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South Korea's world lowest fertility rate drops again

by pigtailgirl on 2/22/23, 8:34 AM with 5 comments

• by Mageek on 2/22/23, 2:53 PM

  “As of 2020, South Korea was the only country among the OECD members to have a rate below 1, giving it a shrinking population.”

  Being below 2 gives you a shrinking population, because men are half the pop and don’t produce children directly.

• by pigtailgirl on 2/22/23, 9:45 AM

  -- I asked some of my friends - why they think it's happening - they all say same thing - 헬조선: http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Joseon --

• by gsatic on 2/22/23, 9:16 AM

  Has North Korea commented about it? Maybe they can help out.