Fertility & birth rates in Azerbaijan and South Korea

Fertility rate in Azerbaijan vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Azerbaijan was 1.55 children per woman in 2023, compared to 0.72 in South Korea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Azerbaijan vs South Korea population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Azerbaijan	South Korea
1960	5.88	5.99
1961	5.94	5.8
1962	5.96	5.56
1963	5.95	5.33
1964	5.89	5.07
1965	5.79	4.89
1966	5.66	4.78
1967	5.38	4.62
1968	5.22	4.51
1969	5.07	4.45
1970	4.91	4.53
1971	4.77	4.54
1972	4.62	4.12
1973	4.45	4.07
1974	4.33	3.77
1975	4.18	3.43
1976	4.02	3
1977	3.87	2.99
1978	3.73	2.64
1979	3.61	2.9
1980	3.5	2.82
1981	3.41	2.57
1982	3.34	2.39
1983	3.29	2.06
1984	3.26	1.74
1985	2.91	1.66
1986	2.9	1.58
1987	2.9	1.53
1988	2.8	1.55
1989	2.8	1.56
1990	2.74	1.57
1991	2.87	1.71
1992	2.74	1.76
1993	2.7	1.65
1994	2.52	1.66
1995	2.29	1.63
1996	2.06	1.57
1997	2.07	1.54
1998	2	1.46
1999	2.07	1.43
2000	2	1.48
2001	1.8	1.31
2002	1.8	1.18
2003	1.9	1.19
2004	2.05	1.16
2005	2	1.09
2006	1.97	1.13
2007	1.97	1.26
2008	1.9	1.19
2009	1.82	1.15
2010	1.92	1.23
2011	1.96	1.24
2012	2	1.3
2013	1.98	1.19
2014	1.97	1.21
2015	1.94	1.24
2016	1.9	1.17
2017	1.75	1.05
2018	1.73	0.98
2019	1.81	0.92
2020	1.7	0.84
2021	1.52	0.81
2022	1.67	0.78
2023	1.55	0.72
2024	1.55	0.73
2025	1.54	0.75
2026	1.54	0.76
2027	1.54	0.78
2028	1.54	0.79
2029	1.54	0.8
2030	1.54	0.82
2031	1.53	0.83
2032	1.53	0.84
2033	1.53	0.85
2034	1.53	0.86
2035	1.53	0.88
2036	1.53	0.89
2037	1.53	0.9
2038	1.53	0.91
2039	1.52	0.92
2040	1.52	0.93
2041	1.52	0.95
2042	1.52	0.96
2043	1.52	0.96
2044	1.52	0.97
2045	1.52	0.98
2046	1.52	0.99
2047	1.52	1
2048	1.52	1.01
2049	1.52	1.02
2050	1.52	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Azerbaijan	South Korea
1960	40.4%	41.3%
1961	42%	41.8%
1962	43.3%	42.3%
1963	44.2%	42.7%
1964	44.9%	43.1%
1965	45.3%	43.3%
1966	45.6%	43.5%
1967	45.7%	43.3%
1968	45.6%	43.1%
1969	45.3%	42.7%
1970	44.9%	42.1%
1971	44.3%	41.5%
1972	43.6%	41%
1973	42.7%	40.3%
1974	41.7%	39.5%
1975	40.6%	38.5%
1976	39.4%	37.5%
1977	38.1%	36.5%
1978	36.7%	35.6%
1979	35.6%	34.8%
1980	35%	34%
1981	34.4%	33.3%
1982	34%	32.7%
1983	33.8%	32%
1984	33.5%	31.2%
1985	33.4%	30.2%
1986	33.2%	29.2%
1987	33.1%	28.2%
1988	33.2%	27.3%
1989	33.5%	26.5%
1990	33.8%	25.8%
1991	34%	25.2%
1992	34.1%	24.7%
1993	34%	24.2%
1994	33.9%	23.7%
1995	33.6%	23.1%
1996	33.2%	22.5%
1997	32.8%	22%
1998	32.2%	21.6%
1999	31.4%	21.2%
2000	30.3%	21%
2001	29.2%	20.8%
2002	28.1%	20.5%
2003	27%	20.1%
2004	26%	19.7%
2005	25.1%	19.2%
2006	24.4%	18.7%
2007	23.8%	18.1%
2008	23.2%	17.5%
2009	22.7%	16.9%
2010	22.3%	16.4%
2011	22.2%	15.8%
2012	22.3%	15.2%
2013	22.7%	14.7%
2014	23.1%	14.2%
2015	23.5%	13.8%
2016	23.8%	13.4%
2017	23.9%	13%
2018	23.8%	12.7%
2019	23.5%	12.4%
2020	23.4%	12.1%
2021	23.1%	11.8%
2022	22.8%	11.4%
2023	22.3%	11%
2024	21.8%	10.6%
2025	21.2%	10.2%
2026	20.6%	9.82%
2027	20%	9.42%
2028	19.4%	9.06%
2029	18.9%	8.75%
2030	18.3%	8.43%
2031	17.9%	8.15%
2032	17.6%	7.94%
2033	17.5%	7.79%
2034	17.3%	7.7%
2035	17%	7.66%
2036	16.9%	7.65%
2037	16.8%	7.66%
2038	16.8%	7.68%
2039	16.8%	7.71%
2040	16.8%	7.73%
2041	16.8%	7.75%
2042	16.9%	7.76%
2043	16.9%	7.77%
2044	16.9%	7.78%
2045	16.8%	7.79%
2046	16.8%	7.8%
2047	16.8%	7.81%
2048	16.7%	7.82%
2049	16.6%	7.82%
