Fertility & birth rates in Canada and South Korea

Fertility rate in Canada vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Canada was 1.26 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 Canada 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
	Canada	South Korea
1960	3.81	5.99
1961	3.75	5.8
1962	3.68	5.56
1963	3.61	5.33
1964	3.46	5.07
1965	3.12	4.89
1966	2.75	4.78
1967	2.53	4.62
1968	2.39	4.51
1969	2.33	4.45
1970	2.26	4.53
1971	2.14	4.54
1972	1.98	4.12
1973	1.89	4.07
1974	1.84	3.77
1975	1.82	3.43
1976	1.8	3
1977	1.78	2.99
1978	1.77	2.64
1979	1.75	2.9
1980	1.74	2.82
1981	1.7	2.57
1982	1.69	2.39
1983	1.68	2.06
1984	1.65	1.74
1985	1.67	1.66
1986	1.68	1.58
1987	1.68	1.53
1988	1.68	1.55
1989	1.77	1.56
1990	1.83	1.57
1991	1.72	1.71
1992	1.71	1.76
1993	1.69	1.65
1994	1.69	1.66
1995	1.67	1.63
1996	1.63	1.57
1997	1.57	1.54
1998	1.56	1.46
1999	1.55	1.43
2000	1.51	1.48
2001	1.54	1.31
2002	1.52	1.18
2003	1.55	1.19
2004	1.56	1.16
2005	1.58	1.09
2006	1.63	1.13
2007	1.67	1.26
2008	1.7	1.19
2009	1.69	1.15
2010	1.65	1.23
2011	1.63	1.24
2012	1.63	1.3
2013	1.61	1.19
2014	1.61	1.21
2015	1.6	1.24
2016	1.59	1.17
2017	1.55	1.05
2018	1.51	0.98
2019	1.47	0.92
2020	1.41	0.84
2021	1.44	0.81
2022	1.33	0.78
2023	1.26	0.72
2024	1.25	0.73
2025	1.24	0.75
2026	1.24	0.76
2027	1.23	0.78
2028	1.24	0.79
2029	1.23	0.8
2030	1.24	0.82
2031	1.24	0.83
2032	1.24	0.84
2033	1.25	0.85
2034	1.25	0.86
2035	1.25	0.88
2036	1.26	0.89
2037	1.26	0.9
2038	1.26	0.91
2039	1.27	0.92
2040	1.27	0.93
2041	1.27	0.95
2042	1.28	0.96
2043	1.28	0.96
2044	1.28	0.97
2045	1.28	0.98
2046	1.29	0.99
2047	1.29	1
2048	1.29	1.01
2049	1.3	1.02
2050	1.3	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Canada	South Korea
1960	33.8%	41.3%
1961	33.9%	41.8%
1962	33.9%	42.3%
1963	33.9%	42.7%
1964	33.7%	43.1%
1965	33.3%	43.3%
1966	32.9%	43.5%
1967	32.3%	43.3%
1968	31.6%	43.1%
1969	31%	42.7%
1970	30.2%	42.1%
1971	29.3%	41.5%
1972	28.6%	41%
1973	27.8%	40.3%
1974	27%	39.5%
1975	26.2%	38.5%
1976	25.5%	37.5%
1977	24.7%	36.5%
1978	24%	35.6%
1979	23.4%	34.8%
1980	22.8%	34%
1981	22.3%	33.3%
1982	22%	32.7%
1983	21.8%	32%
1984	21.6%	31.2%
1985	21.3%	30.2%
1986	21.1%	29.2%
1987	20.9%	28.2%
1988	20.8%	27.3%
1989	20.8%	26.5%
1990	20.7%	25.8%
1991	20.7%	25.2%
1992	20.7%	24.7%
1993	20.7%	24.2%
1994	20.6%	23.7%
1995	20.4%	23.1%
1996	20.2%	22.5%
1997	20%	22%
1998	19.8%	21.6%
1999	19.5%	21.2%
2000	19.2%	21%
2001	18.9%	20.8%
2002	18.6%	20.5%
2003	18.3%	20.1%
2004	18%	19.7%
2005	17.7%	19.2%
2006	17.4%	18.7%
2007	17.1%	18.1%
2008	16.9%	17.5%
2009	16.7%	16.9%
2010	16.6%	16.4%
2011	16.4%	15.8%
2012	16.3%	15.2%
2013	16.3%	14.7%
2014	16.2%	14.2%
2015	16.2%	13.8%
2016	16.2%	13.4%
2017	16.2%	13%
2018	16.1%	12.7%
2019	16%	12.4%
2020	15.9%	12.1%
2021	15.7%	11.8%
2022	15.5%	11.4%
2023	15.3%	11%
2024	15.1%	10.6%
2025	15%	10.2%
2026	14.9%	9.82%
2027	14.7%	9.42%
2028	14.6%	9.06%
2029	14.5%	8.75%
2030	14.4%	8.43%
2031	14.3%	8.15%
2032	14.2%	7.94%
2033	14.1%	7.79%
2034	14%	7.7%
2035	13.9%	7.66%
2036	13.9%	7.65%
2037	13.8%	7.66%
2038	13.8%	7.68%
2039	13.7%	7.71%
2040	13.7%	7.73%
2041	13.6%	7.75%
2042	13.6%	7.76%
2043	13.6%	7.77%
2044	13.5%	7.78%
2045	13.5%	7.79%
2046	13.5%	7.8%
2047	13.5%	7.81%
2048	13.5%	7.82%
2049	13.5%	7.82%
