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The number of marriages in South Korea rose in 2023 for the first time in more than ten years. 

2023年，韩国结婚人数十多年来首次上升。 

The increase came after the pandemic which forced some couples to delay marriage plans. But the data did not point to a continued increase in the aging country. 

这一增长是在大流行迫使一些夫妇推迟结婚计划之后发生的。 但数据并未表明老龄化国家持续增加。 

The small rise in marriages last year comes as its fertility rate continued to decrease. South Korea’s fertility rate, or the average number of children born per woman, is already the world’s lowest. It is falling because women are concerned about their careers, the cost of raising children, or are deciding not to have babies. 

去年结婚人数小幅上升之际，生育率持续下降。 韩国的生育率，或者说每个女性平均生育的孩子数量，已经是世界上最低的。 该数字正在下降，因为女性担心自己的职业、抚养孩子的成本，或者决定不生孩子。 

Government data showed a total of 193,657 couples got married last year. That is up 1.0 percent from 191,690 a year earlier. It is the first increase since 2011. 

政府数据显示，去年共有 193,657 对夫妇结婚。 这比去年同期的 191,690 人增加了 1.0%。 这是自2011年以来的首次增长。 

That compares with a 0.4 percent drop in 2022. That was when South Korea started to ease restrictions on social gatherings put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. The restrictions saw the number of marriages decrease 9.8 percent in 2021 and 10.7 percent in 2020. 

相比之下，2022 年下降了 0.4%。当时韩国开始放宽 COVID-19 大流行期间对社交聚会的限制。 这些限制导致 2021 年结婚数量下降 9.8%，2020 年下降 10.7%。 

The 2023 number of marriages, however, remains well below the 239,159 marriages seen in 2019. And that compares to a yearly number of more than 320,000 recorded 10 years earlier. 

然而，2023 年的结婚人数仍远低于 2019 年的 239,159 桩婚姻。相比之下，10 年前记录的每年结婚人数超过 320,000 桩。 

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