Daily chart answer for Wednesday, October 21, 2026
How did South Korea’s fertility rate change from 1984 to 2023 (births per woman)? Population · 40 observations · World Bank (World Development Indicators).
Solid line = the part players could see · dashed violet = the daily chart’s hidden stretch, revealed here.
What happened
After the visible part ended on 1999, it retreated 49.4% to finish at 0.72 births per woman. Players saw the first 16 of 40 observations before drawing. From 1.74 births per woman to 0.72 births per woman, the full span nets out down 58.6%. The period high of 1.76 births per woman came in 1992; the low of 0.72 births per woman, in 2023. The biggest one-step move was an 11.6% downward in 2001. Data: World Bank (World Development Indicators).
The hidden values
After the cutoff (1999), the series printed:
| Date | Actual value |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.48 |
| 2001 | 1.31 |
| 2002 | 1.18 |
| 2003 | 1.19 |
| 2004 | 1.16 |
| 2005 | 1.09 |
| 2006 | 1.13 |
| 2007 | 1.26 |
| 2008 | 1.19 |
| 2009 | 1.15 |
| 2010 | 1.23 |
| 2011 | 1.24 |
| 2012 | 1.3 |
| 2013 | 1.19 |
| 2014 | 1.21 |
| 2015 | 1.24 |
| 2016 | 1.17 |
| 2017 | 1.05 |
| 2018 | 0.98 |
| 2019 | 0.92 |
| 2020 | 0.84 |
| 2021 | 0.81 |
| 2022 | 0.78 |
| 2023 | 0.72 |
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