Fertility in East Asia declined between 1950-2000 from a total fertility rate (TFR), that is, the average number of live births per woman, of more than 5 to less than 2; the TFR is less than 1.5 in ...

South Korea’s population is poised to shrink by 12 percent. And Taiwan’s will go down by an estimated eight percent. The U.S. population, by contrast, is on track to increase by 12 ... East Asia’s ...

South Korea’s population was around ten million for well over a century. Seoul’s post-WW2 baby boom was delayed by the Korean War (1950-53) but took off in the late 1950s-early 1960s.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Across East Asia, birthrates are plummeting. Japan's has been falling for eight straight years and recently hit a record low of 1.2 children per woman, the lowest since record ...

A 2023 survey by South Korea's Ministry of Gender Equality and Family published in May showed 38.5 percent of 13-24 year olds saw marriage as necessary, a drop of 12.5 points since 2017.

In the decades immediately ahead, East Asia will experience perhaps the modern world’s most dramatic demographic shift. All of the region’s main states—China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan ...

TOKYO -- East Asia has entered an era of population decline. Japan was the first to show a clear trend of sustained falls, but now China, South Korea and Taiwan are too.

Faced with shrinking markets and shortages of workers at home, firms from Northeast Asia will intensify outsourcing to labour-abundant partners in Southeast Asia and South Asia, if they can get ...

Researchers have uncovered a previously unconfirmed population boom across South East Asia that occurred 4,000 years ago, thanks to a new method for measuring prehistoric population growth.

Declining birth rates is a common problem across South-east Asia, prompting governments to step up policy measures to boost population growth and productivity. PHOTO: ST FILE THE spotlight is shining ...