South Korea and Japan are facing severe demographic challenges as their fertility rates hit record lows in 2023. South Korea's fertility rate dropped to 0.72, with Seoul at 0.55, while Japan saw births fall to 758,631, and marriages declined steeply. Efforts to reverse the trend have been unsuccessful, with concerns about the aging population and economic impact.
The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for an eighth straight year to a new low, government data shows. https://t.co/RO8StGysrh
South Korea shattered its own record for the world's lowest fertility rate yet again https://t.co/RttZ5klURm
For the sixth consecutive year, South Korea has recorded the world’s lowest fertility rate https://t.co/zv5dj65PmA
world’s lowest fertility rate: south korea https://t.co/2aTQoneKEx
Japan hits lowest birth rate since first collected statistic in 1899, government urges action https://t.co/fmlfGwhQic via @usatoday
🔊 South Korea's birth rate is plummeting and the government is struggling to reverse the trend. @joshjonsmith explains why on the Reuters World News daily podcast https://t.co/JG2UshLlbq https://t.co/NmOPP37fLq
🔊 South Korea's birth rate hits a new record low. Find out why on the Reuters World News daily podcast https://t.co/6C0ccFaq8X https://t.co/ugr4sT3FQb
🇰🇷 South Korea's population change 2015: +162,525 2016: +125,416 2017: +72,237 2018: +28,002 2019: +7,544 2020: −32,611 2021: −57,118 2022: −123,614 2023: -122,750
wow, i can’t believe two people die every time a baby is born in japan. why is nobody talking about this? https://t.co/2t8xSHk8op
Spectacular collapse in South Korea’s fertility rate… …some interesting perspective from this new BBC long-read: https://t.co/x6E1AAXzPj https://t.co/kIdMaHfc7C
Korean people work instead of having kids? Not my fuckin problem
South Korea is 'facing extinction from the world's first self-inflicted genocide' due to plunging birthrate https://t.co/INae3B3bdp https://t.co/CR3FhVzxqp
South Korea's baby bust reaches crisis level https://t.co/SihrApGXbA https://t.co/tmFIgYOJ2d
Young people in Japan are getting married and having children in declining numbers, with many viewing parenthood as a daunting burden. https://t.co/VDqJgEKM4o
Japan's birth rate hits record low: Over two people died for every baby born https://t.co/gRErWNfOyn https://t.co/gRErWNfOyn
South Korea's fertility rate fell yet further - to 0.72 in 2023 (from 0.78 in 2022). Seoul now down to 0.55. https://t.co/PDhfWb7sSj via @nbcnews
South Korea's fertility rate, already the world's lowest, is dramatically declining, as women concerned about their career advancement and the financial cost of raising children decide to delay childbirth or to not have babies. https://t.co/VuiqQYJpdb
South Korea's fertility rate, already the world's lowest, continued its dramatic decline in 2023. The number of newborns in 2023 was 230,000, which is 19,200 down or a decrease of 7.7% from a year earlier https://t.co/nEg3Mpoq4b https://t.co/kGMfNJpItp
POLL: Birth rates in South Korea, Japan and other countries have dropped to new record lows. How do you feel about this trend?
Japan's Demographic Implosion: Live Births Crash To Record Low, 12 Years Ahead Of Forecast https://t.co/m95kT3GP5v
Japan's Demographic Implosion: Live Births Crash To Record Low, 12 Years Ahead Of Forecast https://t.co/F5abOVBBnV
South Korea's fertility rate, already the world's lowest, dropped to a fresh record low in 2023, defying the billions of dollars spent by the country to try to reverse the trend as the population shrank for a fourth straight year https://t.co/nEg3MpoXTJ https://t.co/QiubKZevhz
"Over the past 50yrs, the global fertility rate—the total number of births per woman—has roughly halved to 2.3...In most advanced economies it is already well below the replacement rate of 2.1...Developing nations are on a similar downward trajectory" https://t.co/ySkUqau1ge
In South Korea and elsewhere, selfishness brings low fertility | @JJ_Poff https://t.co/uPdzZC2VFY https://t.co/uPdzZC2VFY
South Korea's birth rate fell to a record low last year, the government said, despite billions of dollars being poured into efforts to encourage women to have more children and maintain population stability. https://t.co/aTHhzDrLjx
South Korea's fertility rate, already the world's lowest, continued its dramatic decline in 2023, as women concerned about their career advancement and the financial cost of raising children decided to delay childbirth or to not have babies https://t.co/nEg3MpoXTJ https://t.co/N6HKY9aFcd
Japan has recorded its lowest number of marriages in 90 years, with fewer than 500,000 couples tying the knot last year. https://t.co/XTwgupB1l4
BREAKING: 🇸🇬 Singapore reports record low fertility rate, falling to 0.97 in 2023.
