Subreplacement
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Subreplacement is an adjective meaning (demography, of a birth rate) Below the level needed to maintain the current population.
Meaning
(demography, of a birth rate) Below the level needed to maintain the current population.
Example Sentences
The other is the fact that the population of Japan has begun to shrink, the result of years of subreplacement birth rates.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include replacive, postbottleneck, resupplemented, secondiparous, regressing, regenerate.
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