Fertility rates in advanced economies and East Asia have fallen below the sustainable replacement rate of 2.1 children per woman, with China at 1.0, South Korea below 1, and Japan at approximately that level.

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Charles Goodhart

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The fertility rate in China is now as low as one. It's below one in South Korea. It's about that level in Japan.

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The coming demographics earthquake ft. prof Charles GoodhartMoney & Macro Talks
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:30:58 PM

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