South Korea Shatters Its Record for World's Lowest Fertility Rate | Vantage with Palki Sharma

South Korea Shatters Its Record for World's Lowest Fertility Rate | Vantage with Palki Sharma
South Korea has shattered its own record for world's lowest fertility rate. The country faces "national extinction" as its population continues to shrink. But South Korea is not alone in this battle against baby bust. Falling birth rates are a major concern for some of Asia's biggest economies. Governments have been spending hundreds of billions of dollars trying to reverse the trend. Why is it not working? Palki Sharma tells you.
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[@OrionNebula553]

Another cause of population decline in Asian countries is the toxic work culture and never ending work hours. People are always angry and frustrated and simply do not have any time to think about getting married and have children. Even corporates pay little regard to women employees with children, they are just focused on reducing cost and maximise profits.

[@simaosimoes]

And they said capitalism would be amazing 😂😂

[@xy1xy]

Lazy people

[@Faceon6790]

We should control the population in India sir...We cannot compare our country to other low birth rated countries. Our country is in danger just look at our high population.

[@earth2k66]

And some Indian Industrialists are promoting the same work culture in our country. 😂

[@Faceon6790]

This doesn't apply to India...in our case we should stop having kids first otherwise our whole country will be destroyed. Like just look at our population

[@user-me3wx3gn6k]

"Breaking a world record is great. Shattering your own record even better. But not when you are winning a race to the bottom " -Parki Sharma 🙌 Thr art of reporting news.

[@ifychijiokec.jspeaks2973]

She is timeless. 🙅👌.. Why did she even leave Wion?

[@understanding.everything]

​@@ifychijiokec.jspeaks2973 politics and freedom in reporting

[@skipper2594]

like injaa is breaking its own records in global hunger index and pollution year by year😂😂😂

[@oscarcolon7296]

Asian ppl don't like to fudge?? Like panda bears?

[@Ben-vr6qz]

@@skipper2594they are at the bottom of the world

[@sandeepmathias5774]

In India, old man Narayan Murthy asking youngsters to work 72 hours per week by giving examples of these countries economic success

[@rjclue2630]

What a slaves humans have become. After AI. Many can sit at home and love their family 😊

[@krishgaming9080]

Yes it's success youtubers must work higher time for benefit n popularity

[@natashadickson4819]

Their declining birth rate is not success.

[@mercedesbenz3751]

He is right too. India is too far behind in terms of development. We have no options than to work even more than the Japanese.

[@sahil5rana]

​@@mercedesbenz3751 Abe gadhe ghore ki Tara Kam karega kya corporate liye ase ti jeena kiyu

[@antiquesewist423]

Society makes it as difficult as possible to have kids, then has the nerve to complain when people stop having kids

[@aprajita.makeup.film.dramaa]

Exactly my point. If no jobs, how do we provide for our next generation? The cost of raising a human kid is sky rocketing. I cannot take care of myself with the money I earn, how do I even raise a kid? I don't want to give birth and then subject my child to an unfulfilled lifestyle. For the BPL, subject them to abject poverty. How I wish, everybody understood this. And, Palki Ma'am this video gave me proper insights to the same. The stats are insane. Good work!

[@Faceon6790]

In my opinion, Indian women don't even need 1 kid atp...look at the population of our country. If you need kids badly just adopt some like let's be wise...it is the time to control our population

[@Faceon6790]

Don't have kids at all at this point. There are already too much people in this land.

[@Faceon6790]

Like if a woman need kids , then adopt some.

[@mohana555p3s]

​@@Faceon6790adoption process is completely fu*ked up in India!! you can't adopt any child easily it requires lot of time

[@sciencifyingtheworld]

​@@Faceon6790u don't even have a clue how dangerous is population collapse I m sure every country will be like Muslim country

[@miketess3358]

Remember when we got computers and more automation and we thought we would work less? Instead we work more than ever. There's never a sustainable equilibrium of contentment. It's a never ending push for more profit, more "productivity", more work. But even with so much work, cost of living is sky high and only getting higher, and purchasing power has plummeted. On every turn, we get taxed or charged for something.

[@atra7812]

That's called capitalism.

[@EdwinTyler]

That's because of human greed. Corporates realised that with computers people can give a higher output and they did exactly that.

[@rajarya7482]

And that brothers is what we call the matrix.

[@AG_only_comments]

In a country where women want to weigh under 50kg and men want to weigh under 60kg, no matter their height or build, this is expected. Eating disorders are a common thing in South Korea. This is one of the many reasons for infertility there. May be in other Asian countries too.

[@bihariallenite3843]

What men and under 60kg ?? Here I am a just 18 yo boy with weight 70Kg still I am totally fine with my body. Even 1-2 yrs ago I weighted 75Kg.

[@_Lucifer_.]

@@bihariallenite3843Depends upon your height though

[@KalelX5296]

​@@bihariallenite3843thats fine I'm 1.84m tall and over 80kg. Everyone tells me i need to put on weight

[@alvanalvino]

@@KalelX5296Talk about pressure, loosing 16KG before visiting home? That is very scary.

[@himankmaheshwari2097]

Plastic surgery pe paise hi itte lg jaate hain,,delivery ke liye bchte hi nhi😂

[@saranibhattacharya2849]

India is gonna come next with all these IT company CEOs saying work for 70 hrs per day😅😅😅

[@chandramohanj4619]

Correct.

[@pranav275]

Although you said it as a joke, its actually projected to happen, specially in southern states of India. See TamilNadu for example, the population is set to decide from 2031

[@sudeshnanayak7370]

​@@pranav275 as per your report, i think it is pretty incorrect.. they have big infrastructure so that they can stable their population and govts will give incentives and increments to boost their tamilian population..

