9월 출생아 수 전년동월대비 2.2% 감소...사망자 수 3.4% 증가<br /><br />The number of babies born in South Korea in September was down two-point-two percent from the same month last year.<br />According to Statistics Korea, the number of newborns was 23-thousand-566 ... the lowest figure for any September since figures were first compiled in 1981.<br />The number of births has been dipping on-year for 58 consecutive months.<br />South Korea also recorded more deaths than births for the 11th straight month.<br />The number of marriages remained low,... falling by three percent from a year earlier amid the coronavirus pandemic.<br />