Concept:Birth rate is measured as the number of live births per 1,000 people in a population per year.Explanation:The birth rate is 8.0 per 1,000 people.The population is 10,000,000.So, live births = 1,0008.0×10,000,000.This gives 80,000 live births in the country in 1976.Answer:A. there were 80,000 live births in the country