increase birth rates, help the environment, and more.


AEI: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · 30 April 2024 English

Persistent labor shortages, worker disengagement, falling workforce participation rates, and skills gaps currently define the US economy and labor force. Seldom does a day go by without a headline about …

Declining birth rates in the US and major demographic and pop- ulation shifts are leading to labor and talent short- ages


Cato Institute · 30 April 2024 English

Deregulation turns out to be a bona fide panacea: a large rise in housing supply would raise living standards, reduce inequality, increase social mobility, promote economic growth, reduce homelessness, increase birth rates, help the environment, and more.

raise living standards, reduce inequality, increase social mobility, promote economic growth, reduce homelessness, increase birth rates, help the environment, and more.


ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 29 April 2024 English

Introduction Since the Soviet era, Russia has consistently experienced a high demand for labour. As its median age nears 40 (as of 2022), [1] Russia must increasingly contend with an …

a critical asset for Russia. Since 2022, the birth rate has declined by 3.2 percent. Additionally, the


EU: European Union · 29 April 2024

Do you know the difference between ‘skills foresight’ and ‘skills forecast’? How does ‘blended learning’ compare with ‘distributed learning’? This revised and expanded multilingual glossary defines 430 key terms used …

older people, usually linked to a declining birth rate. Comment: in an aging society, education and


Brookings Institution · 26 April 2024 English

The opportunities and challenges facing young adults in the "decisive decade" -- between the ages of 14 and 24 -- shape their long-term health, family, education, and work outcomes. Young …

ar-olds/ 6/34 by a steep decline in the teen birth rate and a simultaneous rise in the share of young


World Bank Group · 25 April 2024 English

The Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) has been hit hard by two shocks, just a few years apart. The first shock in 2015–16 was triggered by a sharp …

Faster rates of decline in the birth rates can lead to a period when a country has a larger share of working-age people


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