The latest population statistics released by South Korea showed that in 2021, South Korea's fertility rate reached a record low and became the "first" of the world. At the same time, the proportion of aging population increased, which means?

recently released the latest population statistics released by South Korea showing that in 2021, South Korea's fertility rate hit a record low and became the "first" in the world. At the same time, the proportion of aging population increased. What does this mean? The economic development of this country will have a series of problems such as the shortage of labor, insufficient consumption power, and weakened social vitality.

Korea's population crisis not only worried the local government, but also made Tesla owner Elon Mask. On September 6, local time in the United States, at least 10 children (only referred to publicly reported data), the rich man who posted on social accounts, expressed concern about the sudden drop in the Korean population and longevity.

"South Korea Times" reported on September 6 local time that South Korea is one of the main economies in Asia, but the future development is worrying. The South Korean Bureau of Statistics expects that by 2070, South Korea's population will reduce from the current 52 million to 38 million.

has a problem of ultra -low fertility rate behind the population drop. In 2021, the fertility rate of this country is only 0.81, that is, the average child of each woman in the local area has less than one child this year, which is far lower than the average fertility rate of 2.32 world one. Moreover, the fertility rate in South Korea in 2022 is expected to continue to decline.

is also expected to be based on the statistics released by the United Nations that in 2070, South Korea will become the country with the most aging population in the world. At that time Essence By 2100, the elderly population in South Korea will exceed half, and the proportion will exceed 53%. According to data from the

United Nations, from 1970 to 2021, the global average fertility rate decreased by 51.9%, while South Korea once again played "super level", a sudden drop of 82.2%. In 1970, the South Korean government began to count the fertility rate of its country, recording 4.53 that year. With the financial crisis erupted at the beginning of this century, this indicator began to fall.

By 2018, Korean housing costs, children's costs, and education costs soared, while South Korean job opportunities are decreasing, and young people become more anxious about the future. In this context, South Korea's fertility rate fell below 1.0 in 2018.

experts from Hanyang University in South Korea believe that the South Korean government has long recognized the country's population crisis, but it is not enough. Experts suggest that the local government should invest more resources for young people, add more resources to the parenting system, encourage immigration, etc. In the past two years,

has occurred in Korean schools. In order to alleviate the lack of troops, the South Korean army has relaxed the conditions for enlistment. The problem of insufficient labor forces forced South Korea to accelerate the popularization of artificial intelligence and robotics technology in factories to automate production in response to insufficient manpower. The Ministry of Justice of South Korea also stated that a department will set up a department to stimulate immigrants.

Korean government released a budget report released last week that in order to encourage fertility, it is planned to be provided for newborn families every month (about 3600 yuan RMB) next year. Essence However, the local government said that once the newborn reaches 1 year, the subsidy will be halved and the second year will be canceled.

's previous Korean government actually has similar measures. Although there are relatively few subsidies, 300,000 won (about 1500 yuan RMB) per month. Bloomberg reports that South Korea is expected to invest hundreds of billions of dollars to reverse the crisis of population, but the result has been unsatisfactory. Last year, the newly born population was only 260,000, accounting for 0.5%of the total population.

is in Asia. It was thought that Japan's birth rate was already very low, but it was unexpectedly better than South Korea, second only to South Korea. "Japan Times" in 2021, Japan's birth rate was 1.3, and newly born babies in 2012 were 810,000, which is a new low in this country. However, Japan's aging problem is indeed more obvious. According to data released by the Japan Bureau of Statistics, the population ratio of aging at the age of 65 and over 2020 is close to 29%, and it is expected to exceed 38%by 2060.

In fact, Musk was worried about the Korean population crisis that fully complied with his consistent public statement. After all, this is not the first time Musk has worried about the population crisis on social media.He has also worried about the reduction of the population of Japan, Norwegian , and even the reduction of the entire earth and the future civilization. In August this year, he said in an interview in Norway that the world needs to "give birth to more children." Musk, who is 51 years old this year, "leads by example", public reports show that he already has 10 children.