출생아, 작년 10명이라면 올핸 9명…코로나 여파에 결혼도 '뚝'<br /><br />South Korea continues to see a decline in population,... due to the number of deaths outweighing the number of births.<br />And the number of marriages saw the steepest on-year fall for the month of April,... amid the COVID-19 outbreak.<br />Our Kim Jae-hee reports.<br />South Korea reported more deaths than births for the sixth consecutive month in April.<br />Monthly data released by Statistics Korea on Wednesday showed... 23-thousand-420 infants were born in April,... while 24-thousand-628 people died.<br />The number of births in April dropped 10-point-4 percent from the same month last year.<br />This means for every ten infants born last April, only nine were born this April.<br />The number of births has now been falling on-year for 53 months in a row.<br />But deaths are on an upward trend due to the aging population,... the number of deaths was up 3-point-3 percent on-year in April.<br />Meanwhile, the number of marriages was down 21-point-8 percent on-year,... to 15-thousand-670.<br />This is the steepest on-year decline for the month of April,... since related data was first compiled in 1981.<br />Statistic Korea said the COVID-19 outbreak exacerbated the general trend of fewer marriages.<br />"There were two more days that people could register their marriage in April last year than there were this year.<br />Also, marriage registrations or marriages have been postponed amid the COVID-19 outbreak,... adding to the general trend of declining marriages."<br />The number of divorces also fell 2-point-9 percent on-year in April to 9-thousand-259.<br />Kim Jae-hee, Arirang News.<br />
