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No. of births in S. Korea down 10.4% y/y in April; deaths up 3.3%

2020-06-24 12 Dailymotion

4월 출생아 10.4% 줄고 사망자 3.3% 늘어... 6개월째 인구 자연감소<br /><br />South Korea saw more deaths than births for the sixth consecutive month in April.<br />Data from Statistics Korea on Wednesday showed,... that 23-thousand-420 infants were born in April,... while 24-thousand-628 people died.<br />The number of births in April dropped more than 10 percent from the same month last year,... whereas deaths were up more than three percent.<br />The number of births has been falling on-year for 53 months in a row.<br />Meanwhile, the number of marriages was down almost 22 percent on-year, with the COVID-19 outbreak exacerbating the general trend of fewer marriages.<br />

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