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Re:Korea sees more deaths than births for 52nd consecutive m... by nickserv on Monday April 29, 2024 @05:13AM (#40196204)
Off topic, but would be interesting to compare the birthrates in both countries.
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Re:Korea sees more deaths than births for 52nd consecutive m... by pjc50 on Monday April 29, 2024 @05:50AM (#40196395)
You're not going to get good statistical information out of NK; it may not even exist. And it also matters what the death rates and child mortality rates are in a country which apparently has famines. Almost certainly the NK birth rate is higher to compensate.
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Re:Korea sees more deaths than births for 52nd consecutive m... by justsomehnguy on Monday April 29, 2024 @06:12AM (#40196505)
It took less time in the search to get [0] than for you to type your comment.

> it may not even exist

Why did you even think what NK doesn't have that data?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_North_Korea

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Re:Korea sees more deaths than births for 52nd consecutive m... by Moldoteck on Monday April 29, 2024 @07:04AM (#40196817)
most recent data is from 2008 and still you can't be sure data was not faked since it's a dictatorship (it is considered credible, but there's no way to check)
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