According to Yonhap News Agency's report on December 28, according to the "October Population Trends" released by the Korea Statistical Office on the 28th, 20,658 people were born in South Korea in October this year, a year-on-year decrease of 91 people, the lowest level in the same period since relevant statistics were available in 1981. record. As a result, the number of newborns in South Korea has experienced a year-on-year negative growth for 83 consecutive months, and the total population has decreased for 36 consecutive months. According to the report, the crude birth rate (number of live births per 1,000 population per year) was 4.7‰, a record low. During the same period, the number of deaths increased by 2,013 (7.3%) year-on-year to 29,763, the highest recorded for the same period. Natural population reduction (that is, more deaths than births) was 9104 people. As a result, the total population has fallen for 36 consecutive months since November 2019. From January to October this year, South Korea's population has naturally decreased by 95,879 people. Among them, the birth population decreased by 4.8% year-on-year, and the death population increased by 19.8%. According to the analysis of the National Statistics Office, in the context of an aging population, the elderly are at a higher risk of dying from new coronary pneumonia , leading to an increase in the number of deaths.
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