4월 출생아 최소 기록 37개월째...인구이동도 감소<br /><br />South Korea's birthrate fell again in April,... reaching the lowest level to date, amid a plunging number of marriages.<br />The nation's statistics agency also pointed out migration within the country declined in May.<br />Here's Yoon Jung-min with a breakdown of the digits. <br />The number of newborns per month hit its lowest level on record in April amid concerns about Korea's shrinking population.<br />According to data by Statistics Korea on Wednesday, the number of births declined 6-point-1 percent on-year to 26-thousand-1-hundred in April. The numbers were the lowest since the data was first compiled in 1981. <br />The statistics agency said the birth rate has continued to fall mainly because fewer people are getting married. There were 20-thousand marriages in April, down 2-point-9 percent from the previous year.<br />"The main reason for falling childbirths in April is because the number of females aged from 30 to 34, who are the group most capable of childbearing, has decreased 3-point-3 percent on-year,... and the number of marriages has fallen for seven years in a row."<br />Meanwhile, in another report by the agency on the same day, some 569-thousand people moved to other regions or cities within the country in May. That's down 5-point-1 percent from a year earlier, and the lowest figure since October 2018. <br />Gyeonggi-do Province, Sejong City and the southern island of Jeju saw an increase in population,...while 11 other regions or cities lost population, including Seoul and Busan.<br />Yoon Jung-min, Arirang News. <br />