[@Nature_lover_Bnda]

pr abdul ko to coding aata hi nhi 😜😜😜

[@krishgaming9080]

If a girl just wannaale babies she's characterless understand our hindi culture we don't let the woman to be white we let them work

[@sreedevi2029]

I think the most cliche reason is the competition, unemployment and stress among the youngsters. There are people who struggle just to exist. It’ll subsequently result is population decline in any country. The government should be aware of such situations instead of paying money for giving birth. That doesn’t work.

[@vqbl795]

Indeed. The average household income vs. housing and average cost of living ratio is getting more unbalanced in more and more parts of the world. We're definitely feeling it over here in more and more cities all over Asia.

[@vqbl795]

I also know more and more couples irl who are settling for the DINK life-- Double income, no kids lifestyle as family expenses (-aging parents medical care, previously acquired family debts, toxic family culture of lending financial support to other relatives, etc) on both sides grow on top of their own living expenses.

[@LifeOdysseyMotivation]

Agree with "There are people who struggle just to exist." spot on!

[@earlysda]

Biggest problem is belief in Evolution. If we are just pond scum, what's the point?

[@DeepakJAT0007]

​@@earlysdabetter then believing in sky daddy

[@gerelchimegaltandush8355]

The worst part of women after marriage is you have to take care of 4 elderly people. Your parents and husband’s parents plus household chores , raise babies . Another thing is work do the all things. It’s almost same as going to prison for life. Asia men don’t do these things they only work. Plus raising kids . Too much work for women that’s why nobody wants to get married especially for women.

[@hesterprynne5965]

The misogyny is so deep that women are sick of taking on all the burdens without the support from their spouses. Men need to wake up and treat women better and do half the work!

[@Lp-ze1tg]

There are about 11 high school classmates that are still on my contact list. We met few years ago but stopped seeing recently due to the pandemic. 3 were never married and the rest are married but only half gave birth. My mother has a gathering group for lunch meeting regularly. Only half of them have grand children. That tells you that the statistic is correct about the birth rate crisis.

[@nexuscross3233]

It's not a 'crisis', it's a blessing, as we are severely overpopulated.

[@artwithsaya]

​@@nexuscross3233keep up with the facts. The population is sinking.

[@flowrepins6663]

​@@nexuscross3233im pretty much decided my self to never marrie or have kids

[@spicykaraage641]

@@nexuscross3233 Not Korea though, Also the no kids line of thinking is very selfish at best.

[@AdamantMindset]

@@spicykaraage641 how? unless you are willing to provide finance for raising his kids?

[@sakshambhadoria9998]

China, South Korea and Japan have similar reasons for population decline. Fewer marriages,late marriages, economic insecurity and entrenched belief among women that they will be pushed back to their homes due to patriarchal and social norms that put the burden of childcare and family care on women. Fear of losing financial freedom looms large in the minds of women. Souring costs of living, lack of economic avenues, hyper competitive environment and toxic work culture that glorifies over working,sleep deprivation and leaves little room for personal life. These nations have to address the social cause of these issues otherwise it will result in societal collapse, shrinking and expensive labour, smaller markets.

[@nellemaximiano5253]

friend, china and japan are in the first world economic, with the highiest PIB, dont get it wrong. For Korea well it only has Sansung

[@spicykaraage641]

@@Psycheeeee They think that western problems are the same here in Asia which very inaccurate, the Birth rate decline is a very complicated subject and simply saying increasing salaries won't solve it. Japan for example has social issues that prevent men and women from finding partners. But I do agree the ungodly amount of hours of work are to blame somewhat.

[@supernova7966]

They need Islam.

[@tomaip]

@@Flamoong Misogyny? lmao. Korea is a male hate society and men are slaves in Korea. Foreigners always talk nonsense without even knowing it.

[@kookie175]

@@supernova7966 and become what is Europe, Sweden presently?

[@singularity3021]

That's why they are spending billions on AI and robotics 🙄

[@FrenchFili]

SK is too expensive to have a family. SK and JPN have the worst working environment. Plus a baby you need to care for.

[@user-g5rt89]

they also spending billions so that people have more babies

[@mars1pluto]

A.I. can't give you children 😂

[@earth2k66]

What? Are they gonna patch up their families with a robot child? AstroBot? 😂 Congratulations SK and JPN, you have won the Darwin Award (for natural extinction)

[@tarunika983]

When there is no Humans Robot will do that jobs..

[@GM-vt6is]

Want to fix this problem? Forcibly break the megacorps pushing people to study nonstop m, just to graduate to long working hours and semi-poverty. People need to live life in order to create life. Give incentives to young couples to get married, protections to mothers, make the necessities of raising a child free or at least affordable.

[@tryscience]

And if you're single, too bad you can always just pay the bill.

[@GM-vt6is]

@@tryscience There is enough money amongst the megarich and all the government borrowing to pay for everything - or did you think your measly contributions make a difference to the government bottomline? Besides, a growing population will always be able to handle increased spending.

[@goddessvibes08]

I think India should worry about overpopulation and lack of space, air and healthy water for all instead of worrying about other countries. We are in hel l

[@goodguy5569]

You no need to worry about lack of space in our country because we are having a lot of space and a lot of water 💦 😮‍💨😏

[@b.m.5068]

Get some knowledge first and then talk. Look for the fertility rate and then come back.

[@rassilkrishnan8940]

India is already slightly below population replacement rate of 2.1 since the 2020s and high population growth in numbers is only due to the large base population and the older people living longer. We have already levelled out the TFR

[@dingus6317]

@@rassilkrishnan8940India will be fine you have a billion people

[@prodigalpriest]

The decreasing fertility rates are WORLDWIDE, not just in Asia.

