South Korea has the lowest ”child population ratio” among countries with a population of over 40 million

It turns out that South Korea has the lowest proportion of children (ages 0-14) among countries with a population of over 40 million. According to a document compiled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan based on UN world population estimates, last year
In 2015, the proportion of children (under 14 years old) in South Korea's population was 10.6%, the lowest among the 37 countries in the world with a population of over 40 million.
South Korea's proportion of children in the population will overtake Japan's in 2020, falling to the "world's lowest level" among major countries.
The proportion of children in the population was 11.4% in Japan last year, followed by Italy (12.9%), Germany (13.9%), Thailand (14.7%), China (16.0%) and France (16.5%).
%) and the UK (17.2%). Meanwhile, according to the Korean government's National Statistics Portal (KOSIS), the child population in Korea is expected to reach 10.2% this year and 9.7% next year.
It is estimated that it will gradually decline.