from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 23:52
https://lemmy.world/post/14885940
Fewer than 20,000 babies were born in Korea in February, a record low for the month
The number of live births in Korea fell below 20,000 in February, a record low for the month.
According to a report on population trends for February published by Statistics Korea on Wednesday, there were 19,362 live births that month, representing a 3.3% decrease from February of last year. That was the fewest live births in the month of February since the Korean government began tracking the figure in 1981, as well as the first time the February live births figure has dropped below 20,000.
The provisional figure for live births in February 2023 (published that April) had also clocked in below 20,000 (19,939), but the official figure was later revised to 20,020.
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For the dummies like me, this article references only South Korean birth rates.
If SK’s birth rate stays low enough for long enough, perhaps reunification might start to look like a decent option again!
Edit: Anyone want to explain why this was downvoted so much? Lol
I suspect China and the north would not let this happen.
I had no idea there were that many months in February
Turns out string theory is 100% correct, and one of the pocket dimensions broke open, and it was full of time.
Population reduction will cause a lot of interim pain but might be what we need to increase the sustainability of the planet. In next 70 years, we might see a drastic reduction in populations of china and India as well. The lower human population will hopefully allow the planet to recover from the last 100 years uncontrolled resource extraction.
Oh cool, ecofascism. The unsustainable practices we have are what’s killing the planet, not the scale of human lives specifically. And as long as that doesn’t change, we have no future.