한은, "코로나가 혼인•출산 막아…2022년까지 영향"<br /><br />The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to force South Korea's already chronically-low birth rate even lower... and speed up the aging population.<br />According the Bank of Korea Wednesday, the pandemic is likely to expedite the existing downward trend in birthrates as fewer couples get married.<br />The BOK says the demographic impact will last for at least two years.<br />It added that, in 2022, the country's fertility rate is forecast to fall below zero-point-7-2, lower than an earlier projection made by Statistics Korea.<br /><br />
