According to Yonhap News Agency, the South Korean Bureau of Statistics released its "Population Trends for August" on the 25th, showing a year-on-year decrease in the number of births in South Korea in August, reaching a new high of nearly 33 months.
Specifically, the number of births in August decreased by 12.8% year-on-year to 19000, the highest decrease in nearly 2 years and 9 months since November 2020 (-15.5%).
According to the report, based on August, this is the first time since the start of relevant statistics in 1981 that the birth population has dropped below 20000.
The birth population has been decreasing year-on-year for six consecutive years since December 2015, with a slight increase of 13 people in September last year. However, it has been decreasing again since October. The population born in August 2022 and 2021 decreased by 2.2% and 0.5% respectively.
The death toll in August was 30500, an increase of 500 people (1.7%) compared to the same period last year. The number of deaths has been increasing year-on-year since May this year (0.2%). As a result, the population of South Korea naturally decreased by 11600 people for 46 consecutive months.
During the same period, the number of marriage registrations decreased by 7% year-on-year to 14600 pairs. The number of divorce registrations was 8057, a year-on-year decrease of 2.1%.