しゅっしょうりつ

しゅっしょうりつ【出生率】

a birthrate; natality.

●出生率が高い[低い]. The birthrate [Natality] is high [low].

・年々出生率が低下している. The birthrate [Natality] is going down [dropping, declining] year by year.

・晩婚化とともに出生率が極端に落ち込んでいる. With later marriage [As people postpone marriage], the birthrate is declining precipitously [there is a drastic decline in the birthrate].

・今年は都市部でわずかながら出生率が回復した. Urban birthrates have recovered very slightly this year.

●出生率の低下 a drop in the birthrate; a decline in natality.

●日本の出生率はますます低くなりつつある. The birthrate in Japan is getting lower and lower [dropping further and further, going down and down].

合計特殊出生率 ⇒ごうけいとくしゅしゅっしょうりつ.