Fertility & birth rates in Chile and South Korea

Fertility rate in Chile vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Chile was 1.17 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 Chile 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
	Chile	South Korea
1960	4.7	5.99
1961	4.66	5.8
1962	4.6	5.56
1963	4.54	5.33
1964	4.46	5.07
1965	4.36	4.89
1966	4.26	4.78
1967	4.14	4.62
1968	4.03	4.51
1969	3.9	4.45
1970	3.78	4.53
1971	3.65	4.54
1972	3.53	4.12
1973	3.41	4.07
1974	3.29	3.77
1975	3.18	3.43
1976	3.08	3
1977	2.98	2.99
1978	2.89	2.64
1979	2.81	2.9
1980	2.74	2.82
1981	2.69	2.57
1982	2.65	2.39
1983	2.62	2.06
1984	2.6	1.74
1985	2.59	1.66
1986	2.59	1.58
1987	2.59	1.53
1988	2.59	1.55
1989	2.59	1.56
1990	2.58	1.57
1991	2.56	1.71
1992	2.48	1.76
1993	2.43	1.65
1994	2.38	1.66
1995	2.35	1.63
1996	2.28	1.57
1997	2.2	1.54
1998	2.15	1.46
1999	2.07	1.43
2000	2.05	1.48
2001	2.01	1.31
2002	1.93	1.18
2003	1.89	1.19
2004	1.84	1.16
2005	1.83	1.09
2006	1.8	1.13
2007	1.83	1.26
2008	1.85	1.19
2009	1.86	1.15
2010	1.84	1.23
2011	1.82	1.24
2012	1.8	1.3
2013	1.79	1.19
2014	1.77	1.21
2015	1.74	1.24
2016	1.69	1.17
2017	1.56	1.05
2018	1.54	0.98
2019	1.43	0.92
2020	1.31	0.84
2021	1.18	0.81
2022	1.25	0.78
2023	1.17	0.72
2024	1.14	0.73
2025	1.13	0.75
2026	1.12	0.76
2027	1.12	0.78
2028	1.12	0.79
2029	1.12	0.8
2030	1.13	0.82
2031	1.13	0.83
2032	1.14	0.84
2033	1.15	0.85
2034	1.15	0.86
2035	1.16	0.88
2036	1.17	0.89
2037	1.17	0.9
2038	1.18	0.91
2039	1.19	0.92
2040	1.19	0.93
2041	1.2	0.95
2042	1.2	0.96
2043	1.21	0.96
2044	1.21	0.97
2045	1.22	0.98
2046	1.22	0.99
2047	1.22	1
2048	1.23	1.01
2049	1.24	1.02
2050	1.24	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Chile	South Korea
1960	39.7%	41.3%
1961	39.7%	41.8%
1962	39.7%	42.3%
1963	39.6%	42.7%
1964	39.4%	43.1%
1965	39.2%	43.3%
1966	39%	43.5%
1967	38.8%	43.3%
1968	38.5%	43.1%
1969	38.3%	42.7%
1970	38%	42.1%
1971	37.6%	41.5%
1972	37.2%	41%
1973	36.8%	40.3%
1974	36.3%	39.5%
1975	35.8%	38.5%
1976	35.3%	37.5%
1977	34.8%	36.5%
1978	34.3%	35.6%
1979	33.8%	34.8%
1980	33.3%	34%
1981	32.9%	33.3%
1982	32.4%	32.7%
1983	32%	32%
1984	31.5%	31.2%
1985	31.2%	30.2%
1986	30.8%	29.2%
1987	30.5%	28.2%
1988	30.2%	27.3%
1989	30%	26.5%
1990	29.8%	25.8%
1991	29.6%	25.2%
1992	29.3%	24.7%
1993	29.1%	24.2%
1994	28.9%	23.7%
1995	28.6%	23.1%
1996	28.3%	22.5%
1997	28%	22%
1998	27.7%	21.6%
1999	27.3%	21.2%
2000	26.8%	21%
2001	26.3%	20.8%
2002	25.8%	20.5%
2003	25.3%	20.1%
2004	24.7%	19.7%
2005	24.1%	19.2%
2006	23.5%	18.7%
2007	22.9%	18.1%
2008	22.4%	17.5%
2009	22%	16.9%
2010	21.5%	16.4%
2011	21.1%	15.8%
2012	20.8%	15.2%
2013	20.5%	14.7%
2014	20.2%	14.2%
2015	19.9%	13.8%
2016	19.7%	13.4%
2017	19.3%	13%
2018	19%	12.7%
2019	18.7%	12.4%
2020	18.4%	12.1%
2021	18.1%	11.8%
2022	17.8%	11.4%
2023	17.4%	11%
2024	17%	10.6%
2025	16.5%	10.2%
2026	16.1%	9.82%
2027	15.7%	9.42%
2028	15.3%	9.06%
2029	14.9%	8.75%
2030	14.4%	8.43%
2031	14%	8.15%
2032	13.7%	7.94%
2033	13.4%	7.79%
2034	13.1%	7.7%
2035	12.8%	7.66%
2036	12.7%	7.65%
2037	12.5%	7.66%
2038	12.4%	7.68%
2039	12.3%	7.71%
2040	12.2%	7.73%
2041	12.1%	7.75%
2042	12%	7.76%
2043	12%	7.77%
2044	11.9%	7.78%
2045	11.8%	7.79%
2046	11.7%	7.8%
2047	11.7%	7.81%
2048	11.6%	7.82%
2049	11.5%	7.82%
2050	11.5%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17% of the population in Chile and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Chile and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Chile vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.45% in Chile 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
