Fertility rates in East Asia are plummeting at an alarming pace. Recent data highlight that Korea and Hong Kong SAR are among the most impacted, with their total fertility rates (TFR) – a measure indicating the average number of children a woman would give birth to during her lifetime – sinking to
Aren’t they increasing automation in response? China also allowed provinces with larger minority populations to have more children than predominantly Han provinces, didn’t they? I think they get a pass.