10.6% of South Korean children have ”gloomy children's day,” the lowest in the world

South Korea has been found to have the lowest proportion of children (aged 0-14) among countries with a population of over 40 million. This figure is lower than Japan and the lowest in the world.
According to a document compiled by the Japanese government on the 5th based on the United Nations' world population estimates (estimated population standard), the proportion of children under the age of 14 in South Korea last year was 10.
The ratio was calculated to be 0.6%, the lowest among 37 countries with a population of over 40 million. South Korea has already surpassed Japan in 2020 to become the country with the lowest child population ratio among major countries.
In Japan, the rate was 11.4% last year, but as of April this year it had further decreased to 11.1%. After South Korea, the countries with the lowest child population ratios are Italy (11.9%) and Spain (12.9%).
, Germany (13.9%), and Thailand (14.7%). China (16.0%), France (16.5%), the UK (17.2%), and the US (17.3%) all maintained a level of 16-17%.
The youth population in Korea is expected to continue to decline. According to the National Statistics Portal (KOSIS), it is estimated to fall to 10.2% this year and 9.7% next year.
In fact, the youth population based on resident registration statistics as of February this year was 5.428 million, just 10.6% of the total population.
The effects of the declining birthrate continue in Japan as well. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, on April 1st of this year
The youth population as of this year was 13.66 million, down 350,000 from the previous year, the lowest since 1950. The youth population ratio also fell to an all-time low of 11.1%. Japan's youth ratio has declined for 44 consecutive years.
In 1950, the youth rate in Japan reached 35.4%, and the youth population at that time was close to 30 million. However, due to the declining birthrate, the youth population has been showing a rapid decline.
May 5th is Children's Day in both Japan and South Korea.