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SOUTH KOREA IS OVER

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What it is

A Kurzgesagt animation on South Korea's record-low fertility rate and rapidly aging population. It explains why a demographic collapse looks hard to reverse and projects the population shrinking sharply by 2060.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Go-to link for the consequences of collapsing birth rates, showing why South Korea's decline looks unfixable.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2025, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “Relevant video from Kurzgesagt about South Korean birth rate and the repercussions”

    South Korean birth rate and its repercussions generations down the line

    virtualritz, 2025-04 · Recommendation · in “South Korea's 'heartbreaking' wildfires expose superaged society”

  2. “Kurzgesagt has a good video on this [0], they estimate that by 2060 the population of South Korea will have shrunk by 30%”

    Projects South Korea's population shrinking 30% by 2060

    Etheryte, 2025-05 · Recommendation · in “The Future Is Too Expensive – A New Theory on Collapsing Birth Rates”

  3. “This is a nice explanation from Kurzgesagt showing precisely why South Korea is completely screwed long term”

    Explains why South Korea's decline can't be fixed through birth rate alone.

    gambiting, 2025-05 · Recommendation · in “Denmark to raise retirement age to 70”

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Topics: birth rate, demographics, south korea, aging population, kurzgesagt

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