2050	16.5%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Azerbaijan and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 33.8% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Azerbaijan and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Azerbaijan vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.79% in Azerbaijan and +0.06% in South Korea. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Azerbaijan	South Korea
1960	127,982	728,010
1961	133,870	730,173
1962	135,928	712,590
1963	136,762	685,824
1964	134,971	655,501
1965	131,114	641,090
1966	126,678	623,534
1967	118,988	692,169
1968	115,379	684,487
1969	111,387	694,227
1970	108,976	747,987
1971	106,948	789,185
1972	105,009	740,469
1973	103,208	699,115
1974	103,872	673,030
1975	103,472	603,300
1976	103,370	530,558
1977	102,304	578,947
1978	102,831	499,084
1979	104,864	623,068
1980	110,279	583,294
1981	121,400	631,189
1982	117,615	605,626
1983	125,966	514,844
1984	130,043	436,384
1985	132,068	416,219
1986	141,499	395,651
1987	138,195	378,758
1988	136,702	399,297
1989	141,531	403,266
1990	142,069	411,546
1991	147,607	467,594
1992	133,615	494,352
1993	123,664	477,302
1994	107,112	473,200
1995	93,755	468,967
1996	80,735	446,142
1997	84,653	422,773
1998	77,548	393,436
1999	71,047	368,272
2000	70,023	390,167
2001	64,890	312,643
2002	63,741	247,752
2003	64,226	244,251
2004	81,403	225,988
2005	89,793	187,920
2006	96,724	203,441
2007	97,827	248,286
2008	99,903	215,841
2009	99,315	197,231
2010	112,274	213,083
2011	122,002	214,728
2012	119,915	215,859
2013	117,710	166,415
2014	115,374	167,464
2015	110,967	163,248
2016	102,457	122,923
2017	86,715	71,907
2018	81,506	30,951
2019	85,207	10,353
2020	50,466	-31,101
2021	35,483	-56,947
2022	61,865	-124,014
2023	52,800	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Azerbaijan vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 18 deaths per 100,000 live births in Azerbaijan, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Azerbaijan	South Korea
1985	45	38
1986	48	35
1987	45	34
1988	45	31
1989	43	29
1990	41	28
1991	43	28
1992	56	26
1993	54	24
1994	58	23
1995	64	22
1996	58	20
1997	59	19
1998	54	18
1999	51	17
2000	46	15
2001	45	14
2002	40	13
2003	41	13
2004	40	12
2005	40	11
2006	33	10
2007	33	10
2008	30	9
2009	29	9
2010	28	8
2011	27	8
2012	28	8
2013	24	7
2014	23	7
2015	21	6
2016	22	6
2017	22	6
2018	21	5
2019	21	5
2020	21	12
2021	55	5
2022	32	7
2023	18	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.86% in Azerbaijan and 0.28% in South Korea. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Azerbaijan	South Korea
1960	-	11.2%
1961	-	10.6%
1962	-	10.1%
1963	-	9.67%
1964	-	9.18%
1965	-	8.68%
1966	-	8.16%
1967	-	7.62%
1968	-	7.1%
1969	-	6.59%
1970	-	6.12%
1971	-	5.71%
1972	-	5.36%
1973	-	5.07%
1974	-	4.82%
1975	-	4.61%
1976	-	4.42%
1977	-	4.23%
1978	-	4.04%
1979	-	3.84%
1980	-	3.63%
1981	-	3.4%
1982	10.9%	3.17%
1983	10.7%	2.93%
1984	10.4%	2.7%
1985	10.2%	2.46%
1986	9.96%	2.25%
1987	9.77%	2.05%
1988	9.62%	1.87%
1989	9.52%	1.71%
1990	9.48%	1.57%
1991	9.5%	1.44%
1992	9.52%	1.33%
1993	9.52%	1.23%
1994	9.47%	1.14%
1995	9.34%	1.05%
1996	9.1%	0.98%
1997	8.78%	0.91%
1998	8.37%	0.85%
1999	7.91%	0.8%
2000	7.4%	0.75%
2001	6.9%	0.71%
2002	6.41%	0.68%
2003	5.96%	0.64%
2004	5.55%	0.6%
2005	5.18%	0.56%
2006	4.85%	0.52%
2007	4.55%	0.48%
2008	4.27%	0.45%
2009	4.01%	0.43%
2010	3.77%	0.41%
2011	3.54%	0.4%
2012	3.32%	0.38%
2013	3.12%	0.37%
2014	2.95%	0.36%
2015	2.78%	0.35%
2016	2.63%	0.34%
2017	2.49%	0.33%
2018	2.36%	0.32%
2019	2.24%	0.31%
2020	2.13%	0.3%
2021	2.04%	0.29%
2022	1.94%	0.28%
2023	1.86%	0.28%