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biological

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birth rate

birth rate Birth rate is the frequency of births in a population or region during a given time period.

Birth rate is the frequency of births in a population or region during a given time period. In the source, it is used as a population measure that varies across places and over time and is influenced by social, economic, educational, urbanization, and age-structure factors.