South Korea: Birth rate hit record low: Population declines for the first time-
Korea Statistical Office:
The total fertility rate, which gives an estimate of the number of children a woman will give birth to in her lifetime.
On February 24, it announced that the total fertility rate in 2020 was 0.84, a decrease of 0.08 points from the previous year.
Recorded the lowest since the start of statistics in 1970.
It has been below 1 for the third consecutive year since 2018.
South Korea’s natural population decline:
Number of births:
The number of children born in 2020, the number of births, decreased by 10% from the previous year to 272,400.
Number of deaths:
On the other hand, the number of deaths increased by 3.4% from the previous year to 305,100, the highest ever.
The number of deaths exceeded the number of births for the first time.
As a result, the population of South Korea has declined naturally since the start of statistics.
Current affairs dot com
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South Korea’s birth rate hits record low
The birth rate in 20 years was 0.08 lower than the previous year.
The average age of childbirth is 33.1 years, an increase of 0.1 years from the previous year.
Births decreased in all age groups except those in their 40s.
The rate of decrease from the late 20s to the early 30s is large.
Although there are changes in the population composition, the uncertainties about the future of the younger generation have had an impact.
Changes in fertility rate:
The birth rate in South Korea was over 4 in the 1970s.
In 1990, it dropped to 1.57, the same level as Japan.
It was around 1.2 between 2000 and 15 years,
It plummeted to 1.05 in 2017.
In 2018, it fell below 1 for the first time since 1970.
Full-scale population decline:
While the number of births has decreased, the number of deaths has increased by 3.4% year-on-year.
The declining trend in the number of births is expected to continue.
South Korea is about to enter an era of full-scale population decline.
Nihon Keizai Shimbun
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOGM231MW0T20C21A2000000/