[@davoizchanger]

If you know the cause, you know.

[@mrconfusion87]

Except Sub-Saharan Africa! They will be good for awhile...

[@Jp-do9ny]

​@@mrconfusion87Great. The only place they can't take care of themselves are having kids 😂😂

[@michaelayeni177]

​@@Jp-do9nywatch your mouth. Things are changing fast.

[@joshtondurrah8048]

Don't speak for Africans

[@Anothony689]

the world is in a mess, who would want to bring a life into this world?

[@Sociedadematriarcal]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@chihirostargazer6573]

Exactly.

[@LiberatedNotes]

Especially not in cultures like korea where there is sooo many problems

[@LifeOdysseyMotivation]

right

[@DeepakJAT0007]

Anti Natalism 🔥

[@KimberlyCaldwell-xb2if]

"Throwing money at the problem won't work." Telling off the governments for not making sure that life is affordable made me clap. Kudos to her for giving it straight and true. I love this woman.

[@abhishes]

India should learn from this …. Too many people. Many of them have no other job but to comment on KZbin videos

[@vianiexplore123]

Hahaha yes and exactly.

[@deekshanaik2438]

But imo this is a win-win for us.....job opportunities will increase for foreigners and employment is distributed for our population. Foreign currencies cash in for us so more growth for us. Maybe it's our time to dominate the world lol

[@BELIEVER78989]

Haha Fr, our main problem really is population, wish our govt do something about this🤷‍♀️

[@xiswalder1943]

and you are one of them? btw indias fertility rate is below replacement just fyi

[@dhirajgawande007]

😂 that last line hurt me

[@SirishaRamanand]

Look around and see how we treat mothers. Is it any wonder women are opting out?

[@markaurelius61]

How do you think we treat mothers? Has that changed recently?

[@redgoddess]

Facts!

[@SirishaRamanand]

⁠@@markaurelius61 mothers have very little support in raising children, even those with partners. We’ve lost access to family and community that could help due to mobility (ie moving for better jobs). Child care is considered to be an individual problem not an institutional one e.g all daycares shutting at 6 pm whereas in most Asian/ south Asian countries staying at work till 9 is a bare minimum. We also expect our women to work full time and progress at the same rate as men. Most companies have an up or out model at least in India. If you’re not progressing every few years and do just your job description you’re asking to be given a poor rating and a poor rating means being managed out. Shiny office buildings are often very far away from where actual employees live so that’s a commute of at least an hour either way adding to an already long day. And if you complain then you will be told it’s your choice. So then if you say yes it’s my choice and I will opt out for a few years to raise my child I am immediately tainted by the fact that I thought of doing anything else with my life other than a corporate career and that makes it impossible to get rehired. Mother and children are treated as an inconvenience . So isn’t it natural that women just opt out

[@TheArtkaw]

@@markaurelius61There are literal restaurants and cafe’s that ban families with babies. Many offer pathetic incentives for parental leave…

[@markaurelius61]

@@TheArtkaw That's what you have for the mistreatment of mothers? Some restaurants? And parental leave? I guess if people are overcommitted in their mortgage. When my wife became a mother she stopped working for a few years. We just lived more frugally for a while.

[@arunkottolli]

This is the side effect of having a very long work hours and having women in workforce. If women are expected to work 9-9-6, there’s no time for taking care of kids, cost of child care shoots up and discourage people from having kids. Also note that kids in S.Korea have a record for studying longest hours, competition for good colleges are immense, and kids who emerge from such a system don’t want their kids to suffer the same.

[@chrispinmaponga5409]

Good point there.

[@vaniganapathi830]

On top of it after spending 30+ years in intense struggle to settle down they get exhausted and finally need time to breathe and enjoy life by themselves. So no one is interested in starting a family and face all the challenges. As we know life starts when people start a family that is when the real deal is. Young people get exhausted even before that in life. Plus women has extra struggles like giving birth to a child is going to be an all round effort, it is going to change her body, her thinking, her emotions. So young women are even more afraid to start a family.

[@BhanuPratap-ks1dx]

Yeah, I don't want my children to suffer the same way I am doing

[@victoryv116]

Women in force .hahah that so sexist ..women have been always in work force .as household workers and producing babies by sacrificing their bodies ..and it's just they don't get payed for it and even has to leave for her home for husband house .what they got in return ...nothing ..it was never a blissful life for women ....it's better to work for 9 10 hours and get payed rather than trapped in exhausting thankless marriage

[@shubhamer2000]

Bhai it's going to happen in INDIA also as inflation is now hitting familes average monthly expenditure of an average family is now around 30-35 thousand so in order to maintain you shud earn at least 70-80 thousand at least if you live in MUMBAI DELHI then MONTHLY RENTAL alone wud cost you 30-40 thousand alone if you add your 4 wheeler EMI it wud shoot up to further to 50 thousand right now INDIA

[@lilly473]

All companies together are making it disastrous for women and families to live. Well done to all capitalism

[@nycto0]

Capitalism wants Women nd Men both to go to Jobs which will delay Marriage and decline the Birth rate. Both are depended on each other, If you make them Independent of each other then It will end Family system.

[@BigBen2018]

Capitalism is not at fault. You think people in the past didn’t have to do backbreaking work and struggle to make ends meet? Capitalism has in fact brought more prosperity than you seem to have any clue about. Whats at fault is the spread of radical progressive values that have undermined the value of marriage and raising children.

[@yout1556]

Women wanted this lol... let them keep empowering themselves to become corporate slaves. AI dolls and artificial wombs r the future...

