Fertility & birth rates in Fiji and South Korea

Fertility rate in Fiji vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Fiji was 2.28 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 Fiji 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
	Fiji	South Korea
1960	6.36	5.99
1961	6.28	5.8
1962	6.2	5.56
1963	6.09	5.33
1964	5.96	5.07
1965	5.76	4.89
1966	5.55	4.78
1967	5.33	4.62
1968	5.11	4.51
1969	4.91	4.45
1970	4.71	4.53
1971	4.51	4.54
1972	4.32	4.12
1973	4.16	4.07
1974	4.07	3.77
1975	4.1	3.43
1976	4.12	3
1977	4.11	2.99
1978	4.1	2.64
1979	4.08	2.9
1980	4.04	2.82
1981	3.99	2.57
1982	3.94	2.39
1983	3.88	2.06
1984	3.8	1.74
1985	3.66	1.66
1986	3.54	1.58
1987	3.48	1.53
1988	3.43	1.55
1989	3.4	1.56
1990	3.39	1.57
1991	3.37	1.71
1992	3.33	1.76
1993	3.29	1.65
1994	3.26	1.66
1995	3.25	1.63
1996	3.25	1.57
1997	3.19	1.54
1998	3.12	1.46
1999	3.05	1.43
2000	2.99	1.48
2001	2.97	1.31
2002	2.97	1.18
2003	2.96	1.19
2004	2.94	1.16
2005	2.92	1.09
2006	2.91	1.13
2007	2.87	1.26
2008	2.82	1.19
2009	2.76	1.15
2010	2.7	1.23
2011	2.63	1.24
2012	2.61	1.3
2013	2.6	1.19
2014	2.59	1.21
2015	2.57	1.24
2016	2.52	1.17
2017	2.46	1.05
2018	2.42	0.98
2019	2.38	0.92
2020	2.36	0.84
2021	2.33	0.81
2022	2.31	0.78
2023	2.28	0.72
2024	2.27	0.73
2025	2.25	0.75
2026	2.23	0.76
2027	2.21	0.78
2028	2.2	0.79
2029	2.18	0.8
2030	2.16	0.82
2031	2.15	0.83
2032	2.13	0.84
2033	2.12	0.85
2034	2.1	0.86
2035	2.09	0.88
2036	2.07	0.89
2037	2.06	0.9
2038	2.05	0.91
2039	2.04	0.92
2040	2.03	0.93
2041	2.01	0.95
2042	2.01	0.96
2043	1.99	0.96
2044	1.98	0.97
2045	1.97	0.98
2046	1.96	0.99
2047	1.95	1
2048	1.94	1.01
2049	1.94	1.02
2050	1.93	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Fiji	South Korea
1960	46.4%	41.3%
1961	46.5%	41.8%
1962	46.5%	42.3%
1963	46.5%	42.7%
1964	46.4%	43.1%
1965	46.4%	43.3%
1966	46.3%	43.5%
1967	46.1%	43.3%
1968	45.9%	43.1%
1969	45.6%	42.7%
1970	45.2%	42.1%
1971	44.7%	41.5%
1972	44.2%	41%
1973	43.5%	40.3%
1974	42.8%	39.5%
1975	42.2%	38.5%
1976	41.5%	37.5%
1977	40.9%	36.5%
1978	40.4%	35.6%
1979	40%	34.8%
1980	39.6%	34%
1981	39.3%	33.3%
1982	39.1%	32.7%
1983	39%	32%
1984	38.9%	31.2%
1985	38.9%	30.2%
1986	38.8%	29.2%
1987	38.7%	28.2%
1988	38.7%	27.3%
1989	38.7%	26.5%
1990	38.7%	25.8%
1991	38.5%	25.2%
1992	38.2%	24.7%
1993	37.9%	24.2%
1994	37.5%	23.7%
1995	37.1%	23.1%
1996	36.6%	22.5%
1997	36.1%	22%
1998	35.5%	21.6%
1999	34.9%	21.2%
2000	34.3%	21%
2001	33.8%	20.8%
2002	33.4%	20.5%
2003	33%	20.1%
2004	32.6%	19.7%
2005	32.2%	19.2%
2006	31.9%	18.7%
2007	31.6%	18.1%
2008	31.3%	17.5%
2009	31%	16.9%
2010	30.8%	16.4%
2011	30.5%	15.8%
2012	30.2%	15.2%
2013	30%	14.7%
2014	29.8%	14.2%
2015	29.6%	13.8%
2016	29.5%	13.4%
2017	29.2%	13%
2018	28.9%	12.7%
2019	28.6%	12.4%
2020	28.3%	12.1%
2021	28%	11.8%
2022	27.7%	11.4%
2023	27.4%	11%
2024	27.1%	10.6%
2025	26.8%	10.2%
2026	26.6%	9.82%
2027	26.3%	9.42%
2028	26%	9.06%
2029	25.7%	8.75%
2030	25.4%	8.43%
2031	25%	8.15%
2032	24.7%	7.94%
2033	24.5%	7.79%
2034	24.2%	7.7%
2035	24%	7.66%
2036	23.8%	7.65%
2037	23.6%	7.66%
2038	23.5%	7.68%
2039	23.3%	7.71%
2040	23.2%	7.73%
2041	23%	7.75%
2042	22.9%	7.76%
2043	22.7%	7.77%
2044	22.6%	7.78%
2045	22.4%	7.79%
2046	22.3%	7.8%
2047	22.1%	7.81%
2048	21.9%	7.82%
2049	21.8%	7.82%
