South Korea’s childbirths grow at fastest pace in 15 yrs; total fertility rate rebounds to 0.8 in 4 yrs

South Korea’s births rose 6.8% in 2025 to 254,500, the sharpest increase in 15 years, reports Yonhap News Agency. The total fertility rate climbed to 0.8, its first rebound to that level in four years. Officials attribute the uptick to a post-pandemic surge in marriages and more women in their early thirties. Surveys also show shifting attitudes, with greater willingness to have children, including outside marriage. Deaths reached 363,400, leaving a natural population decline of 110,000 despite the modest recovery. South Korea spent hundreds of billions of dollars over the last twenty years on policies aimed at boosting the birth rate.

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