Korea's total fertility rate for 2018 expected to fall to 0.96
- 5 years ago
Now to some news that doesn't bode well for the country in the future.
New figures show South Korea's total fertility rate for 2018 is expected to drop below one.
According to the Presidential Committee on Aging Society and Population Policy on Friday, last year's total fertility rate is expected to record zero-point-nine-six... with around 325-thousand births in the country.
The fertility rate is down from one-point-zero-five in 2017, and is the lowest rate since Statistics Korea started recording the data.
The fertility rate is defined as the total number of children that would be born to each woman if she were to live to the end of her child-bearing years.
Korea's fertility rate ranks the lowest among 35 OECD countries.
New figures show South Korea's total fertility rate for 2018 is expected to drop below one.
According to the Presidential Committee on Aging Society and Population Policy on Friday, last year's total fertility rate is expected to record zero-point-nine-six... with around 325-thousand births in the country.
The fertility rate is down from one-point-zero-five in 2017, and is the lowest rate since Statistics Korea started recording the data.
The fertility rate is defined as the total number of children that would be born to each woman if she were to live to the end of her child-bearing years.
Korea's fertility rate ranks the lowest among 35 OECD countries.