Shanghai in China has a fertility rate 0f 0.50
Some parts of South Korea like wards of Seoul and Busan are already in or below 0.30 children per woman
In 2023 Taiwan’s fertility rate was 0.865 and still going downside
The Hong kong one was 0.75 kids per woman
Singapore is 0.97 (and declining very fast)
Japan is the highest at 1.20 (with Tokyo being 0.99) and they’re declining also really fast
Why???
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South Korea specifically has an issue with young adults fleeing rural lands into the nation’s metropolis for economic opportunity. The city is set up to house single workers, and is expensive as well as inconvenient for child-rearing.
The same thing may well be happening elsewhere in Asia. We have similar problems here in the US, but this is mitigated by expansive suburbs and far better rural infrastructure.
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