Preliminary data has shown that South Korea's fertility rate rose in 2024 for the first time in nine years.
In a sign that the country's demographic crisis might have turned a corner, the fertility rate, the average number of babies a woman is expected to have during her reproductive life, stood at 0.75 in 2024,up from 0.72 in 2023, according to Statistics Korea.
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In a sign that the country's demographic crisis might have turned a corner, the fertility rate, the average number of babies a woman is expected to have during her reproductive life, stood at 0.75 in 2024,up from 0.72 in 2023, according to Statistics Korea.
#southkorea #birthrate #fertility
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00:00South Korea's birth rate has risen for the first time in nine years, raising hopes that the country's demographic crisis has turned a corner.
00:08The fertility rate increased from 0.72 to 0.75 in 2024.
00:15But South Korea's figure remains the lowest in the world.
00:18The country's government has introduced a raft of measures in recent years to try and reverse the downward trend.