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Joo Hyung-hwan, vice chair of South Korea’s Presidential Committee on Aging Society and Population Policy, said on Monday that his country’s fertility rate is expected to rise slightly when the data from 2024 is fully tabulated.
A fertility rate of 0.74 births per woman is still far, far below the level of 2.1 needed for population stability, let alone growth, so South Korean officials are keen to understand exactly how this baby bump was achieved. Joo also credited the increased number of marriages in recent years for bringing more children into the world. Some observers caution this marriage surge was largely a result of post-pandemic euphoria and might fade soon.
South Korea’s birth rates collapsing so precipitously in the new millennium has prompted vigorous discussion on why – and how other countries might avoid a similar fate.“Bi” is a Korean word for adamant refusal, so the name of the movement translates to “Four Nos,” specifically “no dating, no marriage, no sex, no children.”
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