Record Low Fertility Rate — South Korea
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https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/26/asia/south-korea-worlds-lowest-fertility-rate-intl-hnk/index.html
In 2021, South Korea’s fertility rate dropped to 0.81, probably the lowest in the world. The reason is pretty mundane — cost of living/raising a child is so high that most people don’t want to have kids. (In comparison, the USA and China’s fertility rate is around 1.6~1.7, Italy’s is around 1.3, Japan’s around 1.4. It needs to be around 2.1 to maintain equilibrium. Some African countries have fertility rates greater than 5.)
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I think that pretty much every developed country is experiencing this problem.
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