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It's never late to have a child...More women give birth in their late 30's in South Korea Updated: 2016-08-25 03:53:31 KST

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Korea saw the highest birthrate among those in their late 30s in 2015‚ according to the latest data. According to Statistics Korea on Wednesday‚ the birthrate among women in the age range between 35 and 39 stood at 48.3 in 2015‚ a record high as well as a nearly 12 percent increase compared to the year before. Along with that‚ the birthrate for the age group of 30 to 34 also saw an increase of 2.5 percent between 2014 and 2015. And the average age of Korean women giving birth for the first time stands now at 32.2‚also a jump of 0.2‚ than the previous year. [Korean- ] "Nowadays‚ Korean women are deciding to wait until later in life to get married‚ due to a number of reasons‚ but the biggest one in my opinion‚ is the desire to invest more time and energy on themselves first.which explains why women in their 30s have a higher birthrate than women in their 20s." The nation's total projected number of children born per one woman‚ known as 'total fertility rate'was 1.24 in 2015‚ an increase from the previous year's rate of 1.21. The recent hikes in birth and fertility rates‚ in other words‚ represent nearly 3‚000 newborns between 2014 and 2015. However‚ these figures are still significantly lower compared to the OECD average of 1.68. Moreover‚ of all 34 OECD nations‚ the only country that has a lower fertility rate than Korea is Portugal‚ with a rate of 1.23. Although there have been gradual increases in birth and fertility rates‚ experts say that it may still take a while for Korea to see a significant boost in population growth. Lee Un-shin‚ Arirang News. Reporter : evelee@arirang.com

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