South Korea's natural population growth has been declining for years, but in 2020 deaths overtook births

A line graph shows the number of deaths, live births, and natural population increase in South Korea since 2012. Live births have decreased while deaths have increased, crossing over in the year 2020. The natural increase slowed to a negative increase (or decrease) in 2020.
ABC News Source: Statistics Korea: Preliminary Results of Birth and Death Statistics in 2022 Get the data