S. Korea, until 1910 (before the Japan-Korea Treaty) population growth was at a Malthusian level.
Yet in one generation’s time under Japanese rule the total pop. doubled due to Western medicine. Then in 1962 the Park gov’t began encouraging sterilization and contraceptives.
The ”family planning” (population control) slogan parroted by the gov’t to rural S. Koreans was:
”3-3-35” meaning
”Three kids at maximum, a new baby every three years, and no kids after 35.”
And so the TFR went down from 6.1 in 1960 to 4.5 in 1970 to below replacement level in 1982.
S. Korea, until 1910 (before the Japan-Korea Treaty) population growth was at a Malthusian level.
Yet in one generation’s time under Japanese rule the total pop. doubled due to Western medicine. Then in 1962 the Park gov’t began encouraging sterilization and contraceptives.
The ”family planning” (population control) slogan parroted by the gov’t to rural S. Koreans was:
”3-3-35” meaning
”Three kids at maximum, a new baby every three years, and no kids after 35.”
And so the TFR went down from 6.1 in 1960 to 4.5 in 1970 to below replacement level in 1982.