Shrinking Korea
This is the text version of the interactive 3D documentary. 한국어
Contents · Chapter 3 What changes
Fewer hands
Working-age people: 36.5 million → 23.5 million (2050)
Not enough people to do the work
Working-age people (yellow) fall from 36.5 million in 2023 to 23.5 million in 2050. Factories, hospitals, farms and the army will all run short of people. With fewer people making things and providing services, the economy loses some of its power to grow.
Why?The people turning working age now are the babies born 15 to 20 years ago. Babies already born can’t be changed, so the next 20 years or so are largely set.
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