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Low birth rate weighs on South Korea's economy, forecast to see negative growth by 2050

Báo Quốc TếBáo Quốc Tế03/12/2023

The Bank of Korea (BoK) said on December 3 that the country is expected to experience negative growth by 2050 if it fails to reverse the accelerating decline in the birth rate.
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Difficulties in finding jobs and high housing costs make young Koreans less interested in getting married and having children. (Source: Bloomberg)

South Korea's total fertility rate — the average number of children a woman aged 15-49 will have in her lifetime — fell to 0.81, the lowest among the 30 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2021, according to a BOK report.

Among 217 countries and territories, including OECD member countries, South Korea has the second lowest fertility rate, after Hong Kong (China) at 0.77. South Korea ranks first among these 217 countries and territories in terms of the rate of decline in its fertility rate from 1960 to 2021, with an 86% decrease from 5.95 to 0.81.

The BoK report said that if this trend continues without any solution, the South Korean economy will experience negative growth by 2050 and the country's total population will fall below 40 million by 2070 from the current level of 51 million.

The main reasons for South Korea's record low birthrate are fierce competition, difficulties in finding jobs, high housing costs and growing concerns about child safety, the BOK said.

The BoK predicts South Korea's birthrate will rise to 0.845 if the government takes measures to lower housing prices, ease urban concentration and raise the employment rate among unmarried young workers to levels seen in other OECD countries.

South Korea's birthrate fell to a record low of 0.7 in the third quarter, down 0.1 from a year earlier, according to Statistics Korea. It was also the lowest figure for the third quarter since 2009.



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