> it's a nearly horizontal line. What does that tell you? That the data must be wrong, there should be some small variation and it doesn't pass the sanity chec

> it's a nearly horizontal line. What does that tell you? That the data must be wrong, there should be some small variation and it doesn't pass the sanity check of declining birth rates. > After the lump passes through South Koreans will look around and see a lack of traffic congestion, abundance of housing, lack of competitors for their now abundant resources, and lack of disproportionately large population of unproductive elderly dependents. I like your optimism, but do we see anything like that in the real word after depopulation? There are many shrinking cities or areas, eg Detroit in the US or East Germany (people moving to the west), and the results are hugely negative and a downward spiral. Instead of people enjoying lack of traffic congestion, shrinking cities can't afford their oversized infrastructure anymore, which begins to deteriorate from lack of upkeep. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrinking_city https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrinking_city