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If the pitiful TFR resulted from the overcompetition and poor housing environment in Seoul, the government’s policy focus must be on the problems.
The total fertility rate – the average number of births a woman is projected to give during her reproductive years – stood at 0.81 last year, down from 2020’s 0.84, Statistics Korea announced Wednesday.
Korea’s total fertility rate — the average number of times a woman is expected to give birth in her lifetime — is the lowest in the world for the third straight year according to a new report published Wednesday.
The number of babies born in Korea dropped 10.4 percent in April from a year earlier, data showed Wednesday, in the latest sign underscoring the low birthrate that has plagued the country for more than a decade.
Korea JoongAng Daily Sitemap