South Korea's total fertility rate seen recovering to 0.9 range for first time in 7 years - The Herald Business
- Nurses care for newborns in the neonatal ward at CHA Ilsan Medical Center of CHA University of Medicine and Science in Ilsan Dong-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi Province.
- [Yonhap] South Korea's total fertility rate is increasingly likely to recover to the 0.9 range this year for the first time in seven years, as the upward trend in births continues.
- However, despite the recent increase in newborns, a decade of low birth rates has pushed the youth population down by nearly a quarter while the elderly population has grown by more than 60%, deepening the country's demographic aging.
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- Nurses care for newborns in the neonatal ward at CHA Ilsan Medical Center of CHA University of Medicine and Science in Ilsan Dong-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi Province.
- [Yonhap] South Korea's total fertility rate is increasingly likely to recover to the 0.9 range this year for the first time in seven years, as the upward trend in births continues.
- However, despite the recent increase in newborns, a decade of low birth rates has pushed the youth population down by nearly a quarter while the elderly population has grown by more than 60%, deepening the country's demographic aging.
Sources: Heraldcorp