According to the’January Population Trend’ released by the National Statistical Office on the 24th, the number of births in Daegu in January was 1,4, down 8.8% from the same period last year. The number of births in Gyeongbuk was 1,131, down 11.5% from the previous year. The number of births by city and province increased in Gwangju and Gangwon compared to the same month of the previous year, and decreased in all other cities and provinces.
The number of deaths in January was 1,287 in Daegu and 1,868 in Gyeongbuk. As a result, the population of Daegu and Gyeongbuk in January decreased naturally. By city and province, there was a natural increase in eight cities and provinces, including Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Sejong, and a natural decrease in nine cities and provinces, including Busan and Daegu.
The number of births nationwide in January was only 25,000, the lowest since the statistics were prepared in 1981 as of January. The natural decline of the population has continued for 15 months.
In January, the number of births nationwide was 25,000, down 1,675 (-6.3%) from a year ago. This is the minimum since monthly statistics began to be written in 1981 as of January.
The crude birth rate, which means the number of births per 1,000 people per year, was 5.7. It is the first time since the statistics related to the year 2000 that it fell to 5 as of January.
The number of deaths in January was 27,181, down 1,235 (-4.3%) from a year ago. The mortality rate, which means the number of deaths per 1,000 people per year, was 6.2.
The natural increase in the population (birth-death) in January was -2,177. The natural increase has been on a negative march for 15 months since it recorded negative in November 2019. However, as the number of deaths decreased, the extent of the natural decline in the population in January decreased from last December (-7,323).
Reporter Kang Na-ri [email protected]