It is expected that the youth population in Korea, which is about 10 million, will decrease to half in 30 years.
Also, four out of five people are said to be unmarried.
According to the data released by the Statistics Agency, the youth population from the age of 19 to 34 in 2020 was 10.21 million, which is 2.6 million fewer than 20 years ago.
It is expected that the youth population will decrease to half in 30 years, 5.21 million, and 3,000 in 2050, and that the proportion will fall by about half from 20.4% to 11%.
The proportion of unmarried young people was 81.5% as of 2020, which increased by 27% from 2000, 20 years ago.
In particular, the proportion of unmarried people between the ages of 30 and 34, which is the average marriage age, increased by 3 times from 18.7% 20 years ago, which is 56.3%, and increased rapidly compared to other ages.
In addition, the proportion of young people living alone is 20.1%, which is 3 times more than 20 years ago.
Among the young generations, the proportion of graduates above the university is 53%, which is 58.4% for women and 47.8% for men, which is higher for women than for men.
