Fertility & birth rates in Grenada and South Korea

Fertility rate in Grenada vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Grenada was 1.49 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 Grenada 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
	Grenada	South Korea
1960	6.74	5.99
1961	6.63	5.8
1962	6.44	5.56
1963	6.2	5.33
1964	5.91	5.07
1965	5.6	4.89
1966	5.3	4.78
1967	5.04	4.62
1968	4.84	4.51
1969	4.69	4.45
1970	4.46	4.53
1971	4.31	4.54
1972	4.18	4.12
1973	4.05	4.07
1974	3.92	3.77
1975	3.75	3.43
1976	3.6	3
1977	3.46	2.99
1978	3.35	2.64
1979	3.34	2.9
1980	3.3	2.82
1981	2.99	2.57
1982	3.15	2.39
1983	3.31	2.06
1984	3.22	1.74
1985	3.48	1.66
1986	3.58	1.58
1987	3.58	1.53
1988	3.19	1.55
1989	3.23	1.56
1990	3.06	1.57
1991	3.11	1.71
1992	2.97	1.76
1993	2.81	1.65
1994	2.79	1.66
1995	2.82	1.63
1996	2.85	1.57
1997	2.8	1.54
1998	2.49	1.46
1999	2.39	1.43
2000	2.44	1.48
2001	2.42	1.31
2002	2.38	1.18
2003	2.33	1.19
2004	2.29	1.16
2005	2.24	1.09
2006	2.19	1.13
2007	2.15	1.26
2008	2.12	1.19
2009	2.08	1.15
2010	2.04	1.23
2011	2.01	1.24
2012	1.97	1.3
2013	1.91	1.19
2014	1.8	1.21
2015	1.72	1.24
2016	1.62	1.17
2017	1.44	1.05
2018	1.53	0.98
2019	1.54	0.92
2020	1.53	0.84
2021	1.52	0.81
2022	1.5	0.78
2023	1.49	0.72
2024	1.47	0.73
2025	1.46	0.75
2026	1.45	0.76
2027	1.44	0.78
2028	1.44	0.79
2029	1.44	0.8
2030	1.44	0.82
2031	1.44	0.83
2032	1.44	0.84
2033	1.44	0.85
2034	1.44	0.86
2035	1.45	0.88
2036	1.45	0.89
2037	1.45	0.9
2038	1.45	0.91
2039	1.46	0.92
2040	1.46	0.93
2041	1.46	0.95
2042	1.46	0.96
2043	1.47	0.96
2044	1.47	0.97
2045	1.47	0.98
2046	1.47	0.99
2047	1.47	1
2048	1.47	1.01
2049	1.48	1.02
2050	1.48	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Grenada	South Korea
1960	47.3%	41.3%
1961	47.2%	41.8%
1962	47.2%	42.3%
1963	47.1%	42.7%
1964	46.9%	43.1%
1965	47%	43.3%
1966	47.5%	43.5%
1967	47.6%	43.3%
1968	47.5%	43.1%
1969	47.2%	42.7%
1970	46.8%	42.1%
1971	46.2%	41.5%
1972	45.5%	41%
1973	44.7%	40.3%
1974	43.9%	39.5%
1975	43.1%	38.5%
1976	42.3%	37.5%
1977	41.5%	36.5%
1978	40.8%	35.6%
1979	40%	34.8%
1980	39.4%	34%
1981	38.6%	33.3%
1982	37.5%	32.7%
1983	36.5%	32%
1984	35.6%	31.2%
1985	34.8%	30.2%
1986	34.1%	29.2%
1987	33.6%	28.2%
1988	33.2%	27.3%
1989	33%	26.5%
1990	32.8%	25.8%
1991	32.8%	25.2%
1992	32.9%	24.7%
1993	33.1%	24.2%
1994	33.3%	23.7%
1995	33.5%	23.1%
1996	33.6%	22.5%
1997	33.6%	22%
1998	33.5%	21.6%
1999	33.3%	21.2%
2000	32.9%	21%
2001	32.1%	20.8%
2002	31%	20.5%
2003	29.8%	20.1%
2004	28.7%	19.7%
2005	27.7%	19.2%
2006	26.7%	18.7%
2007	25.9%	18.1%
2008	25.2%	17.5%
2009	24.6%	16.9%
2010	24%	16.4%
2011	23.6%	15.8%
2012	23.3%	15.2%
2013	23%	14.7%
2014	22.7%	14.2%
2015	22.4%	13.8%
2016	22.1%	13.4%
2017	21.8%	13%
2018	21.5%	12.7%
2019	21.2%	12.4%
2020	20.9%	12.1%
2021	20.6%	11.8%
2022	20.2%	11.4%
2023	19.8%	11%
2024	19.4%	10.6%
2025	19%	10.2%
2026	18.6%	9.82%
2027	18.1%	9.42%
2028	17.7%	9.06%
2029	17.3%	8.75%
2030	17%	8.43%
2031	16.7%	8.15%
2032	16.5%	7.94%
2033	16.4%	7.79%
2034	16.2%	7.7%
2035	16%	7.66%
2036	15.8%	7.65%
2037	15.6%	7.66%
2038	15.4%	7.68%
2039	15.2%	7.71%
2040	15%	7.73%
2041	14.9%	7.75%
2042	14.8%	7.76%
2043	14.6%	7.77%
2044	14.5%	7.78%
2045	14.4%	7.79%
2046	14.3%	7.8%
2047	14.1%	7.81%
2048	14%	7.82%
2049	13.9%	7.82%
