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Re:Korea shatters its own record for world’s lowest fertilit... by 988747 on Thursday August 25, 2022 @03:51AM (#32590847)
> boom, 2.1 fertility rate for most of the 21rst century.

This has nothing to do with the policies you mention. It has everything to do with the fact that the most popular name for newly born boys is now "Muhammed" (or some other spelling variant of it).

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Re:Korea shatters its own record for world’s lowest fertilit... by acdha on Thursday August 25, 2022 @07:50AM (#32592437)
It's not that simple: France appears to have higher birth rates even if you exclude the children of immigrants, which does suggest that other policies factor into it:

https://www.cairn-int.info/journal-population-and-societies-...

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