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South Korea's Birth Rate Rises for First Time in Nine Years

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South Korea's birthrate saw a significant increase in 2024, marking the first rise in nine years. According to preliminary data, the number of babies born per 1,000 people rose to 4.7, a 1.4% increase from the previous year. This increase led to a total of 238,300 births in 2024, up from 230,000 in 2023. The birthrate in 2023 was 0.72 children per woman, the lowest in the world, but it rose to 0.75 in 2024, still below the replacement rate of 2.1.

  1. KR
    Joo Hyung-Hwan
    1. Rather than putting the policy focus only on how to boost the birthrate, we now need a more comprehensive perspective and to devise solutions such as attracting more foreigners.

Fertility Rates

  1. Global Fertility Rate Shrinking: Major Study Warns of Continuous Decline by End of Century
  2. South Korea's Fertility Rate Sinks to New Record Low
  3. South Korea's fertility rate drops to an all time low

sources

  1. 1.Al Jazeera
  2. 2.The Guardian
  3. 3.CNN
  4. 4.Yonhap News Agency

perspectives

  1. 1.World Economy
  2. 2.Demography

countries

  1. 1.Korea, Republic ofKR

organizations

  1. 1.Statistics Korea
  2. 2.Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

persons

  1. 1.Song Young Chae
  2. 2.Yoon Suk-YeolKR
  3. 3.Park Hyun-Jung
  4. 4.Park Sung-Jae

technicals

  1. 1.Covid-19 Pandemic
South Korea's Birth Rate Rises for First Time in Nine Years