	Chile	South Korea
1960	198,461	728,010
1961	198,788	730,173
1962	200,905	712,590
1963	202,370	685,824
1964	202,741	655,501
1965	203,341	641,090
1966	204,661	623,534
1967	204,377	692,169
1968	203,577	684,487
1969	202,764	694,227
1970	200,402	747,987
1971	198,523	789,185
1972	198,162	740,469
1973	197,666	699,115
1974	196,322	673,030
1975	196,890	603,300
1976	196,986	530,558
1977	197,163	578,947
1978	196,483	499,084
1979	197,198	623,068
1980	198,281	583,294
1981	198,211	631,189
1982	199,522	605,626
1983	202,352	514,844
1984	205,407	436,384
1985	208,910	416,219
1986	213,571	395,651
1987	218,034	378,758
1988	221,602	399,297
1989	224,854	403,266
1990	226,941	411,546
1991	227,180	467,594
1992	219,224	494,352
1993	215,003	477,302
1994	209,834	473,200
1995	208,017	468,967
1996	199,897	446,142
1997	190,433	422,773
1998	185,815	393,436
1999	177,995	368,272
2000	175,362	390,167
2001	171,659	312,643
2002	162,322	247,752
2003	154,287	244,251
2004	150,138	225,988
2005	147,009	187,920
2006	142,277	203,441
2007	145,043	248,286
2008	147,105	215,841
2009	147,576	197,231
2010	145,527	213,083
2011	141,053	214,728
2012	134,617	215,859
2013	133,785	166,415
2014	131,373	167,464
2015	127,074	163,248
2016	120,545	122,923
2017	106,268	71,907
2018	103,950	30,951
2019	86,006	10,353
2020	52,378	-31,101
2021	27,530	-56,947
2022	41,041	-124,014
2023	48,518	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Chile vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 10 deaths per 100,000 live births in Chile, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Chile	South Korea
1985	73	38
1986	70	35
1987	67	34
1988	64	31
1989	62	29
1990	56	28
1991	54	28
1992	52	26
1993	49	24
1994	47	23
1995	44	22
1996	41	20
1997	39	19
1998	36	18
1999	35	17
2000	33	15
2001	32	14
2002	30	13
2003	29	13
2004	28	12
2005	27	11
2006	27	10
2007	26	10
2008	24	9
2009	24	9
2010	22	8
2011	20	8
2012	18	8
2013	17	7
2014	16	7
2015	14	6
2016	13	6
2017	12	6
2018	11	5
2019	11	5
2020	12	12
2021	14	5
2022	12	7
2023	10	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.72% in Chile 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
	Chile	South Korea
1960	15.3%	11.2%
1961	14.9%	10.6%
1962	14.3%	10.1%
1963	13.6%	9.67%
1964	12.7%	9.18%
1965	11.6%	8.68%
1966	10.4%	8.16%
1967	9.36%	7.62%
1968	8.69%	7.1%
1969	8.26%	6.59%
1970	8.01%	6.12%
1971	7.86%	5.71%
1972	7.73%	5.36%
1973	7.54%	5.07%
1974	7.14%	4.82%
1975	6.46%	4.61%
1976	5.63%	4.42%
1977	4.85%	4.23%
1978	4.2%	4.04%
1979	3.69%	3.84%
1980	3.29%	3.63%
1981	2.98%	3.4%
1982	2.71%	3.17%
1983	2.47%	2.93%
1984	2.3%	2.7%
1985	2.23%	2.46%
1986	2.22%	2.25%
1987	2.2%	2.05%
1988	2.14%	1.87%
1989	2.03%	1.71%
1990	1.91%	1.57%
1991	1.76%	1.44%
1992	1.63%	1.33%
1993	1.5%	1.23%
1994	1.39%	1.14%
1995	1.31%	1.05%
1996	1.26%	0.98%
1997	1.22%	0.91%
1998	1.19%	0.85%
1999	1.15%	0.8%
2000	1.09%	0.75%
2001	1.03%	0.71%
2002	0.98%	0.68%
2003	0.95%	0.64%
2004	0.93%	0.6%
2005	0.91%	0.56%
2006	0.9%	0.52%
2007	0.89%	0.48%
2008	0.89%	0.45%
2009	0.88%	0.43%
2010	0.87%	0.41%
2011	0.86%	0.4%
2012	0.84%	0.38%
2013	0.82%	0.37%
2014	0.81%	0.36%
2015	0.79%	0.35%
2016	0.77%	0.34%
2017	0.75%	0.33%
2018	0.72%	0.32%
2019	0.7%	0.31%
2020	0.68%	0.3%
2021	0.67%	0.29%
2022	0.68%	0.28%
2023	0.72%	0.28%