South Korea has been rated as the country with the lowest birth rate in world, while Singapore hangs in the third position of the world’s lowest birth and fertility rate. In this piece, KINGSLEY OPURUM dissects its causes and implications.
The number of babies born in South Korea continues to fall as the birth rate reached a new record low in April, this year, according to a monthly population index by Statistics Korea. Some 27,700 babies were born in April, this year, a 9 percent drop from the previous year.
According to reports, the birth rate was one of the lowest compared to the same month in 2016 and 2017. In April 2017, some 34,000 babies were born, down from 35,100 a year earlier. The number of babies born from January to April hit a record low of 117,300 since the government started tracking monthly rates in 1981.
It was reported that the rate declined in big cities, including Seoul, Busan and Daegu, while other cities maintained a similar rate as last year.
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