[@shubhamer2000]

Problem of S KOREA is SEOUL as most of the citizen wants to shift there as it is only place of oppurtunity which make real estate price unaffordable so KOREANS works till their death to own a home

[@ruchiverma2637]

How?? 🤔 It's because of controlled population and better jobs opportunities because of capitalism that their standard of living is high and even if they are single throughout their lives they get proper financial support from their capable govt. and ofcourse family support too 👍

[@victoryv116]

For a woman ..it's much more better to work for 9-10 hours and get payed for it rather than getting married , leaving your own homes , taking responsibility for entire household , producing babies which takes toll on her health and then remain underappreciated.and get judged harshly ...people are always concerned about population decline but ask women what life would they choose for themselves...they will definately place marriage at bottom place because marriages in patriarchal system leeched off women's health and finances ..why would women choose tough option for herself .. ...

[@SuperScarab]

This has now become an excuse, this is not new since 1940 women used to work extremely hard and married otherwise they would become lonely but nowadays it is all because of social media and internet that it's no longer a case

[@princesadelareina369]

Correct! We need people with sense and logic not illogical emotions like "Marriage and kids are compulsory and a woman is blessed for she can bear kids."

[@sciencifyingtheworld]

This proves that u don't know anything about SK It's all about economy , consumerism and isn't about patriarchy at all And many of the people do get married but they just don't have babies

[@user-IL1EL]

Do you think men get appreciated and love ?

[@MastertheOGway]

Woman are so selfish now a days that they see a basic reproduction as some kind of patriarchal oppression, like come on?? whats the point here?. If humans go extinct one day we should all blame it on WOMAN 🤦

[@CordeliaWagner1999]

Being childfree is so much better than the endless sacrifices of iarenthood.

[@user-lvqk2wdp8sjn]

Really. Why do Palki MSM, governments and economists always say that low birthrates and shrinking populations in South Korea, Japan, Italy, Spain are bad? If that weren't the case, where will people from all these overpopulated, profligate nations migrate to?

[@vmoses1979]

Well two commentators who wouldn't exist if their parents thought the same. Ultimately if you are not interested in reproducing - no government pension for you that is paid for by young workers today.

[@blackswan1983]

​@@user-lvqk2wdp8sjn Economics. It's not because they care about the birthrate, it's because developed worlds are afraid we have too many old people.

[@blackswan1983]

​@@vmoses1979 Get rid of pensions, period. It's bankrupting nations and making our children slaves.

[@girikg8571]

I don't think it's a problem , it's just natural course of action , we humans have burdened earth for far too long

[@ethereal5867]

Exactly

[@starfalx9634]

What kind of burden? Worshipping the money god and not wanting to live a simple life?

[@evilreborn4088]

​@@starfalx9634your money comes from paper.paper comes from trees.tbh I hope humanity does out in 2000 years.earth deserves a better race

[@girikg8571]

@@starfalx9634 thats very important question you have asked : we just take from nature without giving back anything just because we can get that shiny new product to fulfill our insatiable desire. when those exact people start to understand these things , that they are just reproducing to add a new consumer in the market to become a growth multiplier in the GDP of the country , the just quit doing it , I think that's what's happening in Korea and it will bound to happen in every fairly developed country

[@MrSatadal]

It is problem for govt & rich, less slaves available for them.

[@Tariqahmad311Mohan]

Pakistan is also facing this problem 😂 7 children born per second

[@soumengorai8346]

India has shrink to below Replacement Rate😢😢😢

[@xijinpig8982]

​@@soumengorai8346 Thats not good. People need to have children.

[@Dattebayo3089]

Bt not bihari​@@xijinpig8982

[@XiaoxiaoYuyu-ug3gy]

India is having 7 deform child per second borned

[@Darsh_Yadav_2025]

​@@soumengorai8346bihar 3.1😂😂😂

[@daksh6388]

I believe keep having more and more babies to increase your economy is exploitive and destructive in nature.

[@Kushagra.j]

Pls don't have kids dude.

[@krishgaming9080]

​@@Kushagra.jmake reproduction illegal n see the result

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

capitalism.

[@kelleemerson9510]

Horrible incentive to have a child!

[@gaurav8267]

​@@Kushagra.jno dude, I love kids . I will have 2 kids.

[@Ashitagarwal3001]

Its high time we slow down and work on happiness index as a priority.. lets not be a puppet for the marketing agencies but think for ourselves as a community.

[@user-so9it3gx2x]

I'm from the tiny island of Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 and for moment there I swear you talking about us 😂. Then I came back to reality when you said the government was spending money on citizens to fix a problem 😂.

[@akhilanarine9990]

People like Narayan Murthy, Bhavish Agrawal, rapist Sajjan Jindal are liking the concept of 70+ hrs workweek. Already have gone through such kind of toxic work culture, can't sustain anymore. That's why the best alternative for us working class people would be remain single or remain childless. I'm deeply saddened seeing young kids traversing a very difficult journey from childhood/adolescent/adulthood facing intense competition, sacrifice, rejection, mental health issues, unfulfilled aspirations etc. Gone through the same, would really not want to raise a new born baby like that.

[@krishgaming9080]

Just don't use the rapist word for hard-working people people who really gives time to hardwork never get these thoughts of reproduction or sexual craveness so it is impossible for them to do these sexual things.of course reproduction is immoral nowadays as its noeñw become thing of woman safety so there will be a time for woman safety when reprdouction will be illegal n people will be fined

[@krishgaming9080]

There will be jail terms for baby reproduction

[@krishgaming9080]

If this reproduction cycle ends human will end n i wanna that to happen humans need their lesson

[@akhilanarine9990]

@@krishgaming9080 are you crazy?? Did you even understood what you've written??

