7월 인구동향, 출생아 수 작년대비 8.2% 감소...1인 가구는 562만명에 달해<br /><br /> South Korea's birthrate fell in July, while the hot weather led to an increase in the number of deaths.<br />Also, the number of single-member households steadily went up as of 2017.<br /> Yoon Jung-min help us break down the data by Statistics Korea. <br /> South Korea's birth rate continued to fall in July while the number of deaths increased due to harsh weather affecting older people.<br /><br /> According to data by Statistics Korea on Friday, the number of births declined by 2-thousand-4-hundred to just 27 thousand last month, down 8.2 percent on-year. <br />The monthly figures have been in constant decline since December 2015.<br /><br /> On the other hand, the number of deaths during the same period went up 7.2 percent on-year to 23-thousand-8-hundred, the highest figures since 1983.<br />The statistics agency attributed the rise to the extreme temperatures in July causing more deaths among the elderly.<br /><br /> According to other data by the statistics agency released on the same day, the country saw the number of single-member households reach 5.62 million last year, 2.5 times higher than the figure in 2000. <br />The agency said the increase in the number of one-person households is because more people choose to stay single or get divorced.<br /><br /> Two-person households accounted for 26.7 percent of the total number of households, followed by three-member households with 21.2 percent.<br />Yoon Jung-min, Arirang News. <br />
