Fertility & birth rates in Gabon and South Korea

Fertility rate in Gabon vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Gabon was 3.65 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 Gabon 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
	Gabon	South Korea
1960	4.42	5.99
1961	4.5	5.8
1962	4.59	5.56
1963	4.65	5.33
1964	4.71	5.07
1965	4.79	4.89
1966	4.86	4.78
1967	4.92	4.62
1968	4.98	4.51
1969	5.05	4.45
1970	5.1	4.53
1971	5.16	4.54
1972	5.24	4.12
1973	5.29	4.07
1974	5.33	3.77
1975	5.39	3.43
1976	5.46	3
1977	5.52	2.99
1978	5.57	2.64
1979	5.61	2.9
1980	5.66	2.82
1981	5.73	2.57
1982	5.74	2.39
1983	5.76	2.06
1984	5.73	1.74
1985	5.71	1.66
1986	5.69	1.58
1987	5.67	1.53
1988	5.62	1.55
1989	5.55	1.56
1990	5.46	1.57
1991	5.37	1.71
1992	5.29	1.76
1993	5.19	1.65
1994	5.04	1.66
1995	4.88	1.63
1996	4.74	1.57
1997	4.66	1.54
1998	4.58	1.46
1999	4.5	1.43
2000	4.47	1.48
2001	4.42	1.31
2002	4.36	1.18
2003	4.3	1.19
2004	4.25	1.16
2005	4.21	1.09
2006	4.17	1.13
2007	4.14	1.26
2008	4.12	1.19
2009	4.14	1.15
2010	4.15	1.23
2011	4.15	1.24
2012	4.09	1.3
2013	4.02	1.19
2014	3.95	1.21
2015	3.92	1.24
2016	3.92	1.17
2017	3.91	1.05
2018	3.91	0.98
2019	3.88	0.92
2020	3.83	0.84
2021	3.78	0.81
2022	3.71	0.78
2023	3.65	0.72
2024	3.59	0.73
2025	3.54	0.75
2026	3.49	0.76
2027	3.43	0.78
2028	3.37	0.79
2029	3.33	0.8
2030	3.29	0.82
2031	3.24	0.83
2032	3.2	0.84
2033	3.16	0.85
2034	3.12	0.86
2035	3.08	0.88
2036	3.04	0.89
2037	3.01	0.9
2038	2.97	0.91
2039	2.94	0.92
2040	2.91	0.93
2041	2.88	0.95
2042	2.84	0.96
2043	2.81	0.96
2044	2.78	0.97
2045	2.75	0.98
2046	2.73	0.99
2047	2.7	1
2048	2.67	1.01
2049	2.64	1.02
2050	2.62	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Gabon	South Korea
1960	31.4%	41.3%
1961	31.8%	41.8%
1962	32.2%	42.3%
1963	32.6%	42.7%
1964	33%	43.1%
1965	33.5%	43.3%
1966	33.9%	43.5%
1967	34.3%	43.3%
1968	34.7%	43.1%
1969	35.1%	42.7%
1970	35.4%	42.1%
1971	35.8%	41.5%
1972	36.3%	41%
1973	36.7%	40.3%
1974	37.1%	39.5%
1975	37.6%	38.5%
1976	38%	37.5%
1977	38.4%	36.5%
1978	38.8%	35.6%
1979	39.2%	34.8%
1980	39.6%	34%
1981	39.9%	33.3%
1982	40.3%	32.7%
1983	40.7%	32%
1984	41%	31.2%
1985	41.4%	30.2%
1986	41.6%	29.2%
1987	41.9%	28.2%
1988	42.1%	27.3%
1989	42.3%	26.5%
1990	42.4%	25.8%
1991	42.5%	25.2%
1992	42.5%	24.7%
1993	42.5%	24.2%
1994	42.4%	23.7%
1995	42.3%	23.1%
1996	42%	22.5%
1997	41.8%	22%
1998	41.5%	21.6%
1999	41.2%	21.2%
2000	40.8%	21%
2001	40.5%	20.8%
2002	40.1%	20.5%
2003	39.7%	20.1%
2004	39.4%	19.7%
2005	39%	19.2%
2006	38.6%	18.7%
2007	38.2%	18.1%
2008	37.9%	17.5%
2009	37.6%	16.9%
2010	37.3%	16.4%
2011	37.1%	15.8%
2012	37%	15.2%
2013	36.8%	14.7%
2014	36.7%	14.2%
2015	36.6%	13.8%
2016	36.6%	13.4%
2017	36.6%	13%
2018	36.7%	12.7%
2019	36.8%	12.4%
2020	36.8%	12.1%
2021	36.8%	11.8%
2022	36.8%	11.4%
2023	36.7%	11%
2024	36.5%	10.6%
2025	36.2%	10.2%
2026	35.9%	9.82%
2027	35.6%	9.42%
2028	35.3%	9.06%
2029	34.9%	8.75%
2030	34.6%	8.43%
2031	34.2%	8.15%
2032	33.8%	7.94%
2033	33.4%	7.79%
2034	33%	7.7%
2035	32.7%	7.66%
2036	32.3%	7.65%
2037	32%	7.66%
2038	31.8%	7.68%
2039	31.5%	7.71%
2040	31.3%	7.73%
2041	31.1%	7.75%
2042	31%	7.76%
2043	30.8%	7.77%
2044	30.6%	7.78%
2045	30.5%	7.79%
2046	30.3%	7.8%
2047	30.2%	7.81%
2048	30%	7.82%
2049	29.8%	7.82%
