Latest statistics show 249,000 babies were born in 2022, a fall of 4.4% from the previous year
South Korea’s demographic crisis has deepened after new data showed the number of babies born last year reached another record low.
According to figures released on Wednesday by Statistics Korea, 249,000 babies were born in 2022, a fall of 4.4% from the previous year and the third year in a row that deaths have exceeded births in Asia’s fourth-biggest economy.
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