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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For the most part, these countries have a high cost of living that demands more out of men and women. Men and women feel they cannot reach a point where they are mentally and financially able to rear children. They don’t want to bring children into the world if they can’t provide a satisfactory upbringing relative to the current times.
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