Shrinking Korea
This is the text version of the interactive 3D documentary. 한국어
Contents · Chapter 3 What changes
Emptying schools
Ages 0–14: 5.6 million → 3.8 million (2040)
Schools empty first
The children’s pile (light blue) shrinks first and fastest. Children aged 0–14 go from 5.6 million in 2023 to 3.8 million in 2040. More elementary schools are closing for lack of new pupils, and more universities can’t fill their places.
Why?Schools are the first to feel fewer children. A few years later, the army and workplaces go through the same change.
Go furtherClasses got smaller partly because there are fewer children, and partly because more teachers and classrooms were added to make classes smaller.
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