The number of newborns in South Korea in February was less than 20,000, the lowest in history.

Xinhua News Agency, April 26, according to the "February population trend" report released by the South Korean Statistics Office on the 26th, in February this year, the number of babies in South Korea was only 19939, down 3.7 percent from the same period last year, refreshing the lowest number in February of all previous years since records began in 1981. The number of babies born in South Korea has declined for 87 consecutive months since December 2015, with the lowest monthly figure of 16803 set in December 2022. In addition, the death toll in South Korea in February was 27390, down 6.5% from a year earlier, and the death toll from the COVID-19 epidemic has gradually returned to normal.