韓国：人口減少と急激な高齢化：Threat to Economy（動画）：
South Korea: Declining population and rapid aging: Threat to Economy：
韩国：人口减少和老龄化：对经济的威胁
韓国：
1月5日NYTが指摘した。
韓国に対する主な脅威として、北朝鮮が先に思い浮かぶかもしれない。
しかし、実際にもっと微妙な危険は人口減少と急激な高齢化だと指摘した。
人口調査資料が発表：
韓国の人口が2020年 に初めて減少したことを示す人口調査資料が発表された。
つまり、重要な懸念が浮上していると説明している。
韓国保健社会研究院：イ・サンリン研究員
「韓国の若者にとって、未来の生活がよくなるという確信が持てない」としている。
この低い出生率が、労働力不足などの深刻な経済的困難を招く可能性がある。
（WoW!Korea） – Yahoo!ニュース
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/3b14057c6409ba57a32a0863c66a8ea8bdacca87
As Birthrate Falls, South Korea’s Population Declines, Posing Threat to Economy
Jan. 4, 2021
Think of major threats to South Korea, and its nuclear-armed neighbor North Korea may come to mind.
But a subtler risk to South Korea’s future well-being lies within its borders: a shrinking and rapidly aging population.
The concern
was underscored this weekend with the release of census data that showed South Korea’s population fell in 2020 for the first time on record.
A declining number of newborns
was exceeded by a growing number of deaths, according to census data released by the South Korean government.
a bad signal for replenishing the labor force and caring for retirees and other older people as they become a larger share of society.
The new data from South Korea, while not a surprise,
were nonetheless concerning for a country that in recent decades has become one of Asia’s economic and cultural dynamos.
The census data from the Ministry of Interior and Safety showed that
South Korea’s population
totaled 51,829,023 as of Dec. 31, down 20,838 from the end of 2019.
There were 275,815 births, down 10.65 percent from 2019, and 307,764 deaths, up 3.1 percent from 2019.
The ministry expressed alarm about the implications, saying that
“amid the rapidly declining birthrate, the government needs to undertake fundamental changes to its relevant policies.”
But a growing number of young South Koreans
are still choosing to remain single. When they do marry, they are doing so later in life and usually have only one child, or none at all.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/world/asia/south-korea-population.html