South Korea’s fertility rate – already the lowest in the world – has fallen yet again, amid fears of “national extinction” and an ongoing debate about how to reverse the trend. Read here: https://t.co/Uysuy2omYX https://t.co/jBDQzgdTcB
Just 230,000 babies were born in South Korea in 2023, as the country's baby bust breaks records. https://t.co/2U8WkoKfR8
South Korea's births hit another record low in 2023, statistical office data showed Wednesday. The total fertility rate, or the number of children a woman is expected to bear during life, was 0.72 last year, keeping a downward trend for the eighth consecutive year. https://t.co/AoKvD6DvBz
Japan is one of the few modern societies where there’s still a very strong correlation between births and marriages — and both trends appear to be collapsing. | @michaelbd https://t.co/wrsqxHrX2t
South Korea's fertility rate, already the world's lowest, dropped to a record low in 2023, defying the billions of dollars spent by the country to try to reverse the trend as the population shrank for a fourth straight year https://t.co/nEg3MpoXTJ https://t.co/s2p5ImjEpS
South Korean fertility ratio is frightening... https://t.co/R1TAxDde0L
In 1989, Japan experienced what's referred to as the "1.57 shock", a wave of political concern about the fertility rate falling to a then-record low (of 1.57) Anyway, at 0.72, South Korea's new fertility rate is now less than half of that level. https://t.co/hfKTM5P2TS;
🇯🇵 Japan's population change, by year. 2013: -238,621 2014: -269,416 2015: -284,789 2016: -330,916 2017: -394,421 2018: -444,085 2019: -515,854 2020: -531,816 2021: -628,205 2022: -798,214 2023: -831,872
The country with the world's lowest fertility rate says it's fallen even further https://t.co/SumxoYDIVT
Japan had the fewest babies it has ever recorded last year. Marriages dropped steeply, too https://t.co/gEqBeVly5n
🇯🇵 Japan's population 2016: 127 million 2023: 123.9 million
South Korea has set a fresh record for the world’s lowest fertility rate as the impact of the nation’s aging demographics looms large for its medical system, social welfare provision and economic growth. https://t.co/3lWZcTz8Ns
NEW: South Korea birth rate falls to all-time low https://t.co/Tei8cFkLSm
As we discussed on the show last night collapsing birth rates isn't just a problem in Western nations. The average birth rate in South Korea is now 0.72 children per woman which means the population of South Korea will fall by 50% by 2100. Civilisation ending numbers. https://t.co/n5uzu61kJF
NEW: Japan births hit new record low https://t.co/Go65jlD4Jx
South Korea: further decline in record low birth rate in 2023 https://t.co/1OoZGItCOq https://t.co/5B3QvAjSE4
Japan had the fewest babies it has ever recorded last year. Marriages dropped steeply, too https://t.co/qEpClPtiga
The number of babies born in Japan and South Korea reached record lows in 2023, underlining the failure of efforts to buck the depopulation trend. Can financial incentives and matchmaking apps turn the situation around? https://t.co/cOnRjL3YWH
Japan Population Down By Largest Margin In 2023, Births At Record Low https://t.co/gkqrWMMZou https://t.co/iIrE4jZkGH
Low fertility is a real issue for the economies of South Korea, Japan and Taiwan, all countries where out-of-wedlock births are rare and immigration rates are low: South Korea's fertility rate hits another all-time low https://t.co/s1PD2kF85V via @NikkeiAsia
Japan heads for 'marriage ice age' with lowest number in 90 years https://t.co/6NBKRHwsKE via @NikkeiAsia
TFR (~children per woman) in South Korea declined to just 0.65 in Quarter 4, 2023, down from 0.70 in Quarter 4 2022. Seoul's TFR was only at 0.51 children per woman. The highest TFR (in Sejong) was only 0.89! https://t.co/95sqIExX46
South Korea's fertility rate dropped to a new global low of 0.72 last year, according to new data. https://t.co/3axuJCkAyi
Births in Japan hit record low as government warns crisis at ‘critical state’ https://t.co/0ofqmrhmi3
South Korea sets new record for world’s lowest birth rate amid ‘extinction’ fears https://t.co/oYdda5QIUI
Japan's number of annual births falls to a record low for the eighth straight year https://t.co/zHaGGGak3l
South Korea’s world’s-lowest fertility rate drops to new record, again https://t.co/VPo4omFNsU
Births in #Japan dropped to a new low in 2023, with the country recording more than twice as many deaths as new babies, according to government data. https://t.co/QCc6UQBboP
BREAKING: 🇰🇷 South Korea's birth rate, already one of the lowest in the world, has plunged by nearly 8% compared with last year to a new record low.
