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People who travel to South Korea often say that the most delightful aspect of their visit was the Korean people, who are hospitable, friendly, and “civic minded.” But those notoriously nice people come up way short in one very important aspect: reproducing.
In 1960, South Korea’s fertility rate was 6.0. In 2020, it was 0.84.
This disheartening news comes from Statistics Korea, the agency charged with keeping track of all things South Korean. The year 2020 was the third consecutive year of fertility below 1.0, as 2018 had ended with 0.98, and 2019 with 0.92. That is a 14 percent decline in just three years.
South Koreans are not alone in failing to replace themselves, but they have a dubious distinction in that regard: of all 198 countries, South Korea has the lowest fertility rate in the world. About that there is no debate. Statistics from South Korea, the United Nations, the World Bank and elsewhere confirm it.

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