South Korea's population ranking will drop by 30 places in 50 years... The proportion of elderly people will be ”third”

The forecast stated that "Korea's population ranking will drop by 30 places in the next 50 years." In addition, "The speed of low birth rates and aging is progressing faster than the international trend, so
The Korean government is expected to rank third in the elderly population, and maintain its current lowest birth rate. On the 23rd, the Korea National Statistical Office released the "World Population Forecast 2022 Reflecting Future Population Estimates"
According to this outlook, "While the world population will increase by 25.2% in 50 years (2072), Korea's population will decrease by 30.8%," and "2020 will be the year
"It was the peak of the population," he said. South Korea's population is expected to decrease by 16 million people, from 52 million in 2022 to 36 million in 2072.
As a result, South Korea's population ranking is predicted to drop 30 places, from 29th to 59th.
In addition, in 2072, the proportion of elderly people in South Korea (47.7%) will be much higher than in Hong Kong (58.5%) and Puerto Rico (50.
It is expected to be the third highest in the world after China's fertility rate (1.8%), and its total fertility rate (1.08) is the lowest in the world except for Macau (1.04).