Fertility & birth rates in Belize and South Korea

Fertility rate in Belize vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belize was 2.01 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 Belize 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
	Belize	South Korea
1960	6.5	5.99
1961	6.48	5.8
1962	6.46	5.56
1963	6.44	5.33
1964	6.42	5.07
1965	6.4	4.89
1966	6.38	4.78
1967	6.36	4.62
1968	6.34	4.51
1969	6.32	4.45
1970	6.3	4.53
1971	6.29	4.54
1972	6.28	4.12
1973	6.29	4.07
1974	6.29	3.77
1975	6.28	3.43
1976	6.25	3
1977	6.2	2.99
1978	6.11	2.64
1979	5.99	2.9
1980	5.85	2.82
1981	5.68	2.57
1982	5.5	2.39
1983	5.31	2.06
1984	5.12	1.74
1985	5	1.66
1986	4.94	1.58
1987	4.88	1.53
1988	4.87	1.55
1989	4.86	1.56
1990	4.8	1.57
1991	4.6	1.71
1992	4.43	1.76
1993	4.21	1.65
1994	3.97	1.66
1995	3.88	1.63
1996	3.76	1.57
1997	3.74	1.54
1998	3.75	1.46
1999	3.73	1.43
2000	3.63	1.48
2001	3.53	1.31
2002	3.43	1.18
2003	3.34	1.19
2004	3.25	1.16
2005	3.17	1.09
2006	3.02	1.13
2007	2.89	1.26
2008	2.78	1.19
2009	2.66	1.15
2010	2.55	1.23
2011	2.53	1.24
2012	2.51	1.3
2013	2.5	1.19
2014	2.47	1.21
2015	2.43	1.24
2016	2.4	1.17
2017	2.37	1.05
2018	2.34	0.98
2019	2.14	0.92
2020	2.04	0.84
2021	1.84	0.81
2022	1.95	0.78
2023	2.01	0.72
2024	2.02	0.73
2025	2.01	0.75
2026	1.99	0.76
2027	1.98	0.78
2028	1.96	0.79
2029	1.94	0.8
2030	1.93	0.82
2031	1.92	0.83
2032	1.91	0.84
2033	1.9	0.85
2034	1.89	0.86
2035	1.88	0.88
2036	1.86	0.89
2037	1.85	0.9
2038	1.85	0.91
2039	1.84	0.92
2040	1.83	0.93
2041	1.82	0.95
2042	1.82	0.96
2043	1.81	0.96
2044	1.81	0.97
2045	1.8	0.98
2046	1.8	0.99
2047	1.79	1
2048	1.79	1.01
2049	1.78	1.02
2050	1.78	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belize	South Korea
1960	44.9%	41.3%
1961	45.4%	41.8%
1962	46%	42.3%
1963	46.6%	42.7%
1964	47.2%	43.1%
1965	47.8%	43.3%
1966	48.3%	43.5%
1967	48.8%	43.3%
1968	49.2%	43.1%
1969	49.4%	42.7%
1970	49.2%	42.1%
1971	48.7%	41.5%
1972	48.2%	41%
1973	47.7%	40.3%
1974	47.2%	39.5%
1975	46.7%	38.5%
1976	46.2%	37.5%
1977	45.7%	36.5%
1978	45.3%	35.6%
1979	44.9%	34.8%
1980	44.6%	34%
1981	44.4%	33.3%
1982	44.4%	32.7%
1983	44.4%	32%
1984	44.5%	31.2%
1985	44.7%	30.2%
1986	44.8%	29.2%
1987	44.7%	28.2%
1988	44.6%	27.3%
1989	44.5%	26.5%
1990	44.3%	25.8%
1991	44.1%	25.2%
1992	43.8%	24.7%
1993	43.5%	24.2%
1994	43.2%	23.7%
1995	42.7%	23.1%
1996	42.1%	22.5%
1997	41.5%	22%
1998	40.9%	21.6%
1999	40.4%	21.2%
2000	39.9%	21%
2001	39.5%	20.8%
2002	39.1%	20.5%
2003	38.7%	20.1%
2004	38.3%	19.7%
2005	37.9%	19.2%
2006	37.5%	18.7%
2007	37.1%	18.1%
2008	36.7%	17.5%
2009	36.2%	16.9%
2010	35.5%	16.4%
2011	34.7%	15.8%
2012	34%	15.2%
2013	33.3%	14.7%
2014	32.5%	14.2%
2015	31.8%	13.8%
2016	31.1%	13.4%
2017	30.4%	13%
2018	29.9%	12.7%
2019	29.4%	12.4%
2020	28.9%	12.1%
2021	28.3%	11.8%
2022	27.6%	11.4%
2023	27%	11%
2024	26.6%	10.6%
2025	26.3%	10.2%
2026	26%	9.82%
2027	25.7%	9.42%
2028	25.4%	9.06%
2029	25%	8.75%
2030	24.6%	8.43%
2031	24.2%	8.15%
2032	23.8%	7.94%
2033	23.4%	7.79%
2034	23%	7.7%
2035	22.7%	7.66%
2036	22.5%	7.65%
2037	22.2%	7.66%
2038	21.9%	7.68%
2039	21.6%	7.71%
2040	21.2%	7.73%
2041	20.9%	7.75%
2042	20.5%	7.76%
2043	20.2%	7.77%
2044	19.8%	7.78%
2045	19.5%	7.79%
2046	19.2%	7.8%
2047	18.9%	7.81%
2048	18.7%	7.82%
2049	18.4%	7.82%
