數(shù)據(jù)顯示，韓國(guó)的人口危機(jī)進(jìn)一步加深，盡管韓國(guó)政府投入數(shù)百萬億韓元鼓勵(lì)家庭多生孩子，韓國(guó)生育率（全球最低）2023年仍跌至歷史新低。據(jù)報(bào)道，韓國(guó)人口連續(xù)第四年減少，2023年韓國(guó)新生兒人數(shù)為23萬，比前一年減少了19200人，下降7.7%。

South Korea’s demographic crisis has deepened with the release of data showing its birthrate – already the world’s lowest – fell to a new record low in 2023, despite billions of dollars in government schemes designed to persuade families to have more children.
數(shù)據(jù)顯示，韓國(guó)的人口危機(jī)進(jìn)一步加深，盡管韓國(guó)政府制定方案投入數(shù)十億美元鼓勵(lì)家庭多生孩子，韓國(guó)生育率（全球最低）2023年仍跌至歷史新低。

Reports that South Korea’s population had shrunk for the fourth straight year came soon after neighbouring Japan reported a record decline in its population last year, along with a record fall in the number of births and the lowest number of marriages since the end of the second world war.
據(jù)報(bào)道，韓國(guó)人口連續(xù)第四年減少，此前不久，鄰國(guó)日本報(bào)告稱該國(guó)去年人口降幅創(chuàng)歷史紀(jì)錄、出生人數(shù)降幅創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄、結(jié)婚人數(shù)則降至二戰(zhàn)結(jié)束以來的最低水平。

The average number of children a South Korean woman has during her lifetime fell to 0.72, from 0.78 in 2022 – a decline of nearly 8% – according to preliminary data from Statistics Korea, a government-affiliated body. The rate is well below the average of 2.1 children the country needs to maintain its current population of 51 million.
韓國(guó)政府下屬機(jī)構(gòu)韓國(guó)統(tǒng)計(jì)廳的初步數(shù)據(jù)顯示，韓國(guó)女性一生中的平均子女?dāng)?shù)量從2022年的0.78個(gè)下降到0.72個(gè)，下降了近8%。這一比率遠(yuǎn)低于該國(guó)維持現(xiàn)有5100萬人口所需的2.1名兒童的平均水平。

Since 2018, South Korea has been the only member of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) to have a rate below 1. In addition, South Korean women give birth for the first time at the average age of 33.6 – the highest among OECD members.
自2018年以來，韓國(guó)是經(jīng)濟(jì)合作與發(fā)展組織（OECD）中唯一一個(gè)生育率低于1的成員國(guó)。此外，韓國(guó)女性首次分娩的平均年齡為33.6歲，在OECD成員國(guó)中最高。

If the low fertility rate persists, the population of Asia’s fifth-biggest economy is projected to almost halve to 26.8 million by 2100, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington in Seattle.
根據(jù)西雅圖華盛頓大學(xué)健康指標(biāo)與評(píng)估研究所的數(shù)據(jù)，如果低生育率持續(xù)下去，這個(gè)亞洲第五大經(jīng)濟(jì)體的人口預(yù)計(jì)到2100年將幾乎減半，只剩下2680萬。

Lim Young-il, head of the population census division at Statistics Korea, told reporters: “The number of newborns in 2023 was 230,000, which was 19,200 fewer than the year before, representing a 7.7% decrease.”
韓國(guó)統(tǒng)計(jì)廳人口普查處處長(zhǎng)林英一(音譯)告訴記者：“2023年韓國(guó)新生兒人數(shù)為23萬，比前一年減少了19200人，下降7.7%?！?/p>

Since 2006 the government has invested more than 360tn won ($270bn) in programmes to encourage couples to have more children, including cash subsidies, babysitting services and support for infertility treatment.
自2006年以來，政府已在鼓勵(lì)夫婦生育的項(xiàng)目上投資超過360萬億韓元（約合人民幣19404億元），包括現(xiàn)金補(bǔ)貼、保姆服務(wù)和不孕不育治療支持。

South Korea’s major political parties are showcasing policies to stem population decline ahead of April’s national assembly election, including more public housing and easier loans, in the hope of dampening growing alarm that the country is facing “national extinction”.
韓國(guó)各主要政黨在4月國(guó)會(huì)選舉前提出了遏制人口下降的政策，包括提供更多公共住房和更便捷的貸款，希望以此緩解人們對(duì)韓國(guó)正面臨"民族滅絕"的日益恐慌。

英文來源：衛(wèi)報(bào)

編輯：董靜