[@Kushagra.j]

​@@krishgaming9080no the opposite. Jail for no reproduction

[@rtos]

The problem seems much worse than the statistics indicate. According to figures shown, by 2100 the population will reduce by half. But calculating it differently, if the fertility rate is 0.72 instead of the ideal 2.1, then on the average four couples will have only three children amongst them. This implies eight people are being replaced by three in a single generation. So within twenty years the effect will be felt, where young workforce taking on jobs will be reduced by less than half.

[@SimonMester]

I wish I could share pictures in comments. If you look up global 'Cost of living' and 'fertility rates', put the two pictures side by side and you get a pitch perfect negative picture of each other ... There you go. The entire mystery everyone keep debating and wondering the cases of, solved. Turns out, if food, shelter and energy are not a worry, it's not a huge difference whether you have a household of 2 or 5. If it IS super expensive, then the difference between 2 or 5 is the difference between a bearable life, or one you'd rather not live...

[@sachins5784]

Is there a site I can look this up on?

[@mariaj9738]

Going by your comment, then I guess it's time africa and the middle east start donating their extra food, housing and energy to the suffering societies of south korea and japan

[@yytyytg]

​@@mariaj9738people should stop having kids. It's not a competition.

[@user-me3wx3gn6k]

Let's appreciate how good Palki Sharma is when delivering news.

[@Ben-vr6qz]

Yep she is the best at delivering nagativity

[@sonawaneraosaheb8656]

​@@Ben-vr6qzhere comes a stupid fella pls don't shit here

[@process_mattersmore]

​@@Ben-vr6qzyeah people hear negative news over positive it's psycology

[@_Lucifer_.]

@@process_mattersmoreTrue

[@whiterabbit8243]

Her English is top notch. Indians speak good English... unlike Japanese

[@morgancohen634]

Important to note is the 4B movement which is basically South Korean women fighting against the patriarchy by refusing to date men or have children. Imagine how poorly a country has to treat its women for a national movement like that to arise. It's powerful.

[@Namangen]

Korean drama in real life😂

[@masishida7522]

As a Japanese, I did not know that 2% of our GDP is used to boost the birth rate. Probably something else is included, like building day care centers etc.. The gov. rarely support the family financially. We did not have VAT in the 1990s, it is 10% today. Healthcare and income tax rates has risen too. Average employee income haven't changed much for the last 3 decades, Women who now have bigger rights and included in the workforce, mostly don't accept low income guys. Getting married and having kids is for true love ones and the rich.

[@nl201]

Life is just too hard these days.. Some people even regret having children and end up abandoning them.. or even worse they end up literally ending them...

[@CarbidySis]

I think so beauty standards in Korea are also creating a lot of fudge .! People mostly pay attention to outer beauty and that is why many people are afraid to take a step towards relationship and marriage.!

[@i_am_RB]

Remember this is what happens when your employer expects you to live to work (certain industrialists in India)

[@prrabhu]

Ironically North Korea too faces this issue

[@jibin7277]

Businesses in the fairness cream and plastic surgery industries, please take heed!

[@natashadickson4819]

😂

[@kriti493]

even their beggar looks better than you so stop worrying about it

[@mostwantedadrian]

Kids are expensive and they give a lot of stress. Not worth the effort, time and expense.

[@kleeclee2]

In Korea some say KID=COSTS .

[@DeltaMale5000]

💯💯💯

[@LifeOdysseyMotivation]

So, you didn't pass the "kid" stage in your life? It's like you are saying you were created by your parents automatically into an adult creature without going through the infant and as small child stages. Nice try.

[@Ubothered]

​@@LifeOdysseyMotivationdo you have kids?

[@LifeOdysseyMotivation]

@@Ubothered no

[@nexuscross3233]

Its really a blessing that population is declining. If we don't control our population consciously, nature will do that to us in a very cruel manner.

[@destroyerofsimps6574]

It's not a blessing when the population is declining in the developed world and it's increasing in the undeveloped world. Right now things are backwards.

[@kriti493]

finally someone has got brains here

[@wreckitnick5464]

Yes. It's a blessing to nature, giving her time to recover. Just like Covid.

[@blesstrue8544]

There are no shortage of resources only shortage of heart and good conscience. Why are they jamming our cities when lands are available.

[@flowrepins6663]

​@@kriti493brains. Precisely. Asians got high lQ . If anything we need smart people to breed more and dum pp to breed less. The other way around is happening. Like idiocracy

[@Cjax504]

That’s because it’s all about the children until they are born! We can’t afford to give them the best quality of life. We can barely afford ourselves

[@diauser3327]

why to worry about 2072 2100 etc, we dont know what will happen next minute,

[@priyankakumarisingh4511]

we are humans we can't live without planning and working for future. This is not how world works.

[@bronxishomenomatterwhereig3149]

This is childish thinking. Failing to plan is planning to fail. There is no progress without someone from the past having thought about how what they do today will shape the future.

[@dingus6317]

That is how we end up like Africa

[@ratapornpongsawarn9256]

Philippines is now following the trend too

[@sumandutta4834]

If the government of respective countries focus on affordable cost of living. It might help.

[@roshinitoenlightenment]

All have 100 physical relationship then this will happen no. Marriage no kids

[@kriti493]

ohh but you better focus on your countless babies you have given birth to. don't have money? don't have cleanliness? don't have roads? don't have any basic mannerism or Betty standards. What we have BABIES.. Billions of them. Illiterates giving bhaashan to S. Koreans who are far more developed@@roshinitoenlightenment

[@kriti493]

As if your country is very developed, Khud k pas khan k phase nahi theek se, chale dun ko naseehat dene. was

[@sumandutta4834]

@@kriti493 Hey, it's not India knocking on the doors of the World Bank and the IMF. You may probably infer that the fundamental issue facing South Korea is the relationship between rising costs and the birth rate if you have studied anything about contemporary urban settlement. The cost of housing is rising in Tier-1 cities in India as well. Read up on it before leaving a remark. Avoid coming over as dumb.