2050	29.6%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.5% of the population in Gabon and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 42.4% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Gabon and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Gabon vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Gabon 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
	Gabon	South Korea
1960	5,732	728,010
1961	6,161	730,173
1962	6,609	712,590
1963	7,001	685,824
1964	7,402	655,501
1965	7,902	641,090
1966	8,410	623,534
1967	8,883	692,169
1968	9,417	684,487
1969	9,969	694,227
1970	10,635	747,987
1971	11,357	789,185
1972	12,095	740,469
1973	12,731	699,115
1974	13,381	673,030
1975	14,162	603,300
1976	14,998	530,558
1977	15,842	578,947
1978	16,714	499,084
1979	17,553	623,068
1980	18,503	583,294
1981	19,528	631,189
1982	20,292	605,626
1983	21,162	514,844
1984	21,851	436,384
1985	22,617	416,219
1986	23,362	395,651
1987	24,212	378,758
1988	24,888	399,297
1989	25,359	403,266
1990	25,858	411,546
1991	26,334	467,594
1992	26,810	494,352
1993	27,235	477,302
1994	27,271	473,200
1995	27,290	468,967
1996	27,450	446,142
1997	28,053	422,773
1998	28,697	393,436
1999	29,330	368,272
2000	30,210	390,167
2001	30,941	312,643
2002	31,777	247,752
2003	32,633	244,251
2004	33,615	225,988
2005	34,766	187,920
2006	35,984	203,441
2007	37,394	248,286
2008	39,002	215,841
2009	41,037	197,231
2010	43,061	213,083
2011	44,922	214,728
2012	45,941	215,859
2013	46,829	166,415
2014	47,704	167,464
2015	48,876	163,248
2016	50,321	122,923
2017	51,455	71,907
2018	52,476	30,951
2019	53,185	10,353
2020	52,745	-31,101
2021	52,611	-56,947
2022	52,944	-124,014
2023	53,167	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Gabon vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 233 deaths per 100,000 live births in Gabon, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Gabon	South Korea
1985	373	38
1986	369	35
1987	366	34
1988	367	31
1989	366	29
1990	368	28
1991	369	28
1992	371	26
1993	364	24
1994	357	23
1995	341	22
1996	321	20
1997	290	19
1998	258	18
1999	216	17
2000	178	15
2001	160	14
2002	151	13
2003	134	13
2004	142	12
2005	175	11
2006	186	10
2007	173	10
2008	158	9
2009	158	9
2010	144	8
2011	149	8
2012	173	8
2013	235	7
2014	273	7
2015	239	6
2016	215	6
2017	184	6
2018	176	5
2019	179	5
2020	194	12
2021	249	5
2022	216	7
2023	233	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.32% in Gabon 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
	Gabon	South Korea
1960	21.9%	11.2%
1961	21.2%	10.6%
1962	20.5%	10.1%
1963	19.8%	9.67%
1964	19.2%	9.18%
1965	18.6%	8.68%
1966	17.9%	8.16%
1967	17.4%	7.62%
1968	16.8%	7.1%
1969	16.2%	6.59%
1970	15.7%	6.12%
1971	15.2%	5.71%
1972	14.7%	5.36%
1973	14.2%	5.07%
1974	13.7%	4.82%
1975	13.3%	4.61%
1976	12.8%	4.42%
1977	12.4%	4.23%
1978	12%	4.04%
1979	11.6%	3.84%
1980	11.2%	3.63%
1981	10.8%	3.4%
1982	10.5%	3.17%
1983	10.1%	2.93%
1984	9.81%	2.7%
1985	9.52%	2.46%
1986	9.26%	2.25%
1987	9.03%	2.05%
1988	8.82%	1.87%
1989	8.64%	1.71%
1990	8.49%	1.57%
1991	8.35%	1.44%
1992	8.24%	1.33%
1993	8.14%	1.23%
1994	8.06%	1.14%
1995	7.98%	1.05%
1996	7.89%	0.98%
1997	7.79%	0.91%
1998	7.67%	0.85%
1999	7.53%	0.8%
2000	7.37%	0.75%
2001	7.19%	0.71%
2002	7.01%	0.68%
2003	6.81%	0.64%
2004	6.6%	0.6%
2005	6.39%	0.56%
2006	6.21%	0.52%
2007	5.99%	0.48%
2008	5.77%	0.45%
2009	5.57%	0.43%
2010	5.35%	0.41%
2011	5.14%	0.4%
2012	4.94%	0.38%
2013	4.73%	0.37%
2014	4.57%	0.36%
2015	4.42%	0.35%
2016	4.24%	0.34%
2017	4.1%	0.33%
2018	3.96%	0.32%
2019	3.8%	0.31%
2020	3.62%	0.3%
2021	3.52%	0.29%
2022	3.41%	0.28%
2023	3.32%	0.28%