2050	13.5%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Canada and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 20.7% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Canada and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Canada vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.22% in Canada 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
	Canada	South Korea
1960	338,487	728,010
1961	334,360	730,173
1962	325,745	712,590
1963	318,595	685,824
1964	307,268	655,501
1965	269,589	641,090
1966	236,566	623,534
1967	220,450	692,169
1968	211,589	684,487
1969	216,588	694,227
1970	215,372	747,987
1971	208,640	789,185
1972	188,857	740,469
1973	184,432	699,115
1974	182,464	673,030
1975	196,718	603,300
1976	196,979	530,558
1977	199,297	578,947
1978	194,102	499,084
1979	203,293	623,068
1980	203,480	583,294
1981	206,005	631,189
1982	200,935	605,626
1983	202,931	514,844
1984	204,856	436,384
1985	204,153	416,219
1986	190,532	395,651
1987	190,416	378,758
1988	192,901	399,297
1989	207,304	403,266
1990	213,222	411,546
1991	207,477	467,594
1992	204,273	494,352
1993	186,451	477,302
1994	179,804	473,200
1995	167,023	468,967
1996	153,973	446,142
1997	134,577	422,773
1998	126,651	393,436
1999	118,565	368,272
2000	110,469	390,167
2001	114,777	312,643
2002	106,621	247,752
2003	110,749	244,251
2004	111,786	225,988
2005	116,074	187,920
2006	130,285	203,441
2007	134,845	248,286
2008	142,963	215,841
2009	144,609	197,231
2010	139,425	213,083
2011	133,923	214,728
2012	135,382	215,859
2013	129,799	166,415
2014	127,563	167,464
2015	117,825	163,248
2016	115,555	122,923
2017	98,672	71,907
2018	88,974	30,951
2019	86,523	10,353
2020	53,241	-31,101
2021	57,360	-56,947
2022	15,574	-124,014
2023	28,058	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Canada vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Canada, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Canada	South Korea
1985	7	38
1986	7	35
1987	7	34
1988	7	31
1989	8	29
1990	7	28
1991	8	28
1992	8	26
1993	8	24
1994	8	23
1995	8	22
1996	9	20
1997	8	19
1998	9	18
1999	9	17
2000	9	15
2001	10	14
2002	10	13
2003	10	13
2004	10	12
2005	11	11
2006	11	10
2007	11	10
2008	12	9
2009	12	9
2010	11	8
2011	11	8
2012	11	8
2013	11	7
2014	12	7
2015	11	6
2016	12	6
2017	12	6
2018	13	5
2019	12	5
2020	17	12
2021	14	5
2022	15	7
2023	12	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.51% in Canada 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
	Canada	South Korea
1960	3.26%	11.2%
1961	3.15%	10.6%
1962	3.05%	10.1%
1963	2.94%	9.67%
1964	2.82%	9.18%
1965	2.71%	8.68%
1966	2.6%	8.16%
1967	2.5%	7.62%
1968	2.4%	7.1%
1969	2.3%	6.59%
1970	2.19%	6.12%
1971	2.09%	5.71%
1972	1.99%	5.36%
1973	1.89%	5.07%
1974	1.79%	4.82%
1975	1.7%	4.61%
1976	1.6%	4.42%
1977	1.51%	4.23%
1978	1.42%	4.04%
1979	1.33%	3.84%
1980	1.25%	3.63%
1981	1.18%	3.4%
1982	1.12%	3.17%
1983	1.06%	2.93%
1984	1.01%	2.7%
1985	0.98%	2.46%
1986	0.94%	2.25%
1987	0.91%	2.05%
1988	0.88%	1.87%
1989	0.85%	1.71%
1990	0.82%	1.57%
1991	0.8%	1.44%
1992	0.77%	1.33%
1993	0.74%	1.23%
1994	0.72%	1.14%
1995	0.69%	1.05%
1996	0.67%	0.98%
1997	0.65%	0.91%
1998	0.64%	0.85%
1999	0.63%	0.8%
2000	0.62%	0.75%
2001	0.62%	0.71%
2002	0.62%	0.68%
2003	0.62%	0.64%
2004	0.61%	0.6%
2005	0.61%	0.56%
2006	0.6%	0.52%
2007	0.6%	0.48%
2008	0.59%	0.45%
2009	0.58%	0.43%
2010	0.57%	0.41%
2011	0.56%	0.4%
2012	0.56%	0.38%
2013	0.55%	0.37%
2014	0.54%	0.36%
2015	0.54%	0.35%
2016	0.53%	0.34%
2017	0.52%	0.33%
2018	0.52%	0.32%
2019	0.51%	0.31%
2020	0.51%	0.3%
2021	0.51%	0.29%
2022	0.51%	0.28%
2023	0.51%	0.28%