South Korea Fertility Rate 1950-2025

South Korea fertility rate for 2025 is 1.08, a 0.37% increase from 2024.
  • South Korea fertility rate for 2024 was 1.08, a 0.37% increase from 2023.
  • South Korea fertility rate for 2023 was 1.08, a 0.65% decline from 2022.
  • South Korea fertility rate for 2022 was 1.08, a 0.64% decline from 2021.
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.
Region Rankings
Country NameBirths per Woman
Sub-Saharan Africa 4.28
Africa4.05
World2.40
Central America2.07
North America1.76
Country Rankings
Country NameBirths per Woman
Niger6.32
Somalia5.49
Mali5.28
Republic of Congo5.27
Chad5.14
Angola5.09
Nigeria4.94
Burundi4.90
Gambia4.76
Burkina Faso4.69
Tanzania4.52
Benin4.43
Mozambique4.41
Zambia4.28
Guinea4.25
Senegal4.23
Uganda4.23
Central African Republic4.23
Mauritania4.23
South Sudan4.23
Cameroon4.19
Sudan4.06
Solomon Islands4.05
Guinea-Bissau4.04
Equatorial Guinea4.01
Sao Tome and Principe3.99
Togo3.96
Liberia3.92
Comoros3.82
Malawi3.80
Madagascar3.76
Sierra Leone3.70
Ethiopia3.66
Eritrea3.65
Afghanistan3.63
Gabon3.62
Rwanda3.61
Samoa3.60
Ghana3.56
Vanuatu3.55
Timor-Leste3.44
Iraq3.37
Kiribati3.35
Tonga3.33
Tajikistan3.33
Papua New Guinea3.30
Yemen3.29
Zimbabwe3.22
Kenya3.17
Pakistan3.14
Namibia3.09
Egypt3.06
Lesotho2.90
Israel2.89
Eswatini2.73
Algeria2.71
Haiti2.68
Mongolia2.67
Micronesia2.67
Botswana2.63
Guatemala2.61
Fiji2.60
Kazakhstan2.57
Turkmenistan2.57
Bolivia2.52
Jordan2.51
Oman2.50
Djibouti2.45
Philippines2.41
Cambodia2.35
Guyana2.33
Panama2.33
Seychelles2.30
Paraguay2.29
Ecuador2.28
Suriname2.28
South Africa2.27
Honduras2.27
Uzbekistan2.27
Morocco2.26
Nicaragua2.23
Guam2.21
Dominican Republic2.19
Indonesia2.19
Argentina2.18
Venezuela2.15
Belize2.15
Peru2.13
Saudi Arabia2.12
Cabo Verde2.11
India2.11
Sri Lanka2.10
Libya2.07
Iran2.07
Tunisia2.06
Myanmar2.04
Kuwait2.01
Vietnam2.01
Georgia2.00
Lebanon1.99
Mexico1.99
Turkey1.97
Azerbaijan1.96
Grenada1.95
Antigua and Barbuda1.94
El Salvador1.92
Uruguay1.91
Malaysia1.90
Jamaica1.89
Bangladesh1.89
New Caledonia1.88
Aruba1.88
French Polynesia1.86
Bahrain1.85
France1.85
Sweden1.84
New Zealand1.83
Russia1.83
Bhutan1.82
United States1.79
Australia1.77
Denmark1.77
Ireland1.77
Armenia1.76
United Kingdom1.76
Nepal1.76
Latvia1.75
Maldives1.75
Belarus1.74
Qatar1.74
Montenegro1.74
Belgium1.73
Curacao1.72
China1.71
Lithuania1.71
Iceland1.71
Norway1.71
Colombia1.70
Bahamas1.70
Netherlands1.69
Trinidad and Tobago1.66
Costa Rica1.66
Romania1.66
Slovenia1.65
Barbados1.65
Estonia1.65
Brazil1.65
Bulgaria1.63
Germany1.62
Chile1.59
Austria1.58
Cuba1.57
Switzerland1.56
Hungary1.56
Channel Islands1.55
Albania1.52
Malta1.52
Poland1.48
Canada1.48
North Macedonia1.47
Ukraine1.45
Thailand1.44
Hong Kong1.44
Finland1.42
Luxembourg1.42
Serbia1.42
Spain1.41
Croatia1.41
Japan1.38
Portugal1.37
Mauritius1.34
UAE1.34
Moldova1.33
Macao1.33
Italy1.31
Cyprus1.30
Greece1.27
Taiwan1.27
Singapore1.26
Puerto Rico1.18
South Korea1.08