Fertility & birth rates in Guyana and South Korea

Fertility rate in Guyana vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Guyana was 2.41 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 Guyana 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
	Guyana	South Korea
1960	6.33	5.99
1961	6.34	5.8
1962	6.33	5.56
1963	6.31	5.33
1964	6.23	5.07
1965	6.14	4.89
1966	6.02	4.78
1967	5.89	4.62
1968	5.75	4.51
1969	5.58	4.45
1970	5.41	4.53
1971	5.26	4.54
1972	5.08	4.12
1973	4.87	4.07
1974	4.64	3.77
1975	4.45	3.43
1976	4.28	3
1977	4.12	2.99
1978	3.97	2.64
1979	3.86	2.9
1980	3.77	2.82
1981	3.72	2.57
1982	3.68	2.39
1983	3.64	2.06
1984	3.54	1.74
1985	3.47	1.66
1986	3.38	1.58
1987	3.31	1.53
1988	3.23	1.55
1989	3.19	1.56
1990	3.18	1.57
1991	3.18	1.71
1992	3.19	1.76
1993	3.2	1.65
1994	3.23	1.66
1995	3.24	1.63
1996	3.23	1.57
1997	3.22	1.54
1998	3.18	1.46
1999	3.13	1.43
2000	3.06	1.48
2001	2.96	1.31
2002	2.84	1.18
2003	2.75	1.19
2004	2.68	1.16
2005	2.65	1.09
2006	2.66	1.13
2007	2.68	1.26
2008	2.7	1.19
2009	2.69	1.15
2010	2.68	1.23
2011	2.69	1.24
2012	2.7	1.3
2013	2.71	1.19
2014	2.7	1.21
2015	2.67	1.24
2016	2.63	1.17
2017	2.59	1.05
2018	2.55	0.98
2019	2.52	0.92
2020	2.49	0.84
2021	2.46	0.81
2022	2.44	0.78
2023	2.41	0.72
2024	2.39	0.73
2025	2.37	0.75
2026	2.35	0.76
2027	2.32	0.78
2028	2.3	0.79
2029	2.28	0.8
2030	2.26	0.82
2031	2.23	0.83
2032	2.21	0.84
2033	2.2	0.85
2034	2.18	0.86
2035	2.16	0.88
2036	2.15	0.89
2037	2.13	0.9
2038	2.12	0.91
2039	2.11	0.92
2040	2.1	0.93
2041	2.09	0.95
2042	2.07	0.96
2043	2.06	0.96
2044	2.05	0.97
2045	2.03	0.98
2046	2.02	0.99
2047	2.01	1
2048	2	1.01
2049	1.98	1.02
2050	1.98	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guyana	South Korea
1960	46.8%	41.3%
1961	47%	41.8%
1962	47.4%	42.3%
1963	47.6%	42.7%
1964	47.7%	43.1%
1965	47.8%	43.3%
1966	47.7%	43.5%
1967	47.5%	43.3%
1968	47.3%	43.1%
1969	46.9%	42.7%
1970	46.6%	42.1%
1971	46.3%	41.5%
1972	46%	41%
1973	45.7%	40.3%
1974	45.3%	39.5%
1975	44.9%	38.5%
1976	44.4%	37.5%
1977	43.9%	36.5%
1978	43.4%	35.6%
1979	42.9%	34.8%
1980	42.5%	34%
1981	41.9%	33.3%
1982	41.2%	32.7%
1983	40.5%	32%
1984	39.9%	31.2%
1985	39.2%	30.2%
1986	38.6%	29.2%
1987	38%	28.2%
1988	37.5%	27.3%
1989	37.2%	26.5%
1990	36.9%	25.8%
1991	36.7%	25.2%
1992	36.5%	24.7%
1993	36.4%	24.2%
1994	36.4%	23.7%
1995	36.4%	23.1%
1996	36.4%	22.5%
1997	36.5%	22%
1998	36.6%	21.6%
1999	36.6%	21.2%
2000	36.6%	21%
2001	36.5%	20.8%
2002	36.4%	20.5%
2003	36.1%	20.1%
2004	35.8%	19.7%
2005	35.3%	19.2%
2006	34.7%	18.7%
2007	34.1%	18.1%
2008	33.5%	17.5%
2009	32.9%	16.9%
2010	32.2%	16.4%
2011	31.6%	15.8%
2012	31.1%	15.2%
2013	30.8%	14.7%
2014	30.5%	14.2%
2015	30.3%	13.8%
2016	30.1%	13.4%
2017	30%	13%
2018	29.5%	12.7%
2019	29.3%	12.4%
2020	29.5%	12.1%
2021	29.4%	11.8%
2022	29.4%	11.4%
2023	29.3%	11%
2024	29.2%	10.6%
2025	28.9%	10.2%
2026	28.7%	9.82%
2027	28.4%	9.42%
2028	28.1%	9.06%
2029	27.8%	8.75%
2030	27.4%	8.43%
2031	27%	8.15%
2032	26.7%	7.94%
2033	26.3%	7.79%
2034	26%	7.7%
2035	25.6%	7.66%
2036	25.2%	7.65%
2037	24.9%	7.66%
2038	24.6%	7.68%
2039	24.3%	7.71%
2040	24.1%	7.73%
2041	23.9%	7.75%
2042	23.6%	7.76%
2043	23.4%	7.77%
2044	23.3%	7.78%
2045	23.1%	7.79%
2046	22.9%	7.8%
2047	22.7%	7.81%
2048	22.6%	7.82%
2049	22.4%	7.82%
