In South Korea, world’s lowest fertility rate plunges again in 2023 • FRANCE 24 English

It was already the country with the world’s lowest birth rate but South Korea’s fertility rate has plunged to a record low according to the country’s official data further deepening its demographic crisis there were 230,000 births in 2023 a decrease of 7.7% from the year before the total fertility rate recorded during

A woman’s reproductive life was 0.72 down from 0.78 the previous year ility rate of 0.72 is far below the 2.1 per woman needed for South Korea to maintain a steady population with the country’s 51 million population size on track to hav by the end of this century

And puts pressure on Health Services due to an aging population the new data defies the billions of dollars in government schemes since 2006 to try and reverse the long-term Trend and persuade people to have more children but South Koreans in their 20s and 30s point to Soaring property prices

Skyrocketing child rearing costs and career advancement worries as factors that delay or halt their family planning you go in the current work environment women can’t just leave the office whenever they want to take care of their sick children I think this is the biggest reason why young people aren’t having

Kids it would be better if the government provided financial support as women could face financial difficulties due to a career break after giving birth it’s not the only country in the region struggling with its population growth neighboring Japan also announced this week that the number of babies born

Last year had fallen for the eighth straight year

South Korea’s fertility rate, already the world’s lowest, continued its dramatic decline in 2023, as women concerned about their career advancement and the financial cost of raising children decided to delay childbirth or to not have babies.
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15 comments

  1. South Korea used to be a 10 largest economy for a long time. It used to be a very "unique" country in Asia. (In Asia, South Korea, Japan, and Singapore are the only developed countries ) But now it is the 12th largest economy. I believe they can become the 10th largest economy again because they have world-class technology, but if the population crisis persists, it will be difficult.

  6. Just my 2 cents: Asia has grown too fast in a relatively short period of time to be sustainable. Fast growth comes at a high societal cost. Growth in the West took place over a much longer period of time, and therefore, society has been able to cope better and adjust to lower birth rates. Such growth does not allow for a transition period, which in turn makes available fewer options to deal with the issue. I really see an alarming demographic collapse coming in South Korea, China, Japan.

  8. Korean moms need 2 years compensated child rearing time off from work like many EU countries. I love the Korean people but they sometimes work insanely hard at their jobs. Give mommy's time off with government subsidized stipends.

  14. Eurocentric lookism = girls find guys ugly. girls can hide behind makeup
    capitalism = netflix/internet plan/ regular iphone upgrade are seen as mandatory cost
    Feminism = women pressured the same as men. They have to sacrifice their teenage years studying in order to have a decent life in the future which also means they're less willing to sacrifice their careers.

  15. Childless tax and ban from good careers as well as educational opportunities for selfish people that don’t perform duty to reproduce society

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