S. Korea birth rate hits all-time low in 2021: Statistics Korea

통계청: 2021년 출산율 작년에 비해 4.3% 감소...1981년 집계 이후 최저 South Korea's birth rate hit an all-time low in 2021,... showing a decrease for the sixth consecutive year. Statistics Korea said on Wednesday,... the country's birth rate stood at zero-point-eight-one last year. The number of newborns in 2021 was 260-thousand 5-hundred... down 4-point-3 percent on-year. This is the lowest figure since data was first compiled in 1970. The number of deaths last year rose to 317-thousand 8-hundred... up 4-point-2 percent from a year earlier. Yearly deaths have exceeded births since 2020. Meanwhile,... the number of marriages last December declined 10-point-7 percent... compared to the same period in 2020. #StatisticsKorea #birthrate #StatisticsKorea 📣 Arirang News(Facebook) :   / arirangtvnews   📣 Arirang News(Twitter) :   / arirangtvnews   📣 News Center(YouTube) :    / newscenter_arirangtv   2022-02-23, 12:00 (KST)