Japan’s birthrates haven fallen for the eight straight year on record, just under 500,000. At the same time, marriages have plummeted 5.9%, to 489,281. Follow: @AFpost https://t.co/FzyQi5InRn
South Korea's fertility rate, already the world's lowest, dropped to a fresh record low of 0.72 in 2023, defying the billions of dollars spent by the country to try to reverse the trend 🇰🇷 https://t.co/YDfggcvzuN
“Ahead of elections in April South Korea's major political parties vowed more public housing and easier loans in an effort to stem population decline, aiming to allay fears of "national extinction" as fertility rates crumble” to 0.72 https://t.co/WMcsp0yZOW
South Korea's fertility rate dropped to fresh record low in 2023 https://t.co/kDQQrCjnw0 https://t.co/23awM85LFJ
🚨🇰🇷 SOUTH KOREA'S FERTILITY RATE DROPPED TO FRESH RECORD LOW IN 2023 The average number of expected babies for a South Korean woman during her reproductive life fell to 0.72 from 0.78 in 2022. Source: Reuters, Statistics Korea https://t.co/0LQE3X3uUI
South Korea's total fertility rate in 2023 fell to a fresh record low of 0.72 from the previous year's 0.78, which was already the lowest among OECD nations. https://t.co/fZ08cueYc0
South Korea's fertility rate, already the world's lowest, dropped to a fresh record low in 2023, defying the billions of dollars spent by the country to try to reverse the trend as the population shrank for a fourth straight year https://t.co/RYCGVij0Pa
The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for an eighth straight year to a new low, government data showed Tuesday. The number of marriages fell by 5.9% to 489,281 couples, falling below a half-million for the first time in 90 years. https://t.co/2SHCfUsxiO
South Korea's fertility rate dropped to fresh record low in 2023 https://t.co/uOcVs7Xx9O https://t.co/MJsGsK62QL
South Korea birth rate falls to all-time low. The country has one of the world's longest life expectancies and lowest birth rates, a combination that presents a looming demographic challenge https://t.co/k6BLqg0mJs https://t.co/u6KdHnmE0b
South Korea’s Fertility Rate Dropped to Fresh Record Low in 2023 https://t.co/uvhbB21lSu
South Korea shatters its own record for the world's lowest fertility rate yet again https://t.co/r2HkKBOTBO
South Korea's fertility rate, already the lowest in the world, dropped by another 8 percent in 2023. New data shows the fertility rate dropped to 0.72, far below the 2.1 needed to maintain the population.
South Korea's fertility rate fell further to 0.72, speeding up the aging of society that threatens the nation's future and dynamism https://t.co/iMfJG6Jn3O https://t.co/bBjscohVJ4
South Korea's TFR (~children per woman) sunk to an ultra-low value of 0.72 in 2023, declining even further from 0.78 in 2022. Lowest TFR in 2023: Seoul: 0.55 Busan: 0.66 Incheon: 0.69 South Koreans are on the brink of extinction. TFR is literally heading towards 0.
South Korea shatters its own record for the world's lowest fertility rate yet again https://t.co/cGDM3MGbKx via @economics
South Korea shatters its own record for the world's lowest fertility rate yet again https://t.co/os7LekyeFL
Why are South Koreans not having babies? It has the lowest birth rate in the world and keeps plummeting. Today it hit 0.72. I’ve travelled the country talking to women about this life-changing decision. This is what they told me 👇 https://t.co/6UbUlBudY5
Demographically, Japan is done https://t.co/HN70JndcKn
Why South Korean women aren't having babies https://t.co/qMdX8Pk7hN
Births Hit Record-Low 758,631 in 2023 https://t.co/5xtdgUcziC
The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for an eighth straight year to a new low, government data showed Tuesday, and a top official said it was critical for the country to reverse the trend in the coming half-dozen years. https://t.co/HyvTM1CaN6
Newborns in Japan are at a new low, while fewer couples marry https://t.co/vi3VUWL7GL https://t.co/STkAm9GG4x
Why South Korean women aren't having babies https://t.co/pVvmRH76Bq
The number of babies born in Japan last year fell to the lowest number in the nation's history, government data showed Tuesday, with top officials calling the decline in birth rates a "critical” moment for the nation. https://t.co/wmh6eEzLjt https://t.co/5bS8LCUHIn
Japan’s birth rate fell for an eighth consecutive year to a new record low in 2023, according to government data published on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Over the last year, the number of births fell by 5.1% to 758,631 in 2023. The number of marriages in Japan has also fell by 5.9% to… https://t.co/inz2r0AyeB
