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South Korea breaks own record for lowest fertility rate, more deaths than births

South Korea has once again recorded the lowest fertility rate in the world, adding one more year to its years-long trend of declining births. The country's fertility rate which indicates the average number of children a woman will have in her lifetime fell to 0.81 in 2021.