Fertility & birth rates in Czech Republic and South Korea

Fertility rate in Czech Republic vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Czech Republic was 1.45 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 the Czech Republic 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
	Czech Republic	South Korea
1960	2.09	5.99
1961	2.11	5.8
1962	2.12	5.56
1963	2.31	5.33
1964	2.34	5.07
1965	2.18	4.89
1966	2.02	4.78
1967	1.91	4.62
1968	1.84	4.51
1969	1.87	4.45
1970	1.92	4.53
1971	2	4.54
1972	2.09	4.12
1973	2.31	4.07
1974	2.46	3.77
1975	2.43	3.43
1976	2.39	3
1977	2.34	2.99
1978	2.33	2.64
1979	2.27	2.9
1980	2.08	2.82
1981	2	2.57
1982	2	2.39
1983	1.97	2.06
1984	1.97	1.74
1985	1.95	1.66
1986	1.92	1.58
1987	1.91	1.53
1988	1.94	1.55
1989	1.87	1.56
1990	1.9	1.57
1991	1.86	1.71
1992	1.71	1.76
1993	1.67	1.65
1994	1.44	1.66
1995	1.28	1.63
1996	1.18	1.57
1997	1.17	1.54
1998	1.16	1.46
1999	1.13	1.43
2000	1.15	1.48
2001	1.15	1.31
2002	1.17	1.18
2003	1.18	1.19
2004	1.23	1.16
2005	1.29	1.09
2006	1.34	1.13
2007	1.45	1.26
2008	1.51	1.19
2009	1.51	1.15
2010	1.51	1.23
2011	1.43	1.24
2012	1.45	1.3
2013	1.46	1.19
2014	1.53	1.21
2015	1.57	1.24
2016	1.63	1.17
2017	1.69	1.05
2018	1.71	0.98
2019	1.71	0.92
2020	1.74	0.84
2021	1.83	0.81
2022	1.64	0.78
2023	1.45	0.72
2024	1.46	0.73
2025	1.47	0.75
2026	1.48	0.76
2027	1.48	0.78
2028	1.49	0.79
2029	1.49	0.8
2030	1.5	0.82
2031	1.51	0.83
2032	1.51	0.84
2033	1.52	0.85
2034	1.52	0.86
2035	1.53	0.88
2036	1.53	0.89
2037	1.54	0.9
2038	1.54	0.91
2039	1.54	0.92
2040	1.55	0.93
2041	1.55	0.95
2042	1.55	0.96
2043	1.55	0.96
2044	1.56	0.97
2045	1.56	0.98
2046	1.56	0.99
2047	1.56	1
2048	1.56	1.01
2049	1.57	1.02
2050	1.57	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Czech Republic	South Korea
1960	25.6%	41.3%
1961	25.1%	41.8%
1962	24.5%	42.3%
1963	23.9%	42.7%
1964	23.5%	43.1%
1965	23.2%	43.3%
1966	22.7%	43.5%
1967	22.3%	43.3%
1968	21.9%	43.1%
1969	21.6%	42.7%
1970	21.3%	42.1%
1971	21.1%	41.5%
1972	21.1%	41%
1973	21.2%	40.3%
1974	21.6%	39.5%
1975	22.1%	38.5%
1976	22.6%	37.5%
1977	22.9%	36.5%
1978	23.2%	35.6%
1979	23.4%	34.8%
1980	23.4%	34%
1981	23.5%	33.3%
1982	23.5%	32.7%
1983	23.5%	32%
1984	23.5%	31.2%
1985	23.4%	30.2%
1986	23.2%	29.2%
1987	23%	28.2%
1988	22.6%	27.3%
1989	22%	26.5%
1990	21.4%	25.8%
1991	20.9%	25.2%
1992	20.3%	24.7%
1993	19.8%	24.2%
1994	19.2%	23.7%
1995	18.7%	23.1%
1996	18.2%	22.5%
1997	17.7%	22%
1998	17.3%	21.6%
1999	16.9%	21.2%
2000	16.5%	21%
2001	16.1%	20.8%
2002	15.7%	20.5%
2003	15.3%	20.1%
2004	15%	19.7%
2005	14.7%	19.2%
2006	14.4%	18.7%
2007	14.3%	18.1%
2008	14.2%	17.5%
2009	14.2%	16.9%
2010	14.4%	16.4%
2011	14.6%	15.8%
2012	14.8%	15.2%
2013	14.9%	14.7%
2014	15.1%	14.2%
2015	15.3%	13.8%
2016	15.4%	13.4%
2017	15.6%	13%
2018	15.8%	12.7%
2019	15.9%	12.4%
2020	16%	12.1%
2021	16.1%	11.8%
2022	15.9%	11.4%
2023	15.7%	11%
2024	15.4%	10.6%
2025	15.1%	10.2%
2026	14.8%	9.82%
2027	14.6%	9.42%
2028	14.4%	9.06%
2029	14.2%	8.75%
2030	14%	8.43%
2031	13.8%	8.15%
2032	13.5%	7.94%
2033	13.3%	7.79%
2034	13%	7.7%
2035	12.9%	7.66%
2036	12.7%	7.65%
2037	12.5%	7.66%
2038	12.5%	7.68%
2039	12.6%	7.71%
2040	12.7%	7.73%
2041	12.8%	7.75%
2042	12.9%	7.76%
2043	13.1%	7.77%
2044	13.2%	7.78%
2045	13.4%	7.79%
2046	13.5%	7.8%
2047	13.7%	7.81%
2048	13.8%	7.82%
2049	13.9%	7.82%
