Fertility & birth rates in Cyprus and South Korea

Fertility rate in Cyprus vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Cyprus was 1.39 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 Cyprus 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
	Cyprus	South Korea
1960	3.39	5.99
1961	3.62	5.8
1962	3.51	5.56
1963	3.49	5.33
1964	3.41	5.07
1965	3.47	4.89
1966	3.4	4.78
1967	3.32	4.62
1968	3.27	4.51
1969	3.19	4.45
1970	3.07	4.53
1971	3.04	4.54
1972	2.99	4.12
1973	2.4	4.07
1974	2.28	3.77
1975	2.11	3.43
1976	2.33	3
1977	2.09	2.99
1978	2.08	2.64
1979	2.14	2.9
1980	2.3	2.82
1981	2.15	2.57
1982	2.49	2.39
1983	2.49	2.06
1984	2.51	1.74
1985	2.43	1.66
1986	2.45	1.58
1987	2.39	1.53
1988	2.47	1.55
1989	2.37	1.56
1990	2.4	1.57
1991	2.34	1.71
1992	2.46	1.76
1993	2.25	1.65
1994	2.16	1.66
1995	2.03	1.63
1996	1.95	1.57
1997	1.86	1.54
1998	1.76	1.46
1999	1.67	1.43
2000	1.64	1.48
2001	1.57	1.31
2002	1.5	1.18
2003	1.51	1.19
2004	1.51	1.16
2005	1.48	1.09
2006	1.51	1.13
2007	1.45	1.26
2008	1.48	1.19
2009	1.48	1.15
2010	1.43	1.23
2011	1.36	1.24
2012	1.38	1.3
2013	1.3	1.19
2014	1.31	1.21
2015	1.32	1.24
2016	1.36	1.17
2017	1.32	1.05
2018	1.32	0.98
2019	1.33	0.92
2020	1.36	0.84
2021	1.39	0.81
2022	1.39	0.78
2023	1.39	0.72
2024	1.38	0.73
2025	1.37	0.75
2026	1.37	0.76
2027	1.36	0.78
2028	1.36	0.79
2029	1.36	0.8
2030	1.37	0.82
2031	1.37	0.83
2032	1.37	0.84
2033	1.37	0.85
2034	1.37	0.86
2035	1.38	0.88
2036	1.38	0.89
2037	1.38	0.9
2038	1.38	0.91
2039	1.39	0.92
2040	1.39	0.93
2041	1.39	0.95
2042	1.39	0.96
2043	1.4	0.96
2044	1.4	0.97
2045	1.4	0.98
2046	1.41	0.99
2047	1.41	1
2048	1.42	1.01
2049	1.42	1.02
2050	1.42	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cyprus	South Korea
1960	36.5%	41.3%
1961	36.4%	41.8%
1962	35.8%	42.3%
1963	35.1%	42.7%
1964	34.5%	43.1%
1965	34%	43.3%
1966	33.5%	43.5%
1967	33%	43.3%
1968	32.6%	43.1%
1969	32.1%	42.7%
1970	31.7%	42.1%
1971	31.2%	41.5%
1972	30.8%	41%
1973	30.3%	40.3%
1974	30%	39.5%
1975	29.6%	38.5%
1976	28.8%	37.5%
1977	27.9%	36.5%
1978	27%	35.6%
1979	26.2%	34.8%
1980	25.5%	34%
1981	25%	33.3%
1982	24.8%	32.7%
1983	24.9%	32%
1984	25.1%	31.2%
1985	25.2%	30.2%
1986	25.2%	29.2%
1987	25.2%	28.2%
1988	25.1%	27.3%
1989	25%	26.5%
1990	24.8%	25.8%
1991	24.7%	25.2%
1992	24.6%	24.7%
1993	24.6%	24.2%
1994	24.7%	23.7%
1995	24.6%	23.1%
1996	24.3%	22.5%
1997	23.9%	22%
1998	23.4%	21.6%
1999	22.9%	21.2%
2000	22.3%	21%
2001	21.7%	20.8%
2002	21.3%	20.5%
2003	21%	20.1%
2004	20.5%	19.7%
2005	19.9%	19.2%
2006	19.3%	18.7%
2007	18.7%	18.1%
2008	18%	17.5%
2009	17.5%	16.9%
2010	17%	16.4%
2011	16.6%	15.8%
2012	16.4%	15.2%
2013	16.2%	14.7%
2014	16.1%	14.2%
2015	16%	13.8%
2016	15.9%	13.4%
2017	15.9%	13%
2018	15.9%	12.7%
2019	15.9%	12.4%
2020	15.9%	12.1%
2021	16%	11.8%
2022	16%	11.4%
2023	16.1%	11%
2024	16.1%	10.6%
2025	16.1%	10.2%
2026	16%	9.82%
2027	16%	9.42%
2028	15.9%	9.06%
2029	15.8%	8.75%
2030	15.6%	8.43%
2031	15.4%	8.15%
2032	15.2%	7.94%
2033	15%	7.79%
2034	14.8%	7.7%
2035	14.6%	7.66%
2036	14.3%	7.65%
2037	14%	7.66%
2038	13.8%	7.68%
2039	13.5%	7.71%
2040	13.3%	7.73%
2041	13.1%	7.75%
2042	12.9%	7.76%
2043	12.7%	7.77%
2044	12.6%	7.78%
2045	12.5%	7.79%
2046	12.4%	7.8%
2047	12.4%	7.81%
2048	12.4%	7.82%
2049	12.3%	7.82%
