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Country’s Population keeps
Falling
National Statistics report and So why don’t they want to get
Government efforts about married?
population decrease
According to the 2022 Social Survey released by
According to the National Statistical Office, the the National Statistical Office, the proportion of
number of marriages in Korea hit a record low people who think they should get married was
of 193,000 in 2021, with the total fertility rate 50.0%, down 1.2% from the survey two years ago.
reaching 0.78. In 2022, 249,000 children were 43.2% said they were okay with getting married or
born in Korea, down 11,500 from 2021. not. Those who said they don’t have to marry was
3.6%. Almost the half of the domestic population,
In Korea, the total fertility rate fell to 0.8 for the 48.6%, think it is okay not to get married. In the
first time among 252 countries in 2020, setting survey, unmarried young people in their 20s and
a new record by reaching 0.7 in two years. The 30s preferentially pointed out economic reasons
figure is less than half of the average rate of the when asked why they are not getting married. They
38 member countries of the Organization for said the cost of the wedding was burdensome. It
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). is also difficult to form assets, borrow, and provide
Due to this extreme low birth rate, the population stable housing. These reasons were followed by
began to decrease naturally in Korea three years unstable employment status (14.6%).
ago. The government has a gloomy outlook
that the population yearly decline will be about The percentage of people who think men and
200,000 in 2038, 300,000 in 2045, 400,000 in women can live together even if they don't get
2050 and 500,000 in 2055. married rose 5.5% from two years ago to 65.2%,
exceeding the 60% range for the first time. People
who think they can live together without marriage
continued to increase from 45.9% in 2012 and
59.7% in 2020. People who think they can have
children without getting married also rose to 34.7
percent, up 4.0 percent from two years ago. Like
this, people think they can enjoy their life without
getting married.