The number of births in Japan fell to a record low in 2023, preliminary government data showed. It is the eighth straight year that the number of babies born fell, underscoring the daunting task Japan faces in trying to stem population decline https://t.co/6H5Zo5slEO https://t.co/oxLHskN8vP
Japanese governments have long recognized the horrible consequences of the falling birthrate. More and more Japanese await death without grandchildren. And yet Japanese governments refuse to copy the successful French & Israeli (from pregnancy test till school) natality programs
The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for an eighth straight year, government data showed Tuesday — the lowest number of births since the country began compiling the statistics in 1899. https://t.co/Wc9EQjNs4p
The number of babies born in Japan fell for an eighth straight year to a fresh record low in 2023, preliminary government data showed, underscoring the daunting task the country faces in trying to stem depopulation https://t.co/6H5Zo5slEO https://t.co/ssdp3dk7fj
Japan's complete birth data for 2023 just came out and it's harrowing. The country only had 758,631 babies in 2023, and that number includes foreigners in Japan and Japanese living abroad. In the same timespan, there were 1,574,865 deaths. https://t.co/xGBTIyKJMW
new govt data shows japan population demographics in crisis: births in 2023: down 5.1% (dropping for eighth year in a row) marriages in 2023: down 5.9% (bellow 500k for the first time in 90 yrs)
🇯🇵 JAPAN FACES POPULATION COLLAPSE The birth rate hit a record low, falling for the 8th consecutive year as its population shrank by the largest margin ever. 1 in 10 people in Japan are now aged over 80! Source: Reuters https://t.co/xIWmKq24t4 https://t.co/dHEZcp8N9z
Japan's population declines by largest margin of 831,872 in 2023 https://t.co/iVcPirFvQY
Japan's new births fall to record low in 2023 as demographic woes deepen https://t.co/otFPqDXbf6
The number of babies born in Japan totaled 758,631 in 2023, hitting a record low for the eighth straight year. https://t.co/8DhKMHtxa9
🇯🇵 Japan's births per year 1983: 1,508,687 2023: 758,631
‘Gravest crisis’: Japan’s birth rate hits record low, deepening demographic woes https://t.co/KBOX9TE4wX
BREAKING: 🇯🇵 Japan's chief cabinet secretary says 'the declining birthrate is in a critical situation' and says between now and 2030 'will be the last chance to reverse the trend'
JUST IN - Japan new births at record low, population dropped by largest margin in 2023 https://t.co/rwnNgFUe1A
BREAKING: 🇯🇵 Japan's number of annual births has fallen to a record low for the eighth straight year
Japan records lowest births ever in 2023, deepening demographic crisis https://t.co/h2Qdw2fn4C https://t.co/mX4fiEAex7
Japan's population declines by largest margin of 831,872 in 2023, health ministry data shows
#Japan's demographic crisis continues to worsen: the number of births in 2023 fell for the eighth consecutive year, reaching 758,631, down 5.1% from a year earlier. In addition, the marriage rate fell 5.9% to 489,281 – the first time in 90 years that the number fell below half a…
BREAKING: 🇯🇵 Japan's population declined by a record 831,872 people in 2023
BREAKING: Japan's population declines by largest margin of 831,872 in 2023, health ministry data shows https://t.co/hbj9NITFAa
Japan's population dropped by 831,000 last year as the birthrate continued to fall, according to official data. Japan registered nearly 1.6 million deaths in 2023 but only 758,631 births. This year, half the population will be 50 or older.
Japan Birth Rate Hit Record Low In 2023 As Nation's Population Crisis Deepen https://t.co/4NjDjav0fV https://t.co/VJvyod9KNj
Number of births in Japan hits record low in 2023: The number of babies born in Japan fell for an eighth consecutive year to a record low in 2023, preliminary government data showed on Tuesday, underscoring the daunting… https://t.co/SlvvSP46rT #japannews #japantoday
Number of births in Japan hits record low in 2023 https://t.co/jYGWGSCi31 https://t.co/ocZPbeI1tm
The number of babies born in Japan fell for an eighth consecutive year to a record low in 2023 🇯🇵 https://t.co/nvJ2r8kLAk
⚠️ NUMBER OF BIRTHS IN JAPAN HITS RECORD LOW IN 2023 (Reuters) The number of babies born in Japan fell for an eighth consecutive year to a record low in 2023, preliminary government data showed on Tuesday, underscoring the daunting task the country faces in trying to stem… https://t.co/DVFjWNeK3O