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Can you give specific details/math on why you think their population would have a rebound?

• Retric 2y ago
  Short term a lack of people can change attitude around immigration. As a wealthy country SK can definitely attract people if they choose to do so. Long term, the people born each year are children of people who decided to have kids which is counter to the overall trend in the country. There’s huge selective pressure around deciding to have kids in modern societies.
  • whatevaa 2y ago
    Increasing tax burden on young people to support old ones will discourage that. Immigration is a very dificult topic in both Japan and South Korea societies. The fact that EU is becoming increasingly anti-immigration won't help to advocate for this.
  • seoulmetro 2y ago
    Immigration is a terrible solution to a population crisis. That's like dousing an electrical fire in water. Sure, the fire might disappear for a second before it kills you.
  • switchbak 2y ago
    "Long term, the people born each year are children of people who decided to have kids". If there's far fewer parents because this cohort of potential parents is much smaller, then you have necessarily fewer children going forward. Even if you double the number of people that want kids, it becomes very hard to reverse the demographic decline, let alone grow your society. Even if you could, there's still a giant demographic hole in your population that will cause big issues over time. Outside of immigration (which is a big discussion on its own) PLUS a healthy birth rate among these immigrants, I'm unsure where your optimism comes from for them reversing their demographics and growing.