Fertility & birth rates in Iraq and South Korea

Fertility rate in Iraq vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Iraq was 3.25 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 Iraq 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
	Iraq	South Korea
1960	5.3	5.99
1961	5.8	5.8
1962	6.99	5.56
1963	7.01	5.33
1964	7.01	5.07
1965	7.02	4.89
1966	7.02	4.78
1967	7.03	4.62
1968	7.06	4.51
1969	7.08	4.45
1970	7.07	4.53
1971	7.06	4.54
1972	7.02	4.12
1973	6.99	4.07
1974	6.95	3.77
1975	6.91	3.43
1976	6.86	3
1977	6.8	2.99
1978	6.73	2.64
1979	6.66	2.9
1980	6.59	2.82
1981	6.53	2.57
1982	6.46	2.39
1983	6.39	2.06
1984	6.32	1.74
1985	6.25	1.66
1986	6.18	1.58
1987	6.11	1.53
1988	6.05	1.55
1989	5.99	1.56
1990	5.93	1.57
1991	5.83	1.71
1992	5.72	1.76
1993	5.61	1.65
1994	5.49	1.66
1995	5.36	1.63
1996	5.25	1.57
1997	5.19	1.54
1998	5.11	1.46
1999	5.04	1.43
2000	4.92	1.48
2001	4.8	1.31
2002	4.67	1.18
2003	4.58	1.19
2004	4.53	1.16
2005	4.45	1.09
2006	4.46	1.13
2007	4.4	1.26
2008	4.37	1.19
2009	4.38	1.15
2010	4.46	1.23
2011	4.59	1.24
2012	4.54	1.3
2013	4.44	1.19
2014	4.31	1.21
2015	4.08	1.24
2016	3.84	1.17
2017	3.64	1.05
2018	3.55	0.98
2019	3.48	0.92
2020	3.42	0.84
2021	3.36	0.81
2022	3.29	0.78
2023	3.25	0.72
2024	3.22	0.73
2025	3.17	0.75
2026	3.13	0.76
2027	3.09	0.78
2028	3.05	0.79
2029	3.01	0.8
2030	2.97	0.82
2031	2.94	0.83
2032	2.89	0.84
2033	2.86	0.85
2034	2.83	0.86
2035	2.79	0.88
2036	2.77	0.89
2037	2.74	0.9
2038	2.71	0.91
2039	2.69	0.92
2040	2.66	0.93
2041	2.64	0.95
2042	2.61	0.96
2043	2.59	0.96
2044	2.57	0.97
2045	2.54	0.98
2046	2.52	0.99
2047	2.5	1
2048	2.48	1.01
2049	2.47	1.02
2050	2.45	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Iraq	South Korea
1960	39.8%	41.3%
1961	39.9%	41.8%
1962	40.4%	42.3%
1963	41%	42.7%
1964	41.5%	43.1%
1965	42.1%	43.3%
1966	42.5%	43.5%
1967	42.8%	43.3%
1968	43%	43.1%
1969	43.3%	42.7%
1970	43.6%	42.1%
1971	44.1%	41.5%
1972	44.7%	41%
1973	45.5%	40.3%
1974	46.2%	39.5%
1975	46.7%	38.5%
1976	47.2%	37.5%
1977	47.3%	36.5%
1978	47.1%	35.6%
1979	47%	34.8%
1980	46.8%	34%
1981	46.7%	33.3%
1982	46.6%	32.7%
1983	46.5%	32%
1984	46.3%	31.2%
1985	46.2%	30.2%
1986	46%	29.2%
1987	45.8%	28.2%
1988	45.6%	27.3%
1989	45.4%	26.5%
1990	45.2%	25.8%
1991	45%	25.2%
1992	44.9%	24.7%
1993	44.7%	24.2%
1994	44.6%	23.7%
1995	44.4%	23.1%
1996	44.3%	22.5%
1997	44.1%	22%
1998	44%	21.6%
1999	43.8%	21.2%
2000	43.7%	21%
2001	43.5%	20.8%
2002	43.3%	20.5%
2003	43.1%	20.1%
2004	42.9%	19.7%
2005	42.6%	19.2%
2006	42.3%	18.7%
2007	42.1%	18.1%
2008	41.8%	17.5%
2009	41.5%	16.9%
2010	41.2%	16.4%
2011	41.1%	15.8%
2012	41%	15.2%
2013	40.8%	14.7%
2014	40.6%	14.2%
2015	40.4%	13.8%
2016	40.1%	13.4%
2017	39.7%	13%
2018	39.3%	12.7%
2019	38.9%	12.4%
2020	38.5%	12.1%
2021	38.1%	11.8%
2022	37.6%	11.4%
2023	37.1%	11%
2024	36.6%	10.6%
2025	36%	10.2%
2026	35.4%	9.82%
2027	34.7%	9.42%
2028	34.1%	9.06%
2029	33.4%	8.75%
2030	32.9%	8.43%
2031	32.5%	8.15%
2032	32.1%	7.94%
2033	31.8%	7.79%
2034	31.6%	7.7%
2035	31.3%	7.66%
2036	31.1%	7.65%
2037	30.9%	7.66%
2038	30.6%	7.68%
2039	30.4%	7.71%
2040	30.1%	7.73%
2041	29.9%	7.75%
2042	29.7%	7.76%
2043	29.4%	7.77%
2044	29.1%	7.78%
2045	28.8%	7.79%
2046	28.6%	7.8%
2047	28.3%	7.81%
2048	28%	7.82%
2049	27.7%	7.82%
2050	27.4%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.6% of the population in Iraq and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 45.2% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Iraq and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Iraq vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.37% in Iraq 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
