Fertility & birth rates in Djibouti and South Korea

Fertility rate in Djibouti vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Djibouti was 2.61 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 Djibouti 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
	Djibouti	South Korea
1960	6.85	5.99
1961	6.85	5.8
1962	6.85	5.56
1963	6.86	5.33
1964	6.87	5.07
1965	6.86	4.89
1966	6.88	4.78
1967	6.87	4.62
1968	6.88	4.51
1969	6.88	4.45
1970	6.88	4.53
1971	6.88	4.54
1972	6.85	4.12
1973	6.82	4.07
1974	6.78	3.77
1975	6.74	3.43
1976	6.69	3
1977	6.64	2.99
1978	6.59	2.64
1979	6.52	2.9
1980	6.46	2.82
1981	6.4	2.57
1982	6.34	2.39
1983	6.3	2.06
1984	6.25	1.74
1985	6.19	1.66
1986	6.14	1.58
1987	6.09	1.53
1988	6.03	1.55
1989	5.97	1.56
1990	5.93	1.57
1991	5.86	1.71
1992	5.75	1.76
1993	5.64	1.65
1994	5.51	1.66
1995	5.33	1.63
1996	5.15	1.57
1997	4.97	1.54
1998	4.8	1.46
1999	4.69	1.43
2000	4.6	1.48
2001	4.52	1.31
2002	4.41	1.18
2003	4.3	1.19
2004	4.16	1.16
2005	4.04	1.09
2006	3.9	1.13
2007	3.76	1.26
2008	3.62	1.19
2009	3.52	1.15
2010	3.43	1.23
2011	3.34	1.24
2012	3.26	1.3
2013	3.19	1.19
2014	3.12	1.21
2015	3.04	1.24
2016	2.97	1.17
2017	2.92	1.05
2018	2.86	0.98
2019	2.8	0.92
2020	2.75	0.84
2021	2.7	0.81
2022	2.65	0.78
2023	2.61	0.72
2024	2.62	0.73
2025	2.58	0.75
2026	2.54	0.76
2027	2.51	0.78
2028	2.48	0.79
2029	2.45	0.8
2030	2.42	0.82
2031	2.39	0.83
2032	2.36	0.84
2033	2.33	0.85
2034	2.31	0.86
2035	2.29	0.88
2036	2.27	0.89
2037	2.25	0.9
2038	2.23	0.91
2039	2.21	0.92
2040	2.19	0.93
2041	2.17	0.95
2042	2.16	0.96
2043	2.14	0.96
2044	2.13	0.97
2045	2.11	0.98
2046	2.1	0.99
2047	2.09	1
2048	2.08	1.01
2049	2.06	1.02
2050	2.05	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Djibouti	South Korea
1960	44.2%	41.3%
1961	44%	41.8%
1962	43.8%	42.3%
1963	43.7%	42.7%
1964	43.5%	43.1%
1965	43.6%	43.3%
1966	43.8%	43.5%
1967	44%	43.3%
1968	44.3%	43.1%
1969	44.5%	42.7%
1970	44.7%	42.1%
1971	44.9%	41.5%
1972	45%	41%
1973	45.2%	40.3%
1974	45.3%	39.5%
1975	45.4%	38.5%
1976	45.5%	37.5%
1977	45.5%	36.5%
1978	45.6%	35.6%
1979	45.5%	34.8%
1980	45.5%	34%
1981	45.4%	33.3%
1982	45.3%	32.7%
1983	45.1%	32%
1984	45%	31.2%
1985	44.8%	30.2%
1986	44.6%	29.2%
1987	44.4%	28.2%
1988	44.2%	27.3%
1989	44%	26.5%
1990	43.7%	25.8%
1991	43.5%	25.2%
1992	43.3%	24.7%
1993	43.1%	24.2%
1994	42.8%	23.7%
1995	42.5%	23.1%
1996	42.2%	22.5%
1997	41.5%	22%
1998	40.6%	21.6%
1999	40%	21.2%
2000	39.6%	21%
2001	39.1%	20.8%
2002	38.7%	20.5%
2003	38.6%	20.1%
2004	38.5%	19.7%
2005	38.4%	19.2%
2006	38.1%	18.7%
2007	37.7%	18.1%
2008	37.2%	17.5%
2009	36.8%	16.9%
2010	36.4%	16.4%
2011	35.9%	15.8%
2012	35.5%	15.2%
2013	35.1%	14.7%
2014	34.6%	14.2%
2015	34%	13.8%
2016	33.4%	13.4%
2017	32.8%	13%
2018	32.2%	12.7%
2019	31.6%	12.4%
2020	31%	12.1%
2021	30.5%	11.8%
2022	30%	11.4%
2023	29.6%	11%
2024	29.2%	10.6%
2025	28.8%	10.2%
2026	28.5%	9.82%
2027	28.1%	9.42%
2028	27.8%	9.06%
2029	27.5%	8.75%
2030	27.3%	8.43%
2031	27%	8.15%
2032	26.8%	7.94%
2033	26.6%	7.79%
2034	26.4%	7.7%
2035	26.2%	7.66%
2036	26.1%	7.65%
2037	25.9%	7.66%
2038	25.7%	7.68%
2039	25.5%	7.71%
2040	25.3%	7.73%
2041	25.1%	7.75%
2042	24.9%	7.76%
2043	24.7%	7.77%
2044	24.5%	7.78%
2045	24.3%	7.79%
2046	24.1%	7.8%
2047	23.8%	7.81%
2048	23.6%	7.82%
2049	23.4%	7.82%
