Fertility & birth rates in Hungary and South Korea

Fertility rate in Hungary vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Hungary was 1.51 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 Hungary 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
	Hungary	South Korea
1960	2.02	5.99
1961	1.94	5.8
1962	1.79	5.56
1963	1.82	5.33
1964	1.82	5.07
1965	1.82	4.89
1966	1.89	4.78
1967	2.01	4.62
1968	2.06	4.51
1969	2.04	4.45
1970	1.98	4.53
1971	1.93	4.54
1972	1.93	4.12
1973	1.93	4.07
1974	2.27	3.77
1975	2.35	3.43
1976	2.23	3
1977	2.15	2.99
1978	2.06	2.64
1979	2.01	2.9
1980	1.91	2.82
1981	1.88	2.57
1982	1.8	2.39
1983	1.75	2.06
1984	1.75	1.74
1985	1.85	1.66
1986	1.84	1.58
1987	1.82	1.53
1988	1.81	1.55
1989	1.82	1.56
1990	1.87	1.57
1991	1.87	1.71
1992	1.77	1.76
1993	1.68	1.65
1994	1.64	1.66
1995	1.57	1.63
1996	1.46	1.57
1997	1.37	1.54
1998	1.32	1.46
1999	1.28	1.43
2000	1.32	1.48
2001	1.31	1.31
2002	1.3	1.18
2003	1.27	1.19
2004	1.28	1.16
2005	1.31	1.09
2006	1.34	1.13
2007	1.32	1.26
2008	1.35	1.19
2009	1.32	1.15
2010	1.25	1.23
2011	1.23	1.24
2012	1.34	1.3
2013	1.35	1.19
2014	1.44	1.21
2015	1.45	1.24
2016	1.53	1.17
2017	1.54	1.05
2018	1.55	0.98
2019	1.55	0.92
2020	1.59	0.84
2021	1.61	0.81
2022	1.56	0.78
2023	1.51	0.72
2024	1.51	0.73
2025	1.52	0.75
2026	1.52	0.76
2027	1.53	0.78
2028	1.53	0.79
2029	1.53	0.8
2030	1.54	0.82
2031	1.54	0.83
2032	1.54	0.84
2033	1.54	0.85
2034	1.55	0.86
2035	1.55	0.88
2036	1.55	0.89
2037	1.55	0.9
2038	1.56	0.91
2039	1.56	0.92
2040	1.56	0.93
2041	1.56	0.95
2042	1.56	0.96
2043	1.57	0.96
2044	1.57	0.97
2045	1.57	0.98
2046	1.57	0.99
2047	1.57	1
2048	1.57	1.01
2049	1.57	1.02
2050	1.58	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Hungary	South Korea
1960	25.3%	41.3%
1961	25.1%	41.8%
1962	24.8%	42.3%
1963	24.3%	42.7%
1964	23.8%	43.1%
1965	23.3%	43.3%
1966	22.8%	43.5%
1967	22.4%	43.3%
1968	22%	43.1%
1969	21.4%	42.7%
1970	20.8%	42.1%
1971	20.4%	41.5%
1972	20.1%	41%
1973	20%	40.3%
1974	20.1%	39.5%
1975	20.4%	38.5%
1976	20.8%	37.5%
1977	21.1%	36.5%
1978	21.5%	35.6%
1979	21.8%	34.8%
1980	21.9%	34%
1981	22.1%	33.3%
1982	22.1%	32.7%
1983	22%	32%
1984	21.8%	31.2%
1985	21.6%	30.2%
1986	21.5%	29.2%
1987	21.4%	28.2%
1988	21.2%	27.3%
1989	20.8%	26.5%
1990	20.2%	25.8%
1991	19.7%	25.2%
1992	19.2%	24.7%
1993	18.8%	24.2%
1994	18.5%	23.7%
1995	18.2%	23.1%
1996	17.9%	22.5%
1997	17.6%	22%
1998	17.4%	21.6%
1999	17.1%	21.2%
2000	16.8%	21%
2001	16.5%	20.8%
2002	16.2%	20.5%
2003	16%	20.1%
2004	15.8%	19.7%
2005	15.6%	19.2%
2006	15.3%	18.7%
2007	15.1%	18.1%
2008	15%	17.5%
2009	14.8%	16.9%
2010	14.7%	16.4%
2011	14.6%	15.8%
2012	14.5%	15.2%
2013	14.4%	14.7%
2014	14.5%	14.2%
2015	14.5%	13.8%
2016	14.5%	13.4%
2017	14.5%	13%
2018	14.5%	12.7%
2019	14.5%	12.4%
2020	14.6%	12.1%
2021	14.6%	11.8%
2022	14.6%	11.4%
2023	14.5%	11%
2024	14.4%	10.6%
2025	14.4%	10.2%
2026	14.3%	9.82%
2027	14.3%	9.42%
2028	14.3%	9.06%
2029	14.2%	8.75%
2030	14.2%	8.43%
2031	14.1%	8.15%
2032	14%	7.94%
2033	13.9%	7.79%
2034	13.8%	7.7%
2035	13.7%	7.66%
2036	13.6%	7.65%
2037	13.5%	7.66%
2038	13.4%	7.68%
2039	13.4%	7.71%
2040	13.4%	7.73%
2041	13.5%	7.75%
2042	13.5%	7.76%
2043	13.5%	7.77%
2044	13.5%	7.78%
2045	13.6%	7.79%
2046	13.6%	7.8%
2047	13.7%	7.81%
2048	13.7%	7.82%
2049	13.8%	7.82%
