South Korea’s demographic structure is shifting at its fastest pace yet, with the share of single-person households surpassing 36 per cent for the first time in 2024 and the senior citizen population crossing the 10 million mark, new government data showed on Nov 30. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s statistics yearbook on social security, the number of single-person households reached a record high of nearly 8.05 million in 2024. This marks a sharp rise from 5.2 million households in 2015 to 6.64 million in 2020, with the figure first exceeding the 30 per cent threshold.
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