Statistics Korea, the official statistical agency of the South Korean government, released data from April on Wednesday that showed the biggest year-on-year increase in childbirths since 1991.
The report showed 20,717 babies were born in April 2025, an 8.7 percent increase from births in April 2024. It was the first time in three years that South Korea logged more than 20,000 births in a month.
The overall birth rate rose from 0.06 in April 2024 to 0.79 in April 2025 — still far below the level needed for population stability, but movement in the right direction. In fact, natural deaths rose by 0.8 percent in April, so net population growth was still negative. The net population of South Korea has not grown since
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