By 2026, the number of elementary, middle and high school students will fall below 5 million...first grade will fall below 300,000 = South Korea

As the birthrate continues to decline, an analysis has revealed that the number of elementary, middle, and high school students in South Korea will fall below 5 million by 2026, two years from now. This year, the number of first-grade elementary school students dropped to 300,000, dropping to 2.