Fertility & birth rates in Botswana and South Korea

Fertility rate in Botswana vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Botswana was 2.73 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 Botswana 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
	Botswana	South Korea
1960	6.6	5.99
1961	6.56	5.8
1962	6.54	5.56
1963	6.58	5.33
1964	6.61	5.07
1965	6.6	4.89
1966	6.61	4.78
1967	6.6	4.62
1968	6.58	4.51
1969	6.56	4.45
1970	6.55	4.53
1971	6.54	4.54
1972	6.56	4.12
1973	6.59	4.07
1974	6.61	3.77
1975	6.61	3.43
1976	6.6	3
1977	6.54	2.99
1978	6.48	2.64
1979	6.4	2.9
1980	6.29	2.82
1981	6.16	2.57
1982	5.97	2.39
1983	5.79	2.06
1984	5.63	1.74
1985	5.48	1.66
1986	5.33	1.58
1987	5.1	1.53
1988	4.88	1.55
1989	4.67	1.56
1990	4.51	1.57
1991	4.37	1.71
1992	4.26	1.76
1993	4.15	1.65
1994	4.02	1.66
1995	3.79	1.63
1996	3.57	1.57
1997	3.43	1.54
1998	3.36	1.46
1999	3.31	1.43
2000	3.29	1.48
2001	3.25	1.31
2002	3.18	1.18
2003	3.11	1.19
2004	3.06	1.16
2005	3.08	1.09
2006	3.11	1.13
2007	3.13	1.26
2008	3.13	1.19
2009	3.13	1.15
2010	3.14	1.23
2011	3.1	1.24
2012	3.07	1.3
2013	3.05	1.19
2014	3.03	1.21
2015	3.01	1.24
2016	2.99	1.17
2017	2.97	1.05
2018	2.94	0.98
2019	2.91	0.92
2020	2.86	0.84
2021	2.83	0.81
2022	2.79	0.78
2023	2.73	0.72
2024	2.7	0.73
2025	2.66	0.75
2026	2.63	0.76
2027	2.59	0.78
2028	2.56	0.79
2029	2.52	0.8
2030	2.49	0.82
2031	2.46	0.83
2032	2.44	0.84
2033	2.41	0.85
2034	2.38	0.86
2035	2.35	0.88
2036	2.32	0.89
2037	2.3	0.9
2038	2.28	0.91
2039	2.26	0.92
2040	2.23	0.93
2041	2.21	0.95
2042	2.2	0.96
2043	2.18	0.96
2044	2.17	0.97
2045	2.15	0.98
2046	2.14	0.99
2047	2.12	1
2048	2.11	1.01
2049	2.09	1.02
2050	2.08	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Botswana	South Korea
1960	45.1%	41.3%
1961	45.6%	41.8%
1962	46.2%	42.3%
1963	46.8%	42.7%
1964	47.2%	43.1%
1965	47.5%	43.3%
1966	47.9%	43.5%
1967	48.2%	43.3%
1968	48.6%	43.1%
1969	48.9%	42.7%
1970	49.2%	42.1%
1971	49.3%	41.5%
1972	49.1%	41%
1973	48.6%	40.3%
1974	48.2%	39.5%
1975	47.7%	38.5%
1976	47.3%	37.5%
1977	47%	36.5%
1978	46.5%	35.6%
1979	46%	34.8%
1980	46.1%	34%
1981	46.2%	33.3%
1982	46.2%	32.7%
1983	46.2%	32%
1984	46.2%	31.2%
1985	46.2%	30.2%
1986	46.1%	29.2%
1987	46%	28.2%
1988	45.8%	27.3%
1989	45.5%	26.5%
1990	45.1%	25.8%
1991	44.7%	25.2%
1992	44.2%	24.7%
1993	43.7%	24.2%
1994	43%	23.7%
1995	42.2%	23.1%
1996	41.4%	22.5%
1997	40.6%	22%
1998	39.8%	21.6%
1999	39.1%	21.2%
2000	38.4%	21%
2001	37.7%	20.8%
2002	37.1%	20.5%
2003	36.5%	20.1%
2004	35.9%	19.7%
2005	35.5%	19.2%
2006	35.1%	18.7%
2007	34.8%	18.1%
2008	34.5%	17.5%
2009	34.2%	16.9%
2010	34.1%	16.4%
2011	34%	15.8%
2012	34.2%	15.2%
2013	34.4%	14.7%
2014	34.4%	14.2%
2015	34.4%	13.8%
2016	34.2%	13.4%
2017	33.9%	13%
2018	33.6%	12.7%
2019	33.3%	12.4%
2020	32.9%	12.1%
2021	32.6%	11.8%
2022	32.4%	11.4%
2023	32.3%	11%
2024	32.1%	10.6%
2025	32%	10.2%
2026	31.8%	9.82%
2027	31.6%	9.42%
2028	31.4%	9.06%
2029	31.2%	8.75%
2030	30.9%	8.43%
2031	30.6%	8.15%
2032	30.3%	7.94%
2033	30%	7.79%
2034	29.6%	7.7%
2035	29.2%	7.66%
2036	28.7%	7.65%
2037	28.1%	7.66%
2038	27.6%	7.68%
2039	27.2%	7.71%
2040	26.7%	7.73%
2041	26.3%	7.75%
2042	25.9%	7.76%
2043	25.5%	7.77%
2044	25.2%	7.78%
2045	24.8%	7.79%
2046	24.5%	7.8%
2047	24.2%	7.81%
2048	24%	7.82%
2049	23.7%	7.82%
