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South Korea thinktank suggests girls start school earlier to raise birthrate

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South Korea's birthrate of 0.72 children per woman is the lowest in the world.

South Korea’s birthrate is even lower in the capital, Seoul , where authorities have projected the population will fall to 7.9 million by 2052 , from 9.4 million in 2022 .

The proposal was “worse than telling them not to have kids”, one user wrote.

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