Total fertility rate in South Korea in 2024 — 0.75 births. Ranked 216 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 87.5%.
1960–2024 · births per woman
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Korea
| Year | births | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.75 | +0.03 | +3.74% |
| 2023 | 0.72 | −0.06 | −7.33% |
| 2022 | 0.78 | −0.03 | −3.71% |
| 2021 | 0.81 | −0.03 | −3.46% |
| 2020 | 0.84 | −0.08 | −8.82% |
| 2019 | 0.92 | −0.06 | −6.04% |
| 2018 | 0.98 | −0.08 | −7.13% |
| 2017 | 1.05 | −0.12 | −10.24% |
| 2016 | 1.17 | −0.07 | −5.41% |
| 2015 | 1.24 | +0.03 | +2.82% |
| 2014 | 1.21 | +0.02 | +1.52% |
| 2013 | 1.19 | −0.11 | −8.48% |
| 2012 | 1.3 | +0.05 | +4.26% |
| 2011 | 1.24 | +0.02 | +1.47% |
| 2010 | 1.23 | +0.08 | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 1.15 | −0.04 | −3.61% |
| 2008 | 1.19 | −0.07 | −5.32% |
| 2007 | 1.26 | +0.13 | +11.22% |
| 2006 | 1.13 | +0.05 | +4.33% |
| 2005 | 1.09 | −0.08 | −6.79% |
| 2004 | 1.16 | −0.03 | −2.27% |
| 2003 | 1.19 | +0.01 | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 1.18 | −0.13 | −10.01% |
| 2001 | 1.31 | −0.17 | −11.55% |
| 2000 | 1.48 | +0.05 | +3.86% |
| 1999 | 1.43 | −0.04 | −2.66% |
| 1998 | 1.46 | −0.07 | −4.75% |
| 1997 | 1.54 | −0.04 | −2.35% |
| 1996 | 1.57 | −0.06 | −3.67% |
| 1995 | 1.63 | −0.02 | −1.33% |
| 1994 | 1.66 | +0 | +0.12% |
| 1993 | 1.65 | −0.11 | −6.02% |
| 1992 | 1.76 | +0.05 | +2.92% |
| 1991 | 1.71 | +0.14 | +8.92% |
| 1990 | 1.57 | +0.01 | +0.64% |
| 1989 | 1.56 | +0.01 | +0.65% |
| 1988 | 1.55 | +0.02 | +1.31% |
| 1987 | 1.53 | −0.05 | −3.16% |
| 1986 | 1.58 | −0.08 | −4.82% |
| 1985 | 1.66 | −0.08 | −4.6% |
| 1984 | 1.74 | −0.32 | −15.53% |
| 1983 | 2.06 | −0.33 | −13.81% |
| 1982 | 2.39 | −0.18 | −7% |
| 1981 | 2.57 | −0.25 | −8.87% |
| 1980 | 2.82 | −0.08 | −2.76% |
| 1979 | 2.9 | +0.26 | +9.85% |
| 1978 | 2.64 | −0.35 | −11.71% |
| 1977 | 2.99 | −0.01 | −0.33% |
| 1976 | 3 | −0.43 | −12.54% |
| 1975 | 3.43 | −0.34 | −9.02% |
| 1974 | 3.77 | −0.3 | −7.37% |
| 1973 | 4.07 | −0.05 | −1.21% |
| 1972 | 4.12 | −0.42 | −9.25% |
| 1971 | 4.54 | +0.01 | +0.22% |
| 1970 | 4.53 | +0.08 | +1.87% |
| 1969 | 4.45 | −0.06 | −1.4% |
| 1968 | 4.51 | −0.11 | −2.28% |
| 1967 | 4.62 | −0.17 | −3.49% |
| 1966 | 4.78 | −0.11 | −2.15% |
| 1965 | 4.89 | −0.18 | −3.57% |
| 1964 | 5.07 | −0.27 | −4.99% |
| 1963 | 5.33 | −0.23 | −4.1% |
| 1962 | 5.56 | −0.24 | −4.15% |
| 1961 | 5.8 | −0.19 | −3.19% |
| 1960 | 5.99 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.
Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
How many births there are per thousand girls aged 15–19 during a year.
Demography Contraceptive useWhat part of women in a marriage or a union uses contraception.
Demography Crude birth rateLive births per 1,000 people of population per year.
Demography Population growthAnnual population growth in percent — natural increase together with migration.
