{"id":327047,"date":"2025-03-03T14:43:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T20:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=327047"},"modified":"2025-03-03T01:15:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T07:15:38","slug":"south-korea-birth-rate-rises-decade-marriages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/south-korea-birth-rate-rises-decade-marriages\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea’s birth rate increases for first time in a decade… along with marriages"},"content":{"rendered":"
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South Korea\u2019s birth rate has risen for the first time since 2015, with 238,300 babies born in 2024 \u2014 a jump of 8,300 from the previous year. This increase has brought the country’s fertility rate up to 0.75, up from a record low of 0.72 in 2023, according to <\/span>data<\/span><\/a> from Statistics Korea. While still the lowest in the world, this shift signals hope amid South Korea’s ongoing demographic crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s fair to say this is a considerably meaningful rebound,\u201d Choi Yoon Kyung, an expert at the Korea Institute of Child Care and Education, <\/span>stated<\/span><\/a>. \u201cWe still have to see figures in the next few years to find whether it was a temporary rebound or it was driven by structural changes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Experts point to a 14.9% increase in marriages in 2024, the largest increase since 1970, as a key factor behind the surge. Many couples who delayed marriage during the COVID-19 pandemic are now starting families, while a rising number of people in their early 30s are getting married and having children.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a change in social value, with more positive views about marriage and childbirth,\u201d Park Hyun-jung, an official at Statistics Korea, <\/span>said<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n