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There is hope for boosting fertility rates – even in desperately low South Korea

For years now, South Korea has been a poster child for extreme low fertility. Its total fertility rate (TFR) tumbled to 0.72 in 2023 and continues to fall. (To maintain its population, a country needs to have a TFR of 2.1.) Even more shocking is that not a single province managed to break the TFR level of 1. The country’s “highest” fertility rate is in the rural province of Jeolla-namdo — only 0.97.

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