South Korea Fertility Rate 1960-2025
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.
- South Korea fertility rate for 2022 was 0.78, a 3.71% decline from 2021.
- South Korea fertility rate for 2021 was 0.81, a 3.46% decline from 2020.
- South Korea fertility rate for 2020 was 0.84, a 8.82% decline from 2019.
- South Korea fertility rate for 2019 was 0.92, a 6.04% decline from 2018.
| South Korea Fertility Rate - Historical Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Births per Woman | Annual % Change |
| 2022 | 0.78 | -3.71% |
| 2021 | 0.81 | -3.46% |
| 2020 | 0.84 | -8.82% |
| 2019 | 0.92 | -6.04% |
| 2018 | 0.98 | -7.13% |
| 2017 | 1.05 | -10.24% |
| 2016 | 1.17 | -5.41% |
| 2015 | 1.24 | 2.82% |
| 2014 | 1.21 | 1.52% |
| 2013 | 1.19 | -8.48% |
| 2012 | 1.30 | 4.26% |
| 2011 | 1.24 | 1.47% |
| 2010 | 1.23 | 6.70% |
| 2009 | 1.15 | -3.61% |
| 2008 | 1.19 | -5.32% |
| 2007 | 1.26 | 11.22% |
| 2006 | 1.13 | 4.33% |
| 2005 | 1.09 | -6.79% |
| 2004 | 1.16 | -2.27% |
| 2003 | 1.19 | 1.10% |
| 2002 | 1.18 | -10.01% |
| 2001 | 1.31 | -11.55% |
| 2000 | 1.48 | 3.86% |
| 1999 | 1.43 | -2.66% |
| 1998 | 1.46 | -4.75% |
| 1997 | 1.54 | -2.35% |
| 1996 | 1.57 | -3.67% |
| 1995 | 1.63 | -1.33% |
| 1994 | 1.66 | 0.12% |
| 1993 | 1.65 | -6.02% |
| 1992 | 1.76 | 2.92% |
| 1991 | 1.71 | 8.92% |
| 1990 | 1.57 | 0.64% |
| 1989 | 1.56 | 0.65% |
| 1988 | 1.55 | 1.31% |
| 1987 | 1.53 | -3.16% |
| 1986 | 1.58 | -4.82% |
| 1985 | 1.66 | -4.60% |
| 1984 | 1.74 | -15.53% |
| 1983 | 2.06 | -13.81% |
| 1982 | 2.39 | -7.00% |
| 1981 | 2.57 | -8.87% |
| 1980 | 2.82 | -2.76% |
| 1979 | 2.90 | 9.85% |
| 1978 | 2.64 | -11.71% |
| 1977 | 2.99 | -0.33% |
| 1976 | 3.00 | -12.54% |
| 1975 | 3.43 | -9.02% |
| 1974 | 3.77 | -7.37% |
| 1973 | 4.07 | -1.21% |
| 1972 | 4.12 | -9.25% |
| 1971 | 4.54 | 0.22% |
| 1970 | 4.53 | 1.34% |
| 1969 | 4.47 | -0.42% |
| 1968 | 4.49 | -3.13% |
| 1967 | 4.63 | -3.66% |
| 1966 | 4.81 | -3.70% |
| 1965 | 5.00 | -3.72% |
| 1964 | 5.19 | -4.05% |
| 1963 | 5.41 | -3.86% |
| 1962 | 5.62 | -3.20% |
| 1961 | 5.81 | -2.34% |
| 1960 | 5.95 | -2.34% |