The surge follows South Korea’s first annual increase in births in more than a decade, which was fuelled by an increase in ...

South Korea registered record birth rate growth during the first five months of the year, a statistics agency official told ...

South Korea's record-low birth rate rose in 2024, the country's statistics agency reported on Wednesday, marking the first increase in nine years in a slight respite from a looming demographic crisis.

South Korea recorded its largest-ever gain in birth rate over the first five months of the year, its statistics agency said ...

South Korea recorded the highest birth rate in more than a decade in May, as a government push for women to have more ...

South Korea registered record birth-rate growth during the first five months of 2025, a statistics agency official told ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s birth rate is set to show a rise in 2024 for the first time in nine years, following a rebound in marriages that were delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

In 2024, South Korea ranked among the lowest five nations in birth rates, according to the World Population Review.

“The number of newborns for the January to May period stood at 106,048, a 6.9% increase, the highest growth rate since such ...

South Korea is the only country in the world to register a fertility rate of less than one child per woman, although others -- Ukraine, China and Spain-- are close.

South Korea will set up a ministry to address the country’s plummeting birth rate, president Yoon Suk Yeol announced on Thursday, calling it a “national emergency”.. The fertility rate in ...

South Korea Foreshadows a Gray, Slow-Growth Future Birth rates have collapsed, pointing to rapid population aging and slowing productivity. July 16, 2019 at 2:30 AM EDT ...