Question

What does a country's birth rate refer to?

• A. Number of live births
• B. Number of live births per year
• C. Number of live births per thousand of population per year
• D. Number of live births per thousand of population every decade

Answer 1

The correct option is C Number of live births per thousand of population per year

The birth rate of a country is the number of live births per thousand of population per year.

Mortality rate, on the other hand, is a measure of the number of deaths in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time. It is usually expressed in units of deaths per thousand individuals per year, much like the birth rate.