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The United Nations Population Fund In this regard, the demographic crisis in
(UNFPA) and the Egyptian Ministry of South Korea has appeared. This isn’t a
Health and Population celebrated World recent crisis, but South Korea has been
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Population Day on 14 July 2025 Under suffering from it for a long time. What
the theme: 'Empowering youth to build the made this crisis re-emerge is that it has
families they desire in a just and hopeful reached the point of no return, as fertility
world. During the event, UNFPA launched rates have continued to decline and have
the 2025 State of World Population report, fallen below the global fertility rate (2.1).
titled 'The Real Fertility Challenge: South Korea has become the country with
Pursuing Reproductive Empowerment.' The the lowest fertility rate in the world. This
report indicated that the real problem lies in makes the crisis more dangerous, as it goes
the fact that some young people are unable beyond an aging crisis and has turned into
to have the children they want. This aligns a crisis of population shrinkage and
with the global decline in fertility rates, potential disappearance.
driven by economic uncertainty, gender
inequality, health challenges, the climate
crisis, and conflicts. all of which hinder
individuals from forming families.
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