With the world's lowest fertility rate and a rapidly ageing population, concern is growing about the strain on South Korea's economy and the pension system, which may become depleted in the coming decades.
(VOVWORLD) -South Korea is expected to be one of the world's oldest countries in 2070 because of having the fastest population aging, according to a report released Friday by Statistics Korea (SK).
The main cause of South Korea's aging is low fertility. Decreased fertility rates tend to cause lower marriage rates, more delayed marriages, and increased aging.
Young Koreans cite as obstacles the high cost of housing in greater Seoul (home to roughly half the country's 52 million citizens), the expense of raising a child in a hypercompetitive academic culture, and grueling workplace norms that are inhospitable to family life, especially for women, who are still expected to do ...
Under this system, everyone in South Korea is considered to be one year old at the time of their birth, and their age increases by one on New Year's Day, regardless of their actual birth date.
Such a low fertility rate has already made South Korea the most rapidly aging society in the world. The other factor behind the country's rapidly population aging is its rising life expectancy at birth, which was 83.5 years in 2020 — the third highest in the world.
South Korea has had the lowest fertility rate in the world since 2013. The fertility rate is the average number of children born to a woman in her reproductive years. The drop in fertility rates has left countries facing a future of aging populations and shrinking workforces.
In the past 20 years, South Korea has recorded some of the lowest fertility and marriage levels in the world. As of 2021, South Korea is the country with the world's lowest total fertility rate at 0.81. The TFR of the capital Seoul was 0.63 in 2021.
The major reasons for the gains in South Korea — as in most rich countries — are reductions in infant mortality and cardiovascular diseases (particularly stroke), as well as declines in stomach cancers.
Korea's crude marriage rate — the number of marriages per 1,000 people — slid to 3.7 from 3.8 in 2021, according to data released Thursday by the national statistics office. About 191,700 marriages took place in 2022, down 0.4% from a year earlier.
Japan's aging population is considered by many to be the greatest challenge facing the country. As Japan wrestles with caring for its elderly population, it is worth considering how this aging population will affect Japan's foreign policy.
South Korea has the second lowest obesity rate (around 5%) out of all OED countries, where the average is 19.5%.
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Retrieved June 16, 2023, from www.marchofdimes.org/peristats. In the United States, the highest fertility rates (per 1,000 women ages 15-44) during 2018-2020 (average) were to Hispanic women (64.8), followed by blacks (62.6), American Indian/Alaska Natives (60.8), Asian/Pacific Islanders (55.6) and Whites (55.3).
Countries with the highest birth rate 2023
Niger had the highest birth rate in the world in 2023, with a birth rate of 46.86 births per 1,000 inhabitants. Angola, Benin, Mali, and Uganda followed with more than 40 children born in each of the countries per 1,000 population in that year.
South Korea has the lowest fertility rate globally at 0.9 children per woman, closely followed by Puerto Rico at 1.0 and a trio of Malta, Singapore, and the Chinese Special Administrative Region Hong Kong all at 1.1 children per woman.
Dropping birth rates are a result of a number of reasons, such as growing living expenses, an increase in the number of women in the workforce, as well as easier access to contraception, which encourages women to have fewer children. The declining social and cultural values are a major factor in Japan's low birth rate.
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