2050	13.8%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.4% of the population in Grenada and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 32.8% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Grenada and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Grenada vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.42% in Grenada 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
	Grenada	South Korea
1960	3,678	728,010
1961	3,703	730,173
1962	3,674	712,590
1963	3,601	685,824
1964	3,508	655,501
1965	3,399	641,090
1966	3,278	623,534
1967	3,158	692,169
1968	3,040	684,487
1969	2,948	694,227
1970	2,793	747,987
1971	2,705	789,185
1972	2,578	740,469
1973	2,464	699,115
1974	2,360	673,030
1975	2,224	603,300
1976	2,092	530,558
1977	1,974	578,947
1978	1,882	499,084
1979	1,871	623,068
1980	1,840	583,294
1981	1,625	631,189
1982	1,798	605,626
1983	1,817	514,844
1984	1,975	436,384
1985	2,215	416,219
1986	2,324	395,651
1987	2,345	378,758
1988	2,044	399,297
1989	2,084	403,266
1990	1,931	411,546
1991	1,953	467,594
1992	1,811	494,352
1993	1,641	477,302
1994	1,596	473,200
1995	1,580	468,967
1996	1,559	446,142
1997	1,480	422,773
1998	1,204	393,436
1999	1,092	368,272
2000	1,105	390,167
2001	1,082	312,643
2002	1,077	247,752
2003	1,074	244,251
2004	1,034	225,988
2005	1,075	187,920
2006	1,068	203,441
2007	1,059	248,286
2008	1,046	215,841
2009	1,024	197,231
2010	989	213,083
2011	954	214,728
2012	925	215,859
2013	878	166,415
2014	772	167,464
2015	684	163,248
2016	579	122,923
2017	402	71,907
2018	470	30,951
2019	462	10,353
2020	433	-31,101
2021	343	-56,947
2022	371	-124,014
2023	334	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Grenada vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 48 deaths per 100,000 live births in Grenada, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Grenada	South Korea
1985	71	38
1986	68	35
1987	68	34
1988	61	31
1989	64	29
1990	61	28
1991	59	28
1992	56	26
1993	53	24
1994	55	23
1995	54	22
1996	51	20
1997	50	19
1998	50	18
1999	48	17
2000	46	15
2001	45	14
2002	42	13
2003	42	13
2004	48	12
2005	40	11
2006	39	10
2007	40	10
2008	41	9
2009	41	9
2010	43	8
2011	44	8
2012	44	8
2013	44	7
2014	45	7
2015	46	6
2016	44	6
2017	45	6
2018	46	5
2019	48	5
2020	51	12
2021	52	5
2022	50	7
2023	48	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.83% in Grenada 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
	Grenada	South Korea
1960	9.5%	11.2%
1961	8.83%	10.6%
1962	8.15%	10.1%
1963	7.5%	9.67%
1964	6.91%	9.18%
1965	6.39%	8.68%
1966	5.95%	8.16%
1967	5.59%	7.62%
1968	5.3%	7.1%
1969	5.06%	6.59%
1970	4.87%	6.12%
1971	4.71%	5.71%
1972	4.58%	5.36%
1973	4.47%	5.07%
1974	4.36%	4.82%
1975	4.25%	4.61%
1976	4.15%	4.42%
1977	4.03%	4.23%
1978	3.9%	4.04%
1979	3.77%	3.84%
1980	3.62%	3.63%
1981	3.46%	3.4%
1982	3.3%	3.17%
1983	3.15%	2.93%
1984	2.99%	2.7%
1985	2.85%	2.46%
1986	2.71%	2.25%
1987	2.58%	2.05%
1988	2.46%	1.87%
1989	2.35%	1.71%
1990	2.24%	1.57%
1991	2.13%	1.44%
1992	2.04%	1.33%
1993	1.95%	1.23%
1994	1.87%	1.14%
1995	1.79%	1.05%
1996	1.73%	0.98%
1997	1.67%	0.91%
1998	1.62%	0.85%
1999	1.58%	0.8%
2000	1.55%	0.75%
2001	1.52%	0.71%
2002	1.5%	0.68%
2003	1.49%	0.64%
2004	1.49%	0.6%
2005	1.48%	0.56%
2006	1.49%	0.52%
2007	1.5%	0.48%
2008	1.51%	0.45%
2009	1.54%	0.43%
2010	1.57%	0.41%
2011	1.6%	0.4%
2012	1.64%	0.38%
2013	1.68%	0.37%
2014	1.72%	0.36%
2015	1.75%	0.35%
2016	1.79%	0.34%
2017	1.81%	0.33%
2018	1.83%	0.32%
2019	1.85%	0.31%
2020	1.87%	0.3%
2021	1.87%	0.29%
2022	1.85%	0.28%
2023	1.83%	0.28%