2050	14%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.4% of the population in the Czech Republic and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 21.4% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Czech Republic and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Czech Republic vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.07% in the Czech Republic 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
	Czech Republic	South Korea
1960	34,567	728,010
1961	36,430	730,173
1962	29,836	712,590
1963	48,353	685,824
1964	52,531	655,501
1965	43,029	641,090
1966	35,355	623,534
1967	29,558	692,169
1968	21,728	684,487
1969	22,762	694,227
1970	24,646	747,987
1971	31,445	789,185
1972	44,404	740,469
1973	57,549	699,115
1974	66,923	673,030
1975	67,393	603,300
1976	61,768	530,558
1977	55,009	578,947
1978	52,234	499,084
1979	44,257	623,068
1980	17,517	583,294
1981	13,391	631,189
1982	10,315	605,626
1983	3,097	514,844
1984	5,165	436,384
1985	4,135	416,219
1986	1,034	395,651
1987	4,138	378,758
1988	7,249	399,297
1989	1,036	403,266
1990	1,034	411,546
1991	4,124	467,594
1992	1,032	494,352
1993	3,099	477,302
1994	-11,367	473,200
1995	-21,687	468,967
1996	-21,662	446,142
1997	-21,639	422,773
1998	-18,530	393,436
1999	-20,568	368,272
2000	-17,433	390,167
2001	-16,347	312,643
2002	-15,296	247,752
2003	-17,330	244,251
2004	-9,177	225,988
2005	-6,126	187,920
2006	1,024	203,441
2007	9,268	248,286
2008	14,538	215,841
2009	10,444	197,231
2010	10,475	213,083
2011	2,099	214,728
2012	0	215,859
2013	-2,103	166,415
2014	4,210	167,464
2015	0	163,248
2016	5,283	122,923
2017	3,178	71,907
2018	1,063	30,951
2019	0	10,353
2020	-19,257	-31,101
2021	-28,365	-56,947
2022	-19,209	-124,014
2023	-21,729	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Czech Republic vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Czech Republic, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Czech Republic	South Korea
1985	15	38
1986	17	35
1987	15	34
1988	16	31
1989	15	29
1990	15	28
1991	15	28
1992	13	26
1993	12	24
1994	11	23
1995	10	22
1996	8	20
1997	8	19
1998	7	18
1999	7	17
2000	7	15
2001	6	14
2002	6	13
2003	6	13
2004	5	12
2005	5	11
2006	5	10
2007	4	10
2008	4	9
2009	4	9
2010	4	8
2011	4	8
2012	4	8
2013	3	7
2014	3	7
2015	3	6
2016	3	6
2017	3	6
2018	3	5
2019	3	5
2020	3	12
2021	4	5
2022	3	7
2023	3	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.26% in the Czech Republic 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
	Czech Republic	South Korea
1960	2.48%	11.2%
1961	2.44%	10.6%
1962	2.42%	10.1%
1963	2.43%	9.67%
1964	2.44%	9.18%
1965	2.46%	8.68%
1966	2.47%	8.16%
1967	2.48%	7.62%
1968	2.47%	7.1%
1969	2.46%	6.59%
1970	2.43%	6.12%
1971	2.39%	5.71%
1972	2.34%	5.36%
1973	2.29%	5.07%
1974	2.23%	4.82%
1975	2.16%	4.61%
1976	2.08%	4.42%
1977	1.99%	4.23%
1978	1.89%	4.04%
1979	1.78%	3.84%
1980	1.68%	3.63%
1981	1.59%	3.4%
1982	1.52%	3.17%
1983	1.47%	2.93%
1984	1.44%	2.7%
1985	1.41%	2.46%
1986	1.38%	2.25%
1987	1.35%	2.05%
1988	1.3%	1.87%
1989	1.25%	1.71%
1990	1.21%	1.57%
1991	1.17%	1.44%
1992	1.11%	1.33%
1993	1.03%	1.23%
1994	0.94%	1.14%
1995	0.85%	1.05%
1996	0.77%	0.98%
1997	0.7%	0.91%
1998	0.63%	0.85%
1999	0.58%	0.8%
2000	0.55%	0.75%
2001	0.52%	0.71%
2002	0.5%	0.68%
2003	0.48%	0.64%
2004	0.46%	0.6%
2005	0.44%	0.56%
2006	0.41%	0.52%
2007	0.39%	0.48%
2008	0.37%	0.45%
2009	0.35%	0.43%
2010	0.34%	0.41%
2011	0.33%	0.4%
2012	0.32%	0.38%
2013	0.31%	0.37%
2014	0.31%	0.36%
2015	0.32%	0.35%
2016	0.32%	0.34%
2017	0.32%	0.33%
2018	0.31%	0.32%
2019	0.3%	0.31%
2020	0.29%	0.3%
2021	0.28%	0.29%
2022	0.27%	0.28%
2023	0.26%	0.28%