[@kriti493]

@sumandutta4834 no, it's Ur personal issues. alot of South Koreans who have alot of money for themselves , for trips , for parties but not for babies means they are actly not interested in that. And having a kid isn't some kind of necessascity also, it's a very rich country can't just blame everything on money, the real reason isn't money its the mindset shift from having a family to reatgee focus on oneself and enjoy our life. Kids are a headache at the same time.

[@Shivani-kw9kx]

It's better to speak about your Country's Population that is about 140.76 crore and Still Government is not focused on this matter that's causing high Unemployment rate...and One of major cause of being in Hunger Index of World.... India should focus on it's own population

[@vianiexplore123]

Exactly. They cannot control their own population. Plus whats the nice thing about high fertility rate while 300 to 800 millions living in poverty and below poverty who cannot afford nutritious foods in a day

[@Shivani-kw9kx]

@@vianiexplore123 I am Indian also and I personally think that Government of India should brought a bill related to population controlling. Otherwise India will have to face Future Problems such as unemployment/ Poverty etc.

[@vianiexplore123]

@@Shivani-kw9kx Yeah resources will also be depleted. Moreover pollution in India is already too high as well. For example Air quality index WHO recommended as below 45 and 50 while cities like Delhi has air pollution level up to 600 and other small capitals and cities were 200 to 300, etc. 11.5 years of life expectancy is already deducted in Delhi because of pollution Something needed to be done very soon

[@Shivani-kw9kx]

@@vianiexplore123 true!!

[@Alice-7777]

​@@Shivani-kw9kx mai 4 bache paida karunga

[@Plutomoon79]

South Korea is a small country, 26 million is fine. In Australia we have about 26 million now

[@brucebane5396]

Inflation of cost of living is the main thing i guess

[@-schattenpflanze-3755]

It will get even worse!

[@VarPb-wc6gd]

In the name of growth if real estate, education, Healthcare are made expensive, then you are headed to a population decline and eventual societal collapse.

[@SanjeevKumar-co2yv]

Toxic Beauty standards Cost of Living Obsession with plastic surgeries & Materialistic Society's Hatred Perception Cyber Bullying School violence & Bullying Toxic Work culture etc. Leads to this situation

[@tommycollier9172]

Here in America We have plenty of migrants We can send over This story needs to be broadcast in south America

[@iamnothing85]

Instead of focusing on major issue that solves the issue, they give freebies. mere patch work would not resolve this issue. Happier and somewhat predictable lifestyle is required to get the result.

[@AchiraDasgupta]

Exactly

[@LifeOdysseyMotivation]

right

[@duosapiens9025]

Even in India, in the mid/upper middle class staying in urban areas the fertility rate would be similar to these numbers. As urbanization increases, fertility will decline because of complex life and lack of support systems. This will be true for India too in some years.

[@scott5966]

This is a good observation. Even in countries with higher fertility rates on average, they are declining among better educated citizens and those living in urban environments due to cost and economic burdens imposed by childbirth upon mothers. It would be interesting to see fertility rates broken down by social economic status within certain countries like India, Brazil, Nigeria and Indonesia. For example, in Jakarta, the fertility rate is 1.8 although the overall fertility rate for the country is just slightly lower than 2.1

[@abhaynath5833]

It is already happening in metro cities at smaller level.

[@SuperNova-Tales]

Me being 26 and unmarried because of financial incapabilities, when I see that you literally get paid to be a parent in these countries, it really makes me envy them. 😢😢 I want to but I can't, and age is not waiting for a single sec.

[@AYUSH_2007_]

go study ..your cndition is due to you

[@manassurya2019]

Every time there is a technological development, people speculate that less labour will be needed, but every time the opposite turns out to be true, where more labour and engineers are needed. That's because economies get more complex due to technology, and product variety plus spending power increases.

[@krishgaming9080]

Beacuse were not far from extinction of human work crimes will be the too much common in next gen

[@krishgaming9080]

No work more crimes no Civic duty people will exocet6the si dev to expand n people work more for their so development skills n tech

[@humansolarian]

That part

[@Discoveryman29]

Its actually vice versa, tech advance does decrease labour, but that's where the problem come from as well, less jobs, more pops, no money, thousands competing for hundreds positions

[@samyakchhajed]

It's not a problem at all. Low birth rate is actually beneficial for overall better facilities.

[@crimsonrain9570]

No it can be dangerous for a good future, low birth rate means lack of work forces or workers to run the economy of the country in future, every child born is not guaranteed to live upto the age of 25 so the population could further decrease they would be no one to look after elderly people, this could lead to disastrous results

[@lautheimpaler4686]

Not when majority of the population is made of senior citizen.

[@samyakchhajed]

@crimsonrain9570 I think a person is plenty to look after two parents. It doesn't matter what the population is. There are single children you know, and they all have more elderly people to take care of irrespective of the birth rate in the country. Even still, the main reason behind the low birth rate in Korea as far as I understand, is their societal belief that poor people shouldn't reproduce. They also have a serious attachment with beauty so, unattractive people also get out of the equation. That's basically how I see it.

