Japan’s birth rate hit new low in 2023

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1. >Japan’s birth rate — the number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime — hit a new record low of 1.20 in 2023

   If y’all think that Japan has a cratered birth rate get a look at South Korea’s:

   > South Korea’s birth rate has continuously declined, hitting 0.72 births per woman in 2023

   Countries need a birth rate of about 2.1 to sustain itself without immigration.