Shrinking Korea
This is the text version of the interactive 3D documentary. 한국어
Contents · Chapter 1 Korea today
Less than one
Total fertility rate: 0.72
0.72
The total fertility rate is the number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime. In 2023, Korea’s was 0.72. To keep the population the same size, it needs to be about 2.1. Korea is at about one third of that.
Why?If two parents have fewer than one child between them, the next generation is less than half the size of this one.
Go furtherAccording to Statistics Korea, it rose a little to 0.75 in 2024, after eight years of only falling. One year is too soon to call it a turnaround, but it shows the number is not fixed.
View in 3D →Read more: Statistics Korea, KOSIS — births and marriages (in Korean)