Fertility rate in East Asia

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East Asia is entering a demographic turning point 📉

- Fertility rates (2025)
China: 0.98
Japan: 1.13
South Korea: 0.80
Taiwan: 0.72
(All far below the replacement level of 2.1)

- Population (late 2025)
China: 1.404B
Japan: 123.2M
South Korea: 51.7M
Taiwan: 23.3M

- Natural population change since deaths exceeded births
China: −7.71M (since 2022)
Japan: −6.72M (since 2005)
South Korea: −536K (since 2020)
Taiwan: −336K (since 2020)

Low birth rates, aging populations, and shrinking workforces are reshaping the future of East Asia - economically, socially, and politically.

📊 The numbers don’t lie. The demographic winter is already here.

💡Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China, Korean Statistical Information Service, National Statistics Republic of China, Statistics Bureau of Japan, BirthGauge.

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