A nurse takes care of infants on the neonatal unit of Ain Hospital, Incheon, Feb. 26. Newsis
The western port metropolis of Incheon grew to become town with the biggest inhabitants development and the best birthrates within the nation final 12 months, town authorities introduced Sunday.
The variety of births in Incheon final 12 months was 15,242, which noticed an 11.6 p.c enhance in comparison with the earlier 12 months, considerably larger than the nationwide common of three.6 p.c. This ranked it first among the many nation’s 17 cities and provinces.
The rise within the registered inhabitants was additionally the best.
Final month, Incheon’s registered inhabitants stood at 3,027,854, a rise of 4,205 from the earlier month, rating first amongst all 17 cities and provinces. After Incheon, the cities with inhabitants development had been Seoul (4,170), Daejeon (835) and Sejong (759), whereas the remaining 13 cities and provinces noticed a decline.
Incheon can also be the one metropolis amongst Seoul and the six main metropolitan cities to have recorded inhabitants development over the previous 12 months.
Notably, in comparison with final February, all main cities — Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Gwangju, Daejeon, and Ulsan — recorded inhabitants decline, whereas solely Incheon noticed its inhabitants bounce by 24,704, reaching 3,027,854.
Within the web migration price, one of many measures of inhabitants influx, Incheon has recorded optimistic development yearly since 2021, remaining primary within the nation.
The town authorities attributed the demographic enchancment to its insurance policies aimed toward tackling plummeting birthrates. The town authorities has carried out a particular childbirth fund coverage, which gives a complete of 100 million gained ($69,100) for a new child within the metropolis by the age of 18.
The town can also be conducting a 1,000-won housing challenge that rents properties to newlyweds for as much as six years at simply 30,000 gained per 30 days, which works out to round 1,000 gained per day.
“The town will proceed to do its utmost to drive the sustainable way forward for the nation by changing into the middle of fixing the nationwide inhabitants downside,” Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok stated.