2050	23.5%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.1% of the population in Botswana and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 45.1% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Botswana and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Botswana vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.88% in Botswana 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
	Botswana	South Korea
1960	15,861	728,010
1961	16,185	730,173
1962	16,507	712,590
1963	17,084	685,824
1964	17,634	655,501
1965	18,045	641,090
1966	18,250	623,534
1967	18,463	692,169
1968	18,725	684,487
1969	19,024	694,227
1970	19,438	747,987
1971	19,926	789,185
1972	21,004	740,469
1973	22,449	699,115
1974	24,160	673,030
1975	25,762	603,300
1976	27,497	530,558
1977	29,009	578,947
1978	30,596	499,084
1979	32,486	623,068
1980	33,934	583,294
1981	34,327	631,189
1982	34,859	605,626
1983	35,142	514,844
1984	35,530	436,384
1985	35,966	416,219
1986	36,203	395,651
1987	35,647	378,758
1988	34,564	399,297
1989	33,756	403,266
1990	33,015	411,546
1991	32,219	467,594
1992	31,995	494,352
1993	31,691	477,302
1994	30,664	473,200
1995	28,478	468,967
1996	26,847	446,142
1997	25,738	422,773
1998	25,397	393,436
1999	25,358	368,272
2000	25,850	390,167
2001	26,112	312,643
2002	26,163	247,752
2003	26,545	244,251
2004	27,481	225,988
2005	29,385	187,920
2006	31,340	203,441
2007	33,832	248,286
2008	35,433	215,841
2009	36,671	197,231
2010	38,101	213,083
2011	38,613	214,728
2012	39,202	215,859
2013	39,404	166,415
2014	40,046	167,464
2015	40,897	163,248
2016	41,993	122,923
2017	43,154	71,907
2018	44,171	30,951
2019	45,110	10,353
2020	45,610	-31,101
2021	40,894	-56,947
2022	47,400	-124,014
2023	47,098	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Botswana vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in Botswana, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Botswana	South Korea
1985	313	38
1986	304	35
1987	302	34
1988	319	31
1989	300	29
1990	296	28
1991	283	28
1992	263	26
1993	230	24
1994	182	23
1995	148	22
1996	130	20
1997	123	19
1998	126	18
1999	131	17
2000	136	15
2001	138	14
2002	140	13
2003	142	13
2004	151	12
2005	166	11
2006	204	10
2007	201	10
2008	199	9
2009	213	9
2010	228	8
2011	269	8
2012	288	8
2013	221	7
2014	212	7
2015	141	6
2016	72	6
2017	46	6
2018	99	5
2019	100	5
2020	98	12
2021	165	5
2022	120	7
2023	155	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.96% in Botswana 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
	Botswana	South Korea
1960	16.8%	11.2%
1961	16.3%	10.6%
1962	15.8%	10.1%
1963	15.3%	9.67%
1964	14.9%	9.18%
1965	14.5%	8.68%
1966	14%	8.16%
1967	13.6%	7.62%
1968	13.2%	7.1%
1969	12.8%	6.59%
1970	12.4%	6.12%
1971	11.9%	5.71%
1972	11.4%	5.36%
1973	10.9%	5.07%
1974	10.4%	4.82%
1975	9.88%	4.61%
1976	9.32%	4.42%
1977	8.77%	4.23%
1978	8.23%	4.04%
1979	7.74%	3.84%
1980	7.29%	3.63%
1981	6.86%	3.4%
1982	6.47%	3.17%
1983	6.12%	2.93%
1984	5.8%	2.7%
1985	5.5%	2.46%
1986	5.22%	2.25%
1987	5%	2.05%
1988	4.88%	1.87%
1989	4.87%	1.71%
1990	5.01%	1.57%
1991	5.29%	1.44%
1992	5.7%	1.33%
1993	6.2%	1.23%
1994	6.72%	1.14%
1995	6.74%	1.05%
1996	7.1%	0.98%
1997	7.37%	0.91%
1998	7.57%	0.85%
1999	7.91%	0.8%
2000	8.11%	0.75%
2001	8.12%	0.71%
2002	8%	0.68%
2003	7.85%	0.64%
2004	7.63%	0.6%
2005	7.03%	0.56%
2006	6.43%	0.52%
2007	6.16%	0.48%
2008	6.03%	0.45%
2009	5.78%	0.43%
2010	5.58%	0.41%
2011	5.68%	0.4%
2012	5.34%	0.38%
2013	5.1%	0.37%
2014	5.11%	0.36%
2015	4.98%	0.35%
2016	4.9%	0.34%
2017	4.65%	0.33%
2018	4.59%	0.32%
2019	4.5%	0.31%
2020	4.39%	0.3%
2021	4.2%	0.29%
2022	4.07%	0.28%
2023	3.96%	0.28%