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A nurse cares for a child at a hospital within the metropolis of Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, Dec. 26, 2025. Yonhap
The variety of infants born right here rose on the quickest tempo in 18 years within the first 11 months of final yr, pushed largely by a rise in marriages, authorities information confirmed Wednesday.
A complete of 233,708 infants had been born between January-November in 2025, up 6.2 % from the identical interval a yr earlier, in keeping with information from the Ministry of Statistics. It marks the steepest on-year improve since 2007.
The ministry stated the full variety of newborns in 2025 is anticipated to rise for a second consecutive yr and surpass 238,317 infants recorded in 2024.
In November alone, 20,710 infants had been born, up 3.1 % from 20,083 a yr earlier.
The November determine was the very best for the month since 2019, when 23,727 infants had been born, the ministry stated, noting that births are regularly recovering to pre-pandemic ranges.
The variety of newborns has been on an upward development since July 2024.
The nation’s complete fertility price, the common variety of kids a lady is anticipated to have in her lifetime, rose 0.02 from a yr earlier to 0.79 in November.
The ministry stated the current rise in births seems to have been influenced by a continued improve in marriages, authorities insurance policies supporting childbirth and the expansion within the inhabitants of ladies of their early 30s.
In South Korea, the place childbirth outdoors of marriage stays uncommon, a rise in marriages tends to precede an increase in births.
The variety of marriages in November went up 2.7 % on-year to 19,079, marking the twentieth consecutive month of development.
The variety of divorces, in the meantime, went down 9.8 % on-year to six,890 within the cited month, the info confirmed.
In the meantime, the variety of deaths went up 4.9 % from a yr earlier to 30,678, leading to a pure inhabitants decline of 9,968.
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