[@UmightBwrong]

@@crimsonrain9570 A higher demand for workers means wages go up. Not really a problem. Economies will adjust. This is about the power and influence a nation can have. But, no one is going to admit that. The more people, the more powerful a nation can be. It is also about nations wanting to maintain their cultural identity. The nations that are struggling are the same ones that do not want immigrant populations to balance out their workforce. If there were truly a lack of factory workers in S. Korea and they were paying a good wage, people would travel from nearby places to offset the need. This is what has happened in Europe and the US for centuries. But, if a country has a very anti-immigrant mindset they will indeed fall into this trap when things get complex.

[@rajkumarayyalurajan]

Population will increase if people have more leisure time. For that the relaxed earning should be sufficient. For this situation to come policymakers should focus/support on nature oriented lifestyle along side current materialistic lifestyle.

[@cbrom4371]

For people who can barely make it through the day themselves, how can they expect them to take care of another human being?

[@jungersrules]

Since when is Spain, Finland and Greece considered Asian countries? 😂 They need to word that graphic better!

[@bolbol8043]

This might not be a big problem in the era of AI. Just saying

[@omnamahshivayom5691]

I was about to say that

[@tanyachauhan6129]

But tell me about the consumption..Al can't consume any thing. Consumption and spending are played major role to sustain the economy..

[@Harshel_Rawat]

​@@tanyachauhan6129immigration will solve that

[@krishgaming9080]

​@@tanyachauhan6129if asi is achieved ai will reproduce themselves so yes theyll have there population growth by themselves n well see asi capturing human jobs n humans will not have any choice but rather murder or suicide

[@supriyapaul6426]

If AI were deployed then it will be too much worst that time people will be more concerned not to do make more baby ...

[@khfan4life365]

Seems to be happening in every first world country. The US, the majority of Europe, Japan, Canada, and now South Korea. Can’t be a coincidence.

[@OriginalContent89]

It's not. All governments care about is endless growth at the increasing expense of the middle class which is disappearing more and more each day

[@jakebeaudry3888]

Birth rates? Yeah, but countries like Canada subsidized our population growth with immigration. But cost of living is catching up too so immigration might not be enough soon.

[@Forester2547]

Saying a country who’s population is 52 million faces extinction when it was less than 10 million 100 yrs ago is so dumb.

[@praveens2272]

It's good for society.

[@Joshua-eo5hr]

In what way is this good ur delusional

[@totoys1573]

Resources is also decreasing, nature has its own way to cure itself so what’s the fuss?

[@Clklom]

Too much of plastic surgery and too much competition to look beautiful..... not even have time to have sex....

[@sanctimonious3829]

No one is gonna miss South Korean racism for sure 😂😂😂😂

[@ux0022]

Arr vhai 😂

[@ruchiverma2637]

Bas kar yar. Lies lies spread by dirty media

[@trashcaffeine]

@@ruchiverma2637look up Hyundai and other South Korean plants in India. It’s a well known fact

[@HarshGupta-py3dw]

​@@ruchiverma2637andhbhakt agai kpop wali 😂😂😂

[@cyborg029.]

​@@ruchiverma26375 iq girl

[@williamyi5756]

South korea seems to be more interested in increasing investment for foreign immigration than fixing the core issues for birth decline for its own people (I.e. what was mentioned in the video, work life balance etc).

[@mariaj9738]

In a country where male and female beauty standards are the same, I don't see why people expect different results

[@tanishthajaiswal8928]

What do beauty standards got to do with this

[@nellemaximiano5253]

@@tanishthajaiswal8928 she is right, over there all they care about is beauty, thats their 1st concerne, and then if they get maried, they marry the whole family, but it goes with an apartement and if possible a car.

[@tanishthajaiswal8928]

@@nellemaximiano5253 bro did you read what you typed

[@LifeOdysseyMotivation]

I lived with Korean guys for the last 6 years here in Canada. Dang, these boys extremely flabbergasted me! They really take care of their skin seriously day and night. They really are beauty-conscious, they put creams and skin peel things and many more. I am a gay man and I'm not that beauty-conscious, soap, water, are fine for me. That's it. But these guys are on another level of skin care and looks, oh my!

[@chandlerbing7550]

Thanks for sharing​@@LifeOdysseyMotivation

[@SunnyBunnyLove]

Amen! Spot on! Well done!

[@Susweca5569]

It's illogical and obscene to me to have people screaming that we need to have more babies when the earth is destroyed, economic outlooks for both parents and their offspring is untenable, whilst the rich become richer, the poor become poorer, food is poisoned, water is unpotable, and the children born today don't have any hope of being anything more than slaves. Stop trying to bully or force people into having children they can't afford and don't want. The world needs fewer people, not more.

[@sharvanKumar-my3tc]

26.8 million or 36 million is a sufficient population if not huge. There is nothing to worry about. Lesser population more forest lands, more agricultural land per capita, bigger homes with gardens, playgrounda and pools. No crowded public places or congested traffics.

[@commentatorxyz5514]

Our elderly spends nearly of their life earnings in Taxes & Inflation. But suddenly they become problem after retirement? How much is enough?

[@saimohana6557]

Please study economics. Morality alone doesn't build nations. happy learning!

[@krishgaming9080]

​@@saimohana6557then what does build nations i wanna see ai growth to let humans have their lesson of not reproducing either suicide or murder these two options will be the next human choices earlier it was like having wife n family but due to woman safety reproduction will be illegal

[@aaa38388]

All their dramas focus on singles and their exciting lives. They never promote family friendly environments in real life or T.V.

[@mcscotty325]

Life sucks there. You work 6 days a week for 12 hours a day. Your boss makes you go out a few nights a week forcing alcohol down your throat until you puke. And when you get your paycheck, it's not enough to survive. Who would want to bring children into a life like that?

