Fertility rate: South Korea
0.72 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.
Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.72 |
| 2022 | 0.78 |
| 2021 | 0.783 |
| 2020 | 0.812 |
| 2019 | 0.881 |
| 2018 | 0.951 |
| 2017 | 1.035 |
| 2016 | 1.14 |
| 2015 | 1.202 |
| 2014 | 1.197 |
| 2013 | 1.206 |
| 2012 | 1.274 |
| 2011 | 1.258 |
| 2010 | 1.226 |
| 2009 | 1.178 |
| 2008 | 1.19 |
| 2007 | 1.215 |
| 2006 | 1.145 |
| 2005 | 1.115 |
| 2004 | 1.164 |
| 2003 | 1.199 |
| 2002 | 1.227 |
| 2001 | 1.342 |
| 2000 | 1.467 |
| 1999 | 1.469 |
| 1998 | 1.497 |
| 1997 | 1.555 |
| 1996 | 1.599 |
| 1995 | 1.646 |
| 1994 | 1.67 |
| 1993 | 1.683 |
| 1992 | 1.738 |
| 1991 | 1.702 |
| 1990 | 1.603 |
| 1989 | 1.564 |
| 1988 | 1.558 |
| 1987 | 1.571 |
| 1986 | 1.623 |
| 1985 | 1.705 |
| 1984 | 1.832 |
| 1983 | 2.102 |
| 1982 | 2.431 |
| 1981 | 2.669 |
| 1980 | 2.734 |
| 1979 | 2.748 |
| 1978 | 2.699 |
| 1977 | 2.954 |
| 1976 | 3.119 |
| 1975 | 3.313 |
| 1974 | 3.555 |
| 1973 | 3.803 |
| 1972 | 4.02 |
| 1971 | 4.259 |
| 1970 | 4.459 |
| 1969 | 4.447 |
| 1968 | 4.51 |
| 1967 | 4.615 |
| 1966 | 4.782 |
| 1965 | 4.887 |
| 1964 | 5.068 |
| 1963 | 5.334 |
| 1962 | 5.562 |
| 1961 | 5.803 |
| 1960 | 5.994 |
| 1959 | 6.096 |
| 1958 | 6.152 |
| 1957 | 6.178 |
| 1956 | 6.175 |
| 1955 | 6.169 |
| 1954 | 6.174 |
| 1953 | 6.171 |
| 1952 | 6.122 |
| 1951 | 6.089 |
| 1950 | 6.063 |