2050	18.2%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.6% of the population in Belize and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 44.3% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belize and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Belize vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.45% in Belize 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
	Belize	South Korea
1960	2,903	728,010
1961	2,657	730,173
1962	2,961	712,590
1963	2,983	685,824
1964	3,010	655,501
1965	3,045	641,090
1966	3,092	623,534
1967	3,158	692,169
1968	3,240	684,487
1969	3,346	694,227
1970	3,486	747,987
1971	3,651	789,185
1972	3,814	740,469
1973	3,974	699,115
1974	4,136	673,030
1975	4,294	603,300
1976	4,484	530,558
1977	4,659	578,947
1978	4,804	499,084
1979	4,929	623,068
1980	5,029	583,294
1981	5,132	631,189
1982	5,155	605,626
1983	5,161	514,844
1984	5,128	436,384
1985	5,155	416,219
1986	5,238	395,651
1987	5,328	378,758
1988	5,465	399,297
1989	5,629	403,266
1990	5,728	411,546
1991	5,656	467,594
1992	5,562	494,352
1993	5,436	477,302
1994	5,283	473,200
1995	5,339	468,967
1996	5,339	446,142
1997	5,494	422,773
1998	5,733	393,436
1999	5,914	368,272
2000	5,934	390,167
2001	5,915	312,643
2002	5,967	247,752
2003	5,968	244,251
2004	5,997	225,988
2005	6,030	187,920
2006	5,874	203,441
2007	5,728	248,286
2008	5,643	215,841
2009	5,506	197,231
2010	5,381	213,083
2011	5,509	214,728
2012	5,628	215,859
2013	5,767	166,415
2014	5,864	167,464
2015	5,899	163,248
2016	5,931	122,923
2017	6,042	71,907
2018	6,112	30,951
2019	5,516	10,353
2020	4,993	-31,101
2021	4,186	-56,947
2022	4,825	-124,014
2023	5,386	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Belize vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 67 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belize, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belize	South Korea
1985	98	38
1986	87	35
1987	83	34
1988	82	31
1989	80	29
1990	77	28
1991	75	28
1992	74	26
1993	73	24
1994	72	23
1995	73	22
1996	74	20
1997	77	19
1998	79	18
1999	77	17
2000	78	15
2001	76	14
2002	68	13
2003	67	13
2004	63	12
2005	60	11
2006	55	10
2007	52	10
2008	48	9
2009	45	9
2010	41	8
2011	39	8
2012	40	8
2013	41	7
2014	44	7
2015	47	6
2016	51	6
2017	56	6
2018	60	5
2019	61	5
2020	88	12
2021	157	5
2022	110	7
2023	67	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.27% in Belize 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
	Belize	South Korea
1960	-	11.2%
1961	-	10.6%
1962	-	10.1%
1963	-	9.67%
1964	-	9.18%
1965	-	8.68%
1966	-	8.16%
1967	11.3%	7.62%
1968	10.8%	7.1%
1969	10.3%	6.59%
1970	9.89%	6.12%
1971	9.48%	5.71%
1972	9.08%	5.36%
1973	8.69%	5.07%
1974	8.33%	4.82%
1975	8%	4.61%
1976	7.67%	4.42%
1977	7.38%	4.23%
1978	7.09%	4.04%
1979	6.81%	3.84%
1980	6.55%	3.63%
1981	6.3%	3.4%
1982	6.04%	3.17%
1983	5.78%	2.93%
1984	5.52%	2.7%
1985	5.25%	2.46%
1986	4.98%	2.25%
1987	4.71%	2.05%
1988	4.44%	1.87%
1989	4.18%	1.71%
1990	3.93%	1.57%
1991	3.69%	1.44%
1992	3.48%	1.33%
1993	3.3%	1.23%
1994	3.13%	1.14%
1995	2.99%	1.05%
1996	2.86%	0.98%
1997	2.74%	0.91%
1998	2.64%	0.85%
1999	2.54%	0.8%
2000	2.45%	0.75%
2001	2.36%	0.71%
2002	2.28%	0.68%
2003	2.21%	0.64%
2004	2.15%	0.6%
2005	2.1%	0.56%
2006	2.06%	0.52%
2007	2.01%	0.48%
2008	1.97%	0.45%
2009	1.93%	0.43%
2010	1.88%	0.41%
2011	1.83%	0.4%
2012	1.77%	0.38%
2013	1.7%	0.37%
2014	1.63%	0.36%
2015	1.56%	0.35%
2016	1.5%	0.34%
2017	1.44%	0.33%
2018	1.39%	0.32%
2019	1.35%	0.31%
2020	1.32%	0.3%
2021	1.3%	0.29%
2022	1.28%	0.28%
2023	1.27%	0.28%