4 Maps Showing East Asia’s Demographic Collapse

All the maps on this page are the product of the wonderful GEO.Universe Instagram page, which you should totally follow.

Here are the 4 maps on their own:

East Asia’s Population in 2025

Population (late 2025):

1. China: 1.404B
2. Japan: 123.2M
3. South Korea: 51.7M
4. Taiwan: 23.3M
5. Hong Kong: 7.53 m

Fertility Rate In East Asian Countries 2025

Fertility rates (2025):

1. Taiwan: 0.72
2. Hong Kong 0.76
3. South Korea: 0.80
4. China: 0.98
5. Japan: 1.13

(All far below the replacement level of 2.1)

Absolute Population Decline Since Death Rate Exceeded Birth Rate Per Country

Natural population change (absolute) since deaths exceeded births:

1. China: -7.71M (since 2022)
2. Japan: -6.72M (since 2005)
3. South Korea: -536K (since 2020)
4. Taiwan: -336K (since 2020)
5. Hong Kong -91k (since 2020)

Relative Population Decline Since Death Rate Exceeded Birth Rate Per Country

Natural population change (%) since deaths exceeded births:

1. Japan: -3.81% (since 2005)
2. Taiwan: -1.29% (since 2020)
3. China: -0.53% (since 2022)
4. South Korea: -0.29% (since 2020)
5. Hong Kong -0.09% (since 2020)

What do you think?