The number of babies born in South Korea shot up 18 percent in April, reaching a seven-year high, government data showed Wednesday. This file photo, taken April 22, shows newborns at a hospital in Goyang. File Photo by Yonhap
The number of babies born in South Korea shot up 18 percent in April from a year earlier, reaching the highest level in seven years, government data showed Wednesday.
A total of 24,521 babies were born in April, up from 20,787 a year earlier, according to data from the Ministry of Data and Statistics. It marked the highest figure for any April since 26,104 babies were recorded in 2019.
Over the January-April period, the total number of births came to 99,534, also the highest in seven years, up a sharp 15.5 percent from a year earlier.
The number of births grew at a record rate for both April and the January-April period.
