# The Fertile Will Inherit the Earth

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**Created:** [9 June 2023 14:18 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-fertile-will-inherit-the-earth/3291 "2023-06-09T14:18:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [4 May 2024 09:18 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-fertile-will-inherit-the-earth/3291/25 "2024-05-04T09:18:50Z")

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> [@Citizen\_bitcoin](#):
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> John Walker created a topic about how Korean women are not having children

> [@Why South Koreans Aren't Having Kids](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/why-south-koreans-arent-having-kids/3559):
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> South Korea has one of the lowest birthrate ([total fertility rate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_fertility_rate)) figures in the world. The [2023 statistics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependencies_by_total_fertility_rate) from the United Nations Population Fund estimates a rate of 0.9 births per woman, with only Hong Kong lower at 0.8. The World Bank 2020 estimates had the same ranking, with South Korea at 0.81 and Hong Kong 0.77. The fertility rate required to maintain population at its current level (replacement rate) is 2.1 births per woman, and the worldwide fertility rate is 2.3. A fertility rate …

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