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The Juche calendar (Korean: 주체력) was the system of year-numbering used in North Korea between 1997 and 2024. It begins with the birth of founding father Kim Il Sung, whose birth year, 1912 in the Gregorian calendar, is Juche 1 in the Juche calendar. The calendar was adopted in 1997, three years after the death of Kim Il Sung. It has been ...
Since 2000, North Korea's birth rate has exceeded its death rate; the natural growth is positive. In terms of age structure, the population is dominated by the 15–64-year-old segment (68.09%). In terms of age structure, the population is dominated by the 15–64-year-old segment (68.09%).
2024 list by the United Nations Population Fund [1] Rank Country Total fertility rate in 2024 (births/woman) 1 Niger: 6.6 2 Chad: 6.0 3 DR Congo: 6.0 4 Somalia: 6.0 5 Central African Republic: 5.7 6 Mali: 5.7 7 Angola: 5.0 8 Nigeria: 5.0 9 Burundi: 4.8 10 Benin: 4.7 11 Burkina Faso: 4.5 12 Tanzania: 4.5 13 Gambia: 4.4 14 Mozambique: 4.4 15 ...
The United Nations Population Fund estimates that as of 2023 the fertility rate, or the average number of children being born to a woman i North Korea's Kim calls for action on falling birth rates ...
15 October – North Korea blows up sections of the Gyeongui and Donghae roads leading to the DMZ. [33] 17 October – North Korea revises its constitution to formally designate South Korea as a "hostile" state. [34] 24 October – A balloon from North Korea carrying rubbish lands on the Presidential Residence of South Korea in Yongsan, Seoul. [35]
In contrast, 25- to 29-year-olds in Australia slashed spending 3.5% in the first quarter of 2024 from a year earlier due to cost-of-living pressure, a report by Commonwealth Bank of Australia shows.
Gregorian calendar dates are used for years before 1912 while years after 1912 (the year of Kim Il Sung's birth) are called "Juche years". The Gregorian year 2025, for example, is " Juche 114" as 2025 − 1911 = 114.
The projected fertility rate of South Korea is set to rise in 2024, marking the first increase in nearly a decade in a country grappling with an ageing society and low birth rates. “Recently ...