The number of babies born in South Korea shot up nearly 20 percent in March to a seven-year high, government data showed Wednesday. This file photo taken on April 22, 2026, shows an infant at a hospital in Goyang. File Photo by Yonhap
The number of babies born in South Korea shot up nearly 20 percent in March to a seven-year high from 2025 amid a higher number of marriages, government data showed Wednesday.
A total of 25,200 babies were born in March, jumping 19.4 percent from a year earlier, according to the data from the Ministry of Data and Statistics. It marked the highest number since 27,049 tallied in March 2019.
The number of newborns has been on an upward trend since July 2024.
Over the January-March period, the total number of births came to 75,013, up 14.8 percent from a year earlier. It was also the highest since the first quarter of 2019.