2050	23.2%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.2% of the population in Djibouti and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Djibouti and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Djibouti vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.43% in Djibouti 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
	Djibouti	South Korea
1960	2,299	728,010
1961	2,412	730,173
1962	2,538	712,590
1963	2,687	685,824
1964	2,864	655,501
1965	3,054	641,090
1966	3,268	623,534
1967	3,484	692,169
1968	3,712	684,487
1969	3,950	694,227
1970	4,249	747,987
1971	4,484	789,185
1972	4,885	740,469
1973	5,234	699,115
1974	5,601	673,030
1975	6,034	603,300
1976	6,567	530,558
1977	7,195	578,947
1978	7,886	499,084
1979	8,573	623,068
1980	9,187	583,294
1981	9,654	631,189
1982	10,058	605,626
1983	10,391	514,844
1984	10,713	436,384
1985	11,106	416,219
1986	11,671	395,651
1987	12,357	378,758
1988	13,107	399,297
1989	13,851	403,266
1990	15,074	411,546
1991	16,553	467,594
1992	16,971	494,352
1993	15,805	477,302
1994	15,989	473,200
1995	15,651	468,967
1996	15,408	446,142
1997	15,255	422,773
1998	15,845	393,436
1999	16,491	368,272
2000	17,014	390,167
2001	17,710	312,643
2002	18,167	247,752
2003	18,341	244,251
2004	17,756	225,988
2005	17,361	187,920
2006	16,901	203,441
2007	16,647	248,286
2008	16,356	215,841
2009	16,323	197,231
2010	16,225	213,083
2011	16,169	214,728
2012	16,026	215,859
2013	15,986	166,415
2014	15,857	167,464
2015	15,718	163,248
2016	15,621	122,923
2017	15,593	71,907
2018	15,524	30,951
2019	15,368	10,353
2020	14,970	-31,101
2021	14,555	-56,947
2022	15,337	-124,014
2023	15,349	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Djibouti vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 162 deaths per 100,000 live births in Djibouti, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Djibouti	South Korea
1985	821	38
1986	804	35
1987	785	34
1988	768	31
1989	746	29
1990	725	28
1991	731	28
1992	780	26
1993	704	24
1994	682	23
1995	634	22
1996	609	20
1997	582	19
1998	555	18
1999	524	17
2000	501	15
2001	441	14
2002	404	13
2003	391	13
2004	364	12
2005	315	11
2006	298	10
2007	285	10
2008	273	9
2009	263	9
2010	243	8
2011	229	8
2012	221	8
2013	219	7
2014	212	7
2015	210	6
2016	204	6
2017	201	6
2018	199	5
2019	194	5
2020	192	12
2021	221	5
2022	174	7
2023	162	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.04% in Djibouti 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
	Djibouti	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	-	5.71%
1972	-	5.36%
1973	-	5.07%
1974	-	4.82%
1975	-	4.61%
1976	17.1%	4.42%
1977	16.6%	4.23%
1978	16.2%	4.04%
1979	15.7%	3.84%
1980	15.3%	3.63%
1981	14.8%	3.4%
1982	14.4%	3.17%
1983	14%	2.93%
1984	13.6%	2.7%
1985	13.2%	2.46%
1986	12.8%	2.25%
1987	12.5%	2.05%
1988	12.2%	1.87%
1989	11.9%	1.71%
1990	11.6%	1.57%
1991	11.4%	1.44%
1992	11.2%	1.33%
1993	11.1%	1.23%
1994	10.9%	1.14%
1995	10.8%	1.05%
1996	10.7%	0.98%
1997	10.5%	0.91%
1998	10.3%	0.85%
1999	10.2%	0.8%
2000	9.95%	0.75%
2001	9.72%	0.71%
2002	9.48%	0.68%
2003	9.24%	0.64%
2004	9%	0.6%
2005	8.77%	0.56%
2006	8.53%	0.52%
2007	8.28%	0.48%
2008	8.03%	0.45%
2009	7.81%	0.43%
2010	7.59%	0.41%
2011	7.36%	0.4%
2012	7.14%	0.38%
2013	6.93%	0.37%
2014	6.72%	0.36%
2015	6.51%	0.35%
2016	6.33%	0.34%
2017	6.13%	0.33%
2018	5.94%	0.32%
2019	5.75%	0.31%
2020	5.56%	0.3%
2021	5.38%	0.29%
2022	5.22%	0.28%
2023	5.04%	0.28%