Daegu Dalseong-gun Ranks First in Number of Births Among 82 County-Level Local Governments Nationwide... 1,700 Births Last Year

Daegu Dalseong-gun has been reported to have the highest number of births among county-level local governments in South Korea.

On the 5th, Daegu Dalseong-gun stated, “According to the Statistics Korea press release on the ‘2023 Population Trends Survey Birth and Death Statistics’ distributed on the 27th of last month, Dalseong-gun ranked first in the number of births among 82 county-level local governments nationwide. The number reached 1,700. Considering that the total number of births nationwide during the same period was 230,000, the scale is even more clearly felt.”

An English teacher assigned to a kindergarten in Dalseong-gun, Daegu is conducting a class.

In addition, Dalseong-gun’s total fertility rate (the average number of children a woman of childbearing age is expected to have in her lifetime) was 1.03, ranking first among local governments with over 1,000 births. This contrasts with the news that the national total fertility rate fell to the 0.6 level for the first time in the previous quarter (Q4 2023).

Daegu Dalseong-gun has been implementing various childcare and education projects in line with its county administration goal of being a ‘customized education city good for raising children.’ There are numerous pregnancy and childbirth support programs conducted by Dalseong-gun, including pre-pregnancy checkups (premarital couple preliminary examinations), childbirth congratulatory payments, support for opening congratulatory savings accounts for newborns, discounts on delivery and postpartum care center fees, and free naming services to give beautiful names.

They also pay close attention to the needs during child-rearing. Programs such as the free stroller rental service ‘Agisarang Stroller Rental Project’ and the ‘Multiple Children Family Camping Caravan Fee Support Project,’ which supports the use of local auto camping sites for families with three or more children, help ease the burden of parenting and add joy to families. Dalseong-gun was the first among Daegu’s districts and counties to open a 24/7 daycare center, reducing childcare concerns for working couples.

Furthermore, to prevent population outflow caused by families moving due to private education concerns, Dalseong-gun pays special attention to various educational projects. Examples include the establishment of the Dalseong Education Foundation, the deployment of dedicated English teachers, scholarship support, and overseas English camps.

Choi Jae-hoon, the head of Dalseong-gun, said, “I am grateful and pleased to hear that Dalseong-gun recorded a high number of births amid the nationwide population decline,” adding, “We will continue to spare no effort in discovering new projects and providing support to make Dalseong-gun a great place to raise children.”

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