SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's population mobility logged a double-digit fall in January due to the Lunar New Year's holidays, statistical office data showed Wednesday.

The number of those who moved residence inside and outside the same province or city tumbled 14.6 percent over the year to 510,000 in January, according to Statistics Korea.

It marked the fastest January reduction in 16 years on the back of the weeklong Lunar New Year's holidays.

The population mobility had roughly been on the decline for the past years amid the population fall and the rapidly aging population.

The population mobility rate, which measures the number of people relocating to fresh homes for every 100 people, slipped 2.0 percentage points to 11.8 percent in January compared to the same month of 2024. Enditem

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