	Iraq	South Korea
1960	155,651	728,010
1961	184,792	730,173
1962	247,520	712,590
1963	254,046	685,824
1964	262,825	655,501
1965	274,551	641,090
1966	285,507	623,534
1967	298,192	692,169
1968	310,644	684,487
1969	324,792	694,227
1970	338,030	747,987
1971	351,464	789,185
1972	362,334	740,469
1973	373,191	699,115
1974	376,197	673,030
1975	385,916	603,300
1976	402,260	530,558
1977	410,229	578,947
1978	418,756	499,084
1979	428,458	623,068
1980	419,653	583,294
1981	416,998	631,189
1982	428,336	605,626
1983	439,800	514,844
1984	455,740	436,384
1985	467,445	416,219
1986	474,348	395,651
1987	488,742	378,758
1988	476,778	399,297
1989	496,852	403,266
1990	518,575	411,546
1991	550,146	467,594
1992	591,886	494,352
1993	606,700	477,302
1994	634,344	473,200
1995	642,977	468,967
1996	652,866	446,142
1997	667,582	422,773
1998	684,152	393,436
1999	702,170	368,272
2000	715,771	390,167
2001	729,704	312,643
2002	739,419	247,752
2003	746,159	244,251
2004	761,563	225,988
2005	776,603	187,920
2006	797,342	203,441
2007	784,119	248,286
2008	802,382	215,841
2009	855,096	197,231
2010	906,369	213,083
2011	971,082	214,728
2012	999,987	215,859
2013	1,026,036	166,415
2014	1,040,726	167,464
2015	1,007,561	163,248
2016	946,968	122,923
2017	924,507	71,907
2018	938,310	30,951
2019	942,972	10,353
2020	919,953	-31,101
2021	941,924	-56,947
2022	962,501	-124,014
2023	973,420	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Iraq vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 66 deaths per 100,000 live births in Iraq, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Iraq	South Korea
1985	152	38
1986	147	35
1987	145	34
1988	174	31
1989	190	29
1990	195	28
1991	157	28
1992	126	26
1993	132	24
1994	142	23
1995	152	22
1996	158	20
1997	165	19
1998	163	18
1999	156	17
2000	146	15
2001	137	14
2002	128	13
2003	125	13
2004	122	12
2005	118	11
2006	120	10
2007	117	10
2008	109	9
2009	107	9
2010	107	8
2011	105	8
2012	100	8
2013	96	7
2014	90	7
2015	86	6
2016	87	6
2017	81	6
2018	76	5
2019	74	5
2020	63	12
2021	77	5
2022	59	7
2023	66	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.26% in Iraq 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
	Iraq	South Korea
1960	19%	11.2%
1961	17.9%	10.6%
1962	16.9%	10.1%
1963	16%	9.67%
1964	15.1%	9.18%
1965	14.4%	8.68%
1966	13.6%	8.16%
1967	13%	7.62%
1968	12.4%	7.1%
1969	11.8%	6.59%
1970	11.2%	6.12%
1971	10.7%	5.71%
1972	10.3%	5.36%
1973	9.79%	5.07%
1974	9.35%	4.82%
1975	8.93%	4.61%
1976	8.54%	4.42%
1977	8.17%	4.23%
1978	7.83%	4.04%
1979	7.52%	3.84%
1980	7.23%	3.63%
1981	6.96%	3.4%
1982	6.71%	3.17%
1983	6.49%	2.93%
1984	6.28%	2.7%
1985	6.09%	2.46%
1986	5.91%	2.25%
1987	5.75%	2.05%
1988	6.92%	1.87%
1989	8.12%	1.71%
1990	7.97%	1.57%
1991	6.49%	1.44%
1992	5.17%	1.33%
1993	5.07%	1.23%
1994	4.98%	1.14%
1995	4.89%	1.05%
1996	4.8%	0.98%
1997	4.71%	0.91%
1998	4.61%	0.85%
1999	4.52%	0.8%
2000	4.43%	0.75%
2001	4.33%	0.71%
2002	4.24%	0.68%
2003	4.16%	0.64%
2004	4.07%	0.6%
2005	3.97%	0.56%
2006	3.88%	0.52%
2007	3.78%	0.48%
2008	3.67%	0.45%
2009	3.56%	0.43%
2010	3.46%	0.41%
2011	3.35%	0.4%
2012	3.24%	0.38%
2013	3.14%	0.37%
2014	3.04%	0.36%
2015	2.94%	0.35%
2016	2.84%	0.34%
2017	2.75%	0.33%
2018	2.66%	0.32%
2019	2.57%	0.31%
2020	2.49%	0.3%
2021	2.41%	0.29%
2022	2.33%	0.28%
2023	2.26%	0.28%