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South Korea military shrinks by 20% due to low birthrate

Koh Ewe | BBC News — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 16:57:21 +0000

South Korea’s military has shrunk to about 450,000 people – a decline of 20% over the last six years, according to a defence ministry report released by a ruling party lawmaker on Sunday.

Authorities say the main reason behind the decline is the country’s dismal birth rate, which at 0.75 babies per woman is the world’s lowest.

South Korea retains compulsory military service mainly because the country is still technically at war with its nuclear-armed neighbour North Korea.

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Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c79llljy4qeo

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Population in England and Wales rises by most in 75 years

David Milliken | Reuters — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 00:18:23 +0000

LONDON, July 15 (Reuters) – Record immigration caused the population of England and Wales to rise by 610,000 to 60.9 million in mid-2023, the largest annual increase in 75 years, official data showed on Monday.

What statisticians term ‘natural’ population growth – the difference between births and deaths – fell to just 400, the lowest since 1978, while net international migration rose to 622,000, up from 548,500 in the previous 12 months.

A net 13,800 people also moved from England and Wales to Scotland or Northern Ireland.

Britain’s Office for National Statistics said the population increase in England and Wales was the largest since 1948, when a post-World War Two baby boom and the return of British military personnel serving overseas caused a rise of 1.5 million.

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Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/population-england-wales-rises-by-most-75-years-2024-07-15/

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Pope Francis warns pets must not replace children in Italy

Sofia Bettiza | BBC News — Fri, 12 May 2023 20:30:06 +0000

Starting a family in Italy is becoming a “titanic effort” that only the rich can afford, Pope Francis has warned.

Addressing a conference on Italy’s demographic crisis, he said pets were replacing children in many households.

Also on stage were dozens of young people, wearing t-shirts saying “we can do this” – alluding to convincing people to have more children.

Italy has one of the lowest fertility rates in the EU and births dropped below 400,000 last year – a new low.

In his speech in Rome, the Pope said the declining birth rate signalled a lack of hope in the future, with younger generations weighed down by a sense of uncertainty, fragility and precariousness.

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Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65572153

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