[@charzemc]

Is the fertility rate based on all the woman in the population ?? Or is it based on women of childbearing capabilities?? That one question could reveal that the fertility rate is lower than is being represented. Women who are experiencing or have experienced menopause should not be included in the fertility rate statistics, as they are no longer fertile.

[@episode6691]

if you looked it up, you'd know fertility rate is just how many kids on average are birthed, not their capabilities....

[@hridyeshbhadauriya2842]

1 kid is enough, couple could give birth a single child when they become mentally financially and physically stable in life i know having a child is expensive but 1 child is good

[@Kushagra.j]

Avg childless loser be like :

[@pengikutsetia8424]

Di Indonesia sendiri, TFR masih di sekitar 2.1

[@dannyminely8986]

it is good for CO2, no ?

[@bitopantalukdar9820]

What else do you expect in an overly materialistic society😂

[@julietalpha11]

This is what happens when you don't treat women right.

[@Kushagra.j]

This is what happens when you treat women like Princesses. If a woman can't fulfill her primary obligations she's a failure.

[@VISHALKUMAR-gn7bj]

There is nothing related to only women. In America, Europe and Asia similar phenomenon is happening. Men are now avoiding the marriage due to Gender biased laws. Only Africa and Middle East are above fertility rate.

[@maryrose2757]

That's another reason. Women dont want to get married anymore cause lots of men are just players.

[@knowledged22]

Not really. It happens when you give education to women and then don't treat her right way. Same problem is faced in every country. Because of weaei men.

[@doineedaname9941]

​@@knowledged22What is weaei men?

[@kih9102]

It is reported to be 0.65 recently.

[@primeholyassasin20]

Good journalism on a complex subject. Ultimately low fertility is a reflection of other societal problems that aren't being fixed.

[@farfetchedpictures4777]

51 million people will go extinct?

[@avbendre]

In 50 years

[@skipper2594]

36 million means not extincted lol, even 26 m doesnt mean its extincted, and africans make babies for whole world ,its enough , while these country populations declining , world population grow from 8 B to 10 B@@avbendre

[@babygirla5717]

Umm you do realize that half of the 50 million are old people right so yes it can go extinct within the next 30 years to 50 years maybe less than that.

[@abhisheknegi3478]

i feel like living in joint family or having culture where your parents can take care of kids is much better so that both parents can work and not worry much. but with increase in nuclear family structure parents just can't afford raising kids alone and women had to sacrifices their job at times which create more issues.

[@lifeonthemargins]

The low birth fertility rate for women in Korea means very little- the data should be segregated to those who choose not to give birth and those who can’t. The former is a victory for women’s rights, and a subject for further anthropological studies. Only the latter should be addressed as a gap in the policies. The ‘low fertility rate’ discourse assumes that all women should or wants to give birth, which is not true.

[@shootingstarz6978]

Love the introduction

[@sbhrdwj]

This should provide free home for couples with babies

[@daebak_hana]

Housing is a big expensive problem

[@jungemanner4915]

Pakistan has also problems but opposite. Too many childrens.

[@blanckieification]

Interesting. Curious for the data of next year

[@oluwaseyidada7641]

North Korea silently watching and waiting

[@Joel86543]

North Korea is in a demographic crise too. They are also below replacement rate

[@mahivishaj]

It has same situation 😂

[@Gghhh-ey4yw]

Looks like Scientists have to soon find a way to make babies in Labs 😅

[@rohitnayak9952]

What about in Pakistan?😅 They are breeding like rabbits

[@evilreborn4088]

That's a nightmarish scenario.think we make genetically engineered superhuman babies.who will want to have kids when those exist.

[@Kushagra.j]

​@@evilreborn4088good. A better man who will lead us forward

[@krishgaming9080]

​@@evilreborn4088it's good if woman doesn't feel threatened or domesticate violence by husband humans need to have babies in aw

[@-schattenpflanze-3755]

​@@evilreborn4088its gonna happen sooner or later.

[@maryrose2757]

I think that's a win. The world is over populated already and everything is hard and expensive

[@ayangdavidetura]

It's not over populated

[@killman369547]

It's not overpopulated. The problem is our narcissistic and psychopathic "leaders" are hellbent on wasting earth's resources in the most inefficient ways possible for their little dick measuring contests.

[@subramanyabalaji9777]

Industrialists and IT billionaire like Mr Narayana Murthy may not be still convinced.

[@jamieharknett9620]

The biggest thing that no one talks about is how when you have a mass stimulation of dopamine your will to procreate greatly diminished

[@ricardor7578]

Which would a "modern" woman choose: a 1,000 USD hospital bill for a child or a 1,000 USD new smartphone

[@apaddy5390]

I’m sure it easier to pay back the 1,000 for the smart phone because you can continue work without having to take off to recover after child birth or find child care, or even have life long health issues like prolapsed insides or bladder problems. Things men don’t think about because pregnancy and child birth is not of their concern.

[@ricardor7578]

@@apaddy5390 The issue was about money. My comment was about money. Yes, OF COURSE women deal with pain because of childbirth. Men can't be blamed for that. Men suffer in different ways. It's nature's way. Yes, childbirth is a sacrifice, but there are a lot of potential benefits. There are a lot of older women that regret not have children when they were younger. They can't turn back the hands of time. ⏳ 😼

[@JeramieSaito]

I live in Japan and it's really concerning. You are right there are bigger problems that is leading to the decline of birth date.

[@annmariebusu9924]

Everytime countries try to influence the birthrate it comes back against them.

[@dipro001]

You forgot to mention that these economies are expanding, not contracting at the same time. Which means that they need even more people, not less.