Singapore's baby drought deepens, with 2023 seeing the lowest number of births in at least 50 years. Meanwhile, deaths remain high, exacerbating the country's demographic challenges.Thanks for reading population.news! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work.
South Korea has the world’s lowest fertility rate, which indicates the average number of children a woman will have in her lifetime. It recorded a rate of just 0.72 in 2023
0.97 PFF! Wake me up again when they’re down at 0.52 like Korea, then you might get my attention.
South Korea is low, but I’m sure it’s not that low.
kagis
Yeah.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/09/asia/south-korea-government-population-birth-rate-intl-hnk/index.html