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South Korea's birthrate fell in July, while the hot weather led to an increase in the number of deaths.
Also, the number of single-member households steadily went up as of 2017.
Yoon Jung-min help us break down the data by Statistics Korea.
South Korea's birth rate continued to fall in July while the number of deaths increased due to harsh weather affecting older people.

According to data by Statistics Korea on Friday, the number of births declined by 2-thousand-4-hundred to just 27 thousand last month, down 8.2 percent on-year.
The monthly figures have been in constant decline since December 2015.

On the other hand, the number of deaths during the same period went up 7.2 percent on-year to 23-thousand-8-hundred, the highest figures since 1983.
The statistics agency attributed the rise to the extreme temperatures in July causing more deaths among the elderly.

According to other data by the statistics agency released on the same day, the country saw the number of single-member households reach 5.62 million last year, 2.5 times higher than the figure in 2000.
The agency said the increase in the number of one-person households is because more people choose to stay single or get divorced.

Two-person households accounted for 26.7 percent of the total number of households, followed by three-member households with 21.2 percent.
Yoon Jung-min, Arirang News.