2050	21.6%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.1% of the population in Fiji and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 38.7% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Fiji and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Fiji vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.03% in Fiji 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
	Fiji	South Korea
1960	13,313	728,010
1961	13,653	730,173
1962	14,429	712,590
1963	14,774	685,824
1964	14,979	655,501
1965	15,166	641,090
1966	15,111	623,534
1967	14,861	692,169
1968	14,831	684,487
1969	14,669	694,227
1970	14,538	747,987
1971	14,313	789,185
1972	13,905	740,469
1973	13,383	699,115
1974	13,557	673,030
1975	14,272	603,300
1976	14,933	530,558
1977	15,532	578,947
1978	16,196	499,084
1979	16,450	623,068
1980	16,907	583,294
1981	17,282	631,189
1982	17,681	605,626
1983	18,237	514,844
1984	18,499	436,384
1985	18,469	416,219
1986	18,024	395,651
1987	17,987	378,758
1988	18,063	399,297
1989	18,007	403,266
1990	17,748	411,546
1991	17,617	467,594
1992	17,170	494,352
1993	16,751	477,302
1994	16,424	473,200
1995	16,273	468,967
1996	16,163	446,142
1997	15,750	422,773
1998	15,464	393,436
1999	15,229	368,272
2000	14,724	390,167
2001	14,720	312,643
2002	14,468	247,752
2003	14,527	244,251
2004	14,526	225,988
2005	14,503	187,920
2006	14,555	203,441
2007	14,349	248,286
2008	14,000	215,841
2009	13,540	197,231
2010	13,227	213,083
2011	12,657	214,728
2012	11,716	215,859
2013	11,972	166,415
2014	11,680	167,464
2015	11,213	163,248
2016	10,807	122,923
2017	10,413	71,907
2018	9,779	30,951
2019	9,271	10,353
2020	8,730	-31,101
2021	6,777	-56,947
2022	8,223	-124,014
2023	8,078	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Fiji vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 30 deaths per 100,000 live births in Fiji, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Fiji	South Korea
1985	78	38
1986	76	35
1987	74	34
1988	71	31
1989	70	29
1990	70	28
1991	67	28
1992	64	26
1993	62	24
1994	58	23
1995	55	22
1996	53	20
1997	51	19
1998	49	18
1999	46	17
2000	47	15
2001	46	14
2002	48	13
2003	47	13
2004	46	12
2005	44	11
2006	43	10
2007	43	10
2008	42	9
2009	41	9
2010	40	8
2011	39	8
2012	42	8
2013	40	7
2014	38	7
2015	37	6
2016	38	6
2017	34	6
2018	35	5
2019	34	5
2020	34	12
2021	68	5
2022	32	7
2023	30	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.91% in Fiji 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
	Fiji	South Korea
1960	7.89%	11.2%
1961	7.53%	10.6%
1962	7.21%	10.1%
1963	6.9%	9.67%
1964	6.61%	9.18%
1965	6.35%	8.68%
1966	6.14%	8.16%
1967	5.97%	7.62%
1968	5.84%	7.1%
1969	5.75%	6.59%
1970	5.69%	6.12%
1971	5.66%	5.71%
1972	5.63%	5.36%
1973	5.59%	5.07%
1974	5.52%	4.82%
1975	5.41%	4.61%
1976	5.27%	4.42%
1977	5.1%	4.23%
1978	4.9%	4.04%
1979	4.68%	3.84%
1980	4.46%	3.63%
1981	4.24%	3.4%
1982	4.03%	3.17%
1983	3.84%	2.93%
1984	3.67%	2.7%
1985	3.51%	2.46%
1986	3.37%	2.25%
1987	3.24%	2.05%
1988	3.12%	1.87%
1989	3%	1.71%
1990	2.89%	1.57%
1991	2.78%	1.44%
1992	2.68%	1.33%
1993	2.6%	1.23%
1994	2.52%	1.14%
1995	2.45%	1.05%
1996	2.39%	0.98%
1997	2.35%	0.91%
1998	2.31%	0.85%
1999	2.28%	0.8%
2000	2.27%	0.75%
2001	2.26%	0.71%
2002	2.27%	0.68%
2003	2.28%	0.64%
2004	2.31%	0.6%
2005	2.33%	0.56%
2006	2.35%	0.52%
2007	2.35%	0.48%
2008	2.32%	0.45%
2009	2.28%	0.43%
2010	2.22%	0.41%
2011	2.16%	0.4%
2012	2.1%	0.38%
2013	2.07%	0.37%
2014	2.06%	0.36%
2015	2.09%	0.35%
2016	2.16%	0.34%
2017	2.27%	0.33%
2018	2.41%	0.32%
2019	2.57%	0.31%
2020	2.72%	0.3%
2021	2.83%	0.29%
2022	2.89%	0.28%
2023	2.91%	0.28%