Published 08/25/2022 11:02:00 p.m.

South Korea may face 'age quake' as fertility rate hits record low in 2021

Summary by Ground News

South Koreans are having so few children that their country had the world's lowest fertility rate in 2021. The number of newborns in the country plunged to a new, all-time low of 260,000, down 4.3% from the year prior. South Korea faces the prospect of its population of 51 million people more than halving by the end of this century.

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BBC News

South Korea records world's lowest fertility rate again

Figures show that just 0.81 children per woman are being born in the country.

08/25/2022 7:45:51 a.m.·United Kingdom

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CTV News

South Korea records world's lowest fertility rate

South Korea has broken its own record for the world's lowest fertility rate, according to official figures released Wednesday, as the country struggles to reverse its years-long trend of declining births.

08/26/2022 2:31:13 p.m.·Canada

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CNN

South Korea records world's lowest fertility rate

08/26/2022 4:58:08 a.m.·Atlanta, United States

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KIFI

South Korea records world's lowest fertility rate - again - Local News 8

By Gawon Bae and Jessie Yeung, CNNSouth Korea has broken its own record for the world’s lowest fertility rate, according to official figures released Wednesday, as the country struggles to reverse its years-long trend of declining births.The country’s fertility rate, which indicates the average number of children a woman will have in her lifetime, sunk to 0.81 in 2021 — 0.03% lower than the previous year, according to government-run Statistics K…

08/26/2022 4:58:08 a.m.·Idaho Falls, United States

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