But the birthrate - the average number of babies born during a woman's lifetime - remained near the world's lowest at 1.19 last year.

但韩国去年的生育率(每个女性一生中平均生育孩子的数量)仅为1.19，仍接近全球最低水平。

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According to the National Statistical Office, there were 493,189 babies or 1.25 births per woman in 2007, up 10 percent from a year earlier, a spike in Korea's steadily declining birthrate.

根据韩国国家统计局，2007年时全国新生儿数量为493,189，平均每个女性生下1.25个孩子，这比上一年增加了10%，对韩国稳步下滑的出生率来说是一种激增。

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Knowing the government's pledge of more cash for more babies wouldn't be enough to raise the worryingly low birthrate, discussions on how to make workplaces family-friendly were reaching a pitch.

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But the birthrate has continued to decline steadily, although with a slight improvement in the number of babies born last year, according to government statistics.

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