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S Korea sees record birth rate rise
Hindustan Times East UP
|July 24, 2025
{ FOR JAN-MAY } THE NATION ALSO HAS WORLD'S LONGEST LIFE EXPECTANCIES
South Korea registered record birth rate growth during the first five months of the year, a statistics agency official told AFP on Wednesday.
The country has one of the world’s longest life expectancies and lowest birth rates — a combination that presents a looming demographic challenge.
Seoul has poured billions of dollars into efforts to encourage women to have more children and maintain population stability. “The number of newborns for the January-May period stood at 106,048, a 6.9% increase, the highest growth rate since such data collection began in 1981,” said Kang hyun-young from Statistics Korea.
This story is from the July 24, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times East UP.
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