2050	12.3%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.1% of the population in Cyprus and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 24.8% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cyprus and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Cyprus vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.45% in Cyprus 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
	Cyprus	South Korea
1960	8,385	728,010
1961	9,584	730,173
1962	9,455	712,590
1963	8,568	685,824
1964	8,322	655,501
1965	9,643	641,090
1966	9,478	623,534
1967	9,313	692,169
1968	9,153	684,487
1969	8,857	694,227
1970	8,412	747,987
1971	8,398	789,185
1972	8,244	740,469
1973	5,405	699,115
1974	321	673,030
1975	5,023	603,300
1976	6,546	530,558
1977	5,607	578,947
1978	5,949	499,084
1979	6,620	623,068
1980	7,954	583,294
1981	7,135	631,189
1982	9,282	605,626
1983	9,318	514,844
1984	9,516	436,384
1985	9,242	416,219
1986	9,412	395,651
1987	9,114	378,758
1988	9,595	399,297
1989	9,156	403,266
1990	9,417	411,546
1991	9,102	467,594
1992	9,844	494,352
1993	8,463	477,302
1994	7,973	473,200
1995	7,226	468,967
1996	6,911	446,142
1997	6,444	422,773
1998	5,879	393,436
1999	5,524	368,272
2000	5,570	390,167
2001	5,308	312,643
2002	5,225	247,752
2003	5,484	244,251
2004	5,705	225,988
2005	5,646	187,920
2006	6,166	203,441
2007	5,983	248,286
2008	6,429	215,841
2009	6,820	197,231
2010	6,723	213,083
2011	6,271	214,728
2012	6,726	215,859
2013	6,116	166,415
2014	6,193	167,464
2015	6,340	163,248
2016	6,643	122,923
2017	6,082	71,907
2018	5,905	30,951
2019	5,679	10,353
2020	5,826	-31,101
2021	5,305	-56,947
2022	4,466	-124,014
2023	5,025	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Cyprus vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 14 deaths per 100,000 live births in Cyprus, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cyprus	South Korea
1985	19	38
1986	18	35
1987	17	34
1988	17	31
1989	16	29
1990	15	28
1991	15	28
1992	15	26
1993	15	24
1994	15	23
1995	14	22
1996	14	20
1997	13	19
1998	13	18
1999	12	17
2000	12	15
2001	11	14
2002	11	13
2003	10	13
2004	10	12
2005	10	11
2006	10	10
2007	10	10
2008	10	9
2009	10	9
2010	10	8
2011	10	8
2012	10	8
2013	10	7
2014	11	7
2015	11	6
2016	12	6
2017	12	6
2018	13	5
2019	13	5
2020	87	12
2021	98	5
2022	53	7
2023	14	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.35% in Cyprus 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
	Cyprus	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	3.81%	5.71%
1972	3.72%	5.36%
1973	3.63%	5.07%
1974	3.53%	4.82%
1975	3.37%	4.61%
1976	3.16%	4.42%
1977	2.91%	4.23%
1978	2.65%	4.04%
1979	2.39%	3.84%
1980	2.16%	3.63%
1981	1.96%	3.4%
1982	1.78%	3.17%
1983	1.61%	2.93%
1984	1.45%	2.7%
1985	1.33%	2.46%
1986	1.23%	2.25%
1987	1.16%	2.05%
1988	1.13%	1.87%
1989	1.12%	1.71%
1990	1.11%	1.57%
1991	1.09%	1.44%
1992	1.06%	1.33%
1993	1.02%	1.23%
1994	0.97%	1.14%
1995	0.91%	1.05%
1996	0.86%	0.98%
1997	0.81%	0.91%
1998	0.76%	0.85%
1999	0.71%	0.8%
2000	0.66%	0.75%
2001	0.62%	0.71%
2002	0.58%	0.68%
2003	0.54%	0.64%
2004	0.5%	0.6%
2005	0.46%	0.56%
2006	0.42%	0.52%
2007	0.39%	0.48%
2008	0.37%	0.45%
2009	0.35%	0.43%
2010	0.33%	0.41%
2011	0.32%	0.4%
2012	0.3%	0.38%
2013	0.3%	0.37%
2014	0.29%	0.36%
2015	0.29%	0.35%
2016	0.29%	0.34%
2017	0.3%	0.33%
2018	0.3%	0.32%
2019	0.31%	0.31%
2020	0.32%	0.3%
2021	0.34%	0.29%
2022	0.35%	0.28%
2023	0.35%	0.28%