2050	13.8%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.4% of the population in Hungary and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 20.2% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Hungary and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Hungary vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.43% in Hungary 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
	Hungary	South Korea
1960	44,926	728,010
1961	44,123	730,173
1962	21,128	712,590
1963	32,282	685,824
1964	31,371	655,501
1965	24,355	641,090
1966	36,643	623,534
1967	39,845	692,169
1968	39,997	684,487
1969	38,105	694,227
1970	32,048	747,987
1971	26,956	789,185
1972	34,315	740,469
1973	33,382	699,115
1974	60,777	673,030
1975	63,243	603,300
1976	52,993	530,558
1977	45,787	578,947
1978	27,780	499,084
1979	23,549	623,068
1980	3,213	583,294
1981	-2,142	631,189
1982	-10,705	605,626
1983	-21,379	514,844
1984	-21,336	436,384
1985	-18,103	416,219
1986	-18,072	395,651
1987	-15,919	378,758
1988	-15,895	399,297
1989	-20,963	403,266
1990	-19,710	411,546
1991	-17,635	467,594
1992	-26,960	494,352
1993	-33,144	477,302
1994	-31,030	473,200
1995	-34,086	468,967
1996	-38,152	446,142
1997	-38,075	422,773
1998	-43,120	393,436
1999	-49,140	368,272
2000	-37,780	390,167
2001	-35,657	312,643
2002	-36,571	247,752
2003	-41,531	244,251
2004	-37,396	225,988
2005	-38,331	187,920
2006	-32,228	203,441
2007	-35,195	248,286
2008	-31,118	215,841
2009	-34,077	197,231
2010	-40,000	213,083
2011	-40,884	214,728
2012	-38,689	215,859
2013	-36,529	166,415
2014	-32,449	167,464
2015	-39,191	163,248
2016	-31,231	122,923
2017	-37,934	71,907
2018	-37,858	30,951
2019	-36,840	10,353
2020	-47,385	-31,101
2021	-61,638	-56,947
2022	-47,065	-124,014
2023	-41,247	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Hungary vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Hungary, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Hungary	South Korea
1985	26	38
1986	26	35
1987	24	34
1988	24	31
1989	25	29
1990	25	28
1991	24	28
1992	24	26
1993	23	24
1994	21	23
1995	19	22
1996	17	20
1997	16	19
1998	15	18
1999	15	17
2000	14	15
2001	13	14
2002	13	13
2003	13	13
2004	12	12
2005	13	11
2006	12	10
2007	13	10
2008	13	9
2009	13	9
2010	13	8
2011	14	8
2012	13	8
2013	13	7
2014	13	7
2015	13	6
2016	13	6
2017	14	6
2018	14	5
2019	13	5
2020	18	12
2021	30	5
2022	14	7
2023	12	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.38% in Hungary 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
	Hungary	South Korea
1960	5.41%	11.2%
1961	5.16%	10.6%
1962	4.94%	10.1%
1963	4.75%	9.67%
1964	4.59%	9.18%
1965	4.45%	8.68%
1966	4.32%	8.16%
1967	4.2%	7.62%
1968	4.08%	7.1%
1969	3.98%	6.59%
1970	3.89%	6.12%
1971	3.83%	5.71%
1972	3.82%	5.36%
1973	3.83%	5.07%
1974	3.77%	4.82%
1975	3.55%	4.61%
1976	3.23%	4.42%
1977	2.93%	4.23%
1978	2.7%	4.04%
1979	2.52%	3.84%
1980	2.37%	3.63%
1981	2.26%	3.4%
1982	2.2%	3.17%
1983	2.2%	2.93%
1984	2.2%	2.7%
1985	2.15%	2.46%
1986	2.07%	2.25%
1987	1.97%	2.05%
1988	1.87%	1.87%
1989	1.78%	1.71%
1990	1.72%	1.57%
1991	1.65%	1.44%
1992	1.57%	1.33%
1993	1.45%	1.23%
1994	1.34%	1.14%
1995	1.25%	1.05%
1996	1.19%	0.98%
1997	1.15%	0.91%
1998	1.11%	0.85%
1999	1.06%	0.8%
2000	1.01%	0.75%
2001	0.95%	0.71%
2002	0.9%	0.68%
2003	0.84%	0.64%
2004	0.8%	0.6%
2005	0.75%	0.56%
2006	0.72%	0.52%
2007	0.68%	0.48%
2008	0.65%	0.45%
2009	0.62%	0.43%
2010	0.6%	0.41%
2011	0.59%	0.4%
2012	0.57%	0.38%
2013	0.56%	0.37%
2014	0.53%	0.36%
2015	0.51%	0.35%
2016	0.47%	0.34%
2017	0.45%	0.33%
2018	0.43%	0.32%
2019	0.41%	0.31%
2020	0.4%	0.3%
2021	0.4%	0.29%
2022	0.39%	0.28%
2023	0.38%	0.28%