Chinanews.com, December 9th. According to a comprehensive report, the Korean Statistics Office released statistics on the 9th. In 2021, the total population of South Korea is 51.75 million (including foreigners living in South Korea), which will decrease by 90,000 from 51.84 million in 2020. people.

It also means that after South Korea’s population peaks in 2020, there will be a negative growth in the total population from 2021.

  South Korea has already experienced a death cross phenomenon in which the number of deaths is greater than the number of births in 2020. This phenomenon is called the "death cross" by the government.

Data map: On the streets of South Korea, people wear masks to travel.

  However, this is the first time that the total population of South Korea has experienced negative growth.

In 2019, the Korea Statistics Office predicted that the country’s population would peak in 2028, but the actual peaking time was 8 years earlier.

  This is because in addition to the intensified death crossover phenomenon, the number of foreigners living in Korea has also been drastically reduced due to the impact of the new crown epidemic.

  The Korean Statistics Agency estimates that the population of South Korea will decrease by about 60,000 per year in the next 10 years.

During this period, the natural decline in the number of deaths than births will continue, but the scale will not be very large.

Therefore, if the cross-border population flow increases, the population growth rate can turn from negative to positive.

  It is estimated that South Korea’s population will reach 51.2 million in 2030, and it will drop to 50.19 million in 2040, and the rate of decline will accelerate thereafter.

By 2070, the country’s population will be reduced to 37.66 million, which means that in 50 years, the country’s total population will drop by 14.18 million.

Data map: South Korea’s annual "Maturity Day", female high school students hold a traditional coming-of-age ceremony.

  In April, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) released the "2021 World Population Report", showing that South Korea has a total fertility rate of 1.1, ranking 198th among 198 countries, and the bottom-most place for two consecutive years.

  It is predicted that South Korea’s total fertility rate will drop to a trough of 0.7 by 2024, and then return to 1.21 by 2046.

  The South Korean government predicts that by 2031, as the second-generation baby boomers born in the 1990s enter their 30s and start families, South Korea’s fertility rate will rise to 1.0.

To prevent population decline, the fertility rate needs to reach about two children per woman.

  In addition, the country’s natural population decline will increase from 30,000 in 2020 to 100,000 in 2030, and to 510,000 in 2070.

  According to South Korea’s "Joongang Ilbo" citing data from the spring issue of the Korea Statistics Agency’s "Statistics Plus", based on the 2015 South Korean census data, half of the unmarried people aged 30 to 44 in the country live with their parents and are financially unmarried. They also rely on their parents to become a "kangaroo tribe" who gnaws on the old.

  Analysis believes that the biggest reason why a large number of young Koreans choose to become "kangaroos" is the rising cost of living and the higher barriers to employment.

  According to expert analysis, employment difficulties, rising housing prices, and a decline in the proportion of marriages will continue to increase the number of "kangaroos" in South Korea in the future. In this case, the survey shows that South Korean women have more negative attitudes towards marriage than men. .