2050	22.2%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.2% of the population in Guyana and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 36.9% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guyana and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Guyana vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.36% in Guyana 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
	Guyana	South Korea
1960	17,867	728,010
1961	18,092	730,173
1962	18,344	712,590
1963	18,606	685,824
1964	18,729	655,501
1965	18,791	641,090
1966	18,862	623,534
1967	18,933	692,169
1968	19,035	684,487
1969	19,133	694,227
1970	19,233	747,987
1971	19,273	789,185
1972	19,219	740,469
1973	18,991	699,115
1974	18,589	673,030
1975	18,317	603,300
1976	18,083	530,558
1977	17,805	578,947
1978	17,539	499,084
1979	17,402	623,068
1980	17,298	583,294
1981	17,471	631,189
1982	17,644	605,626
1983	17,753	514,844
1984	17,466	436,384
1985	17,292	416,219
1986	16,940	395,651
1987	16,600	378,758
1988	16,189	399,297
1989	15,947	403,266
1990	15,917	411,546
1991	15,896	467,594
1992	15,990	494,352
1993	16,099	477,302
1994	16,185	473,200
1995	15,991	468,967
1996	15,768	446,142
1997	15,568	422,773
1998	15,292	393,436
1999	14,763	368,272
2000	14,128	390,167
2001	13,307	312,643
2002	12,218	247,752
2003	11,344	244,251
2004	10,767	225,988
2005	10,455	187,920
2006	10,525	203,441
2007	10,741	248,286
2008	10,792	215,841
2009	10,758	197,231
2010	10,652	213,083
2011	10,713	214,728
2012	10,633	215,859
2013	10,887	166,415
2014	11,143	167,464
2015	11,199	163,248
2016	11,168	122,923
2017	11,108	71,907
2018	10,946	30,951
2019	11,665	10,353
2020	10,307	-31,101
2021	8,125	-56,947
2022	11,042	-124,014
2023	10,716	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Guyana vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 75 deaths per 100,000 live births in Guyana, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guyana	South Korea
1985	241	38
1986	238	35
1987	234	34
1988	230	31
1989	227	29
1990	224	28
1991	219	28
1992	208	26
1993	205	24
1994	204	23
1995	207	22
1996	202	20
1997	195	19
1998	184	18
1999	178	17
2000	171	15
2001	163	14
2002	164	13
2003	164	13
2004	162	12
2005	166	11
2006	167	10
2007	158	10
2008	153	9
2009	146	9
2010	141	8
2011	135	8
2012	133	8
2013	128	7
2014	121	7
2015	117	6
2016	114	6
2017	110	6
2018	105	5
2019	107	5
2020	109	12
2021	189	5
2022	83	7
2023	75	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.57% in Guyana 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
	Guyana	South Korea
1960	9.19%	11.2%
1961	8.81%	10.6%
1962	8.49%	10.1%
1963	8.21%	9.67%
1964	7.99%	9.18%
1965	7.8%	8.68%
1966	7.66%	8.16%
1967	7.56%	7.62%
1968	7.48%	7.1%
1969	7.43%	6.59%
1970	7.39%	6.12%
1971	7.37%	5.71%
1972	7.35%	5.36%
1973	7.33%	5.07%
1974	7.31%	4.82%
1975	7.27%	4.61%
1976	7.24%	4.42%
1977	7.19%	4.23%
1978	7.14%	4.04%
1979	7.08%	3.84%
1980	7.02%	3.63%
1981	6.96%	3.4%
1982	6.89%	3.17%
1983	6.82%	2.93%
1984	6.74%	2.7%
1985	6.66%	2.46%
1986	6.57%	2.25%
1987	6.47%	2.05%
1988	6.35%	1.87%
1989	6.22%	1.71%
1990	6.08%	1.57%
1991	5.92%	1.44%
1992	5.77%	1.33%
1993	5.6%	1.23%
1994	5.45%	1.14%
1995	5.3%	1.05%
1996	5.16%	0.98%
1997	5.02%	0.91%
1998	4.89%	0.85%
1999	4.77%	0.8%
2000	4.65%	0.75%
2001	4.53%	0.71%
2002	4.42%	0.68%
2003	4.32%	0.64%
2004	4.23%	0.6%
2005	4.14%	0.56%
2006	4.05%	0.52%
2007	3.97%	0.48%
2008	3.89%	0.45%
2009	3.81%	0.43%
2010	3.73%	0.41%
2011	3.65%	0.4%
2012	3.58%	0.38%
2013	3.49%	0.37%
2014	3.4%	0.36%
2015	3.31%	0.35%
2016	3.21%	0.34%
2017	3.11%	0.33%
2018	3.02%	0.32%
2019	2.93%	0.31%
2020	2.84%	0.3%
2021	2.75%	0.29%
2022	2.66%	0.28%
2023	2.57%	0.28%