Fertility & birth rates in Israel and South Korea

Fertility rate in Israel vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Israel was 2.85 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 Israel 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
	Israel	South Korea
1960	3.87	5.99
1961	3.86	5.8
1962	3.85	5.56
1963	3.84	5.33
1964	3.83	5.07
1965	3.81	4.89
1966	3.8	4.78
1967	3.79	4.62
1968	3.79	4.51
1969	3.78	4.45
1970	3.78	4.53
1971	3.77	4.54
1972	3.77	4.12
1973	3.7	4.07
1974	3.63	3.77
1975	3.55	3.43
1976	3.48	3
1977	3.41	2.99
1978	3.35	2.64
1979	3.3	2.9
1980	3.24	2.82
1981	3.19	2.57
1982	3.13	2.39
1983	3.11	2.06
1984	3.08	1.74
1985	3.06	1.66
1986	3.03	1.58
1987	3.01	1.53
1988	2.95	1.55
1989	2.89	1.56
1990	2.82	1.57
1991	2.76	1.71
1992	2.7	1.76
1993	2.8	1.65
1994	2.9	1.66
1995	2.9	1.63
1996	2.9	1.57
1997	2.94	1.54
1998	2.98	1.46
1999	2.97	1.43
2000	2.95	1.48
2001	2.92	1.31
2002	2.89	1.18
2003	2.95	1.19
2004	2.9	1.16
2005	2.84	1.09
2006	2.88	1.13
2007	2.9	1.26
2008	2.96	1.19
2009	2.96	1.15
2010	3.03	1.23
2011	2.98	1.24
2012	3.05	1.3
2013	3.03	1.19
2014	3.08	1.21
2015	3.09	1.24
2016	3.11	1.17
2017	3.11	1.05
2018	3.09	0.98
2019	3.01	0.92
2020	2.9	0.84
2021	3	0.81
2022	2.89	0.78
2023	2.85	0.72
2024	2.8	0.73
2025	2.77	0.75
2026	2.75	0.76
2027	2.72	0.78
2028	2.7	0.79
2029	2.67	0.8
2030	2.66	0.82
2031	2.64	0.83
2032	2.63	0.84
2033	2.6	0.85
2034	2.58	0.86
2035	2.56	0.88
2036	2.55	0.89
2037	2.53	0.9
2038	2.51	0.91
2039	2.49	0.92
2040	2.47	0.93
2041	2.46	0.95
2042	2.44	0.96
2043	2.42	0.96
2044	2.41	0.97
2045	2.39	0.98
2046	2.38	0.99
2047	2.36	1
2048	2.35	1.01
2049	2.34	1.02
2050	2.33	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Israel	South Korea
1960	35.2%	41.3%
1961	34.9%	41.8%
1962	34.8%	42.3%
1963	34.9%	42.7%
1964	34.8%	43.1%
1965	34.6%	43.3%
1966	34.4%	43.5%
1967	34.1%	43.3%
1968	33.8%	43.1%
1969	33.5%	42.7%
1970	33.2%	42.1%
1971	32.9%	41.5%
1972	32.7%	41%
1973	32.6%	40.3%
1974	32.7%	39.5%
1975	32.7%	38.5%
1976	32.8%	37.5%
1977	32.9%	36.5%
1978	33%	35.6%
1979	33%	34.8%
1980	32.9%	34%
1981	32.8%	33.3%
1982	32.7%	32.7%
1983	32.7%	32%
1984	32.6%	31.2%
1985	32.5%	30.2%
1986	32.3%	29.2%
1987	32.1%	28.2%
1988	31.9%	27.3%
1989	31.7%	26.5%
1990	31.3%	25.8%
1991	30.7%	25.2%
1992	30.3%	24.7%
1993	30%	24.2%
1994	29.8%	23.7%
1995	29.6%	23.1%
1996	29.3%	22.5%
1997	29%	22%
1998	28.8%	21.6%
1999	28.5%	21.2%
2000	28.3%	21%
2001	28.1%	20.8%
2002	28%	20.5%
2003	27.9%	20.1%
2004	27.9%	19.7%
2005	27.9%	19.2%
2006	27.8%	18.7%
2007	27.8%	18.1%
2008	27.8%	17.5%
2009	27.9%	16.9%
2010	28%	16.4%
2011	28.1%	15.8%
2012	28.1%	15.2%
2013	28.2%	14.7%
2014	28.2%	14.2%
2015	28.2%	13.8%
2016	28.3%	13.4%
2017	28.2%	13%
2018	28.2%	12.7%
2019	28.1%	12.4%
2020	28%	12.1%
2021	27.9%	11.8%
2022	27.8%	11.4%
2023	27.6%	11%
2024	27.4%	10.6%
2025	27.2%	10.2%
2026	26.9%	9.82%
2027	26.6%	9.42%
2028	26.4%	9.06%
2029	26.1%	8.75%
2030	25.8%	8.43%
2031	25.5%	8.15%
2032	25.2%	7.94%
2033	25%	7.79%
2034	24.7%	7.7%
2035	24.6%	7.66%
2036	24.4%	7.65%
2037	24.2%	7.66%
2038	24.1%	7.68%
2039	24%	7.71%
2040	24%	7.73%
2041	23.9%	7.75%
2042	23.9%	7.76%
2043	23.8%	7.77%
2044	23.8%	7.78%
2045	23.8%	7.79%
2046	23.8%	7.8%
2047	23.7%	7.81%
2048	23.7%	7.82%
2049	23.6%	7.82%
2050	23.5%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.4% of the population in Israel and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 31.3% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Israel and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Israel vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.5% in Israel 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
	Israel	South Korea
1960	44,818	728,010
1961	42,170	730,173
1962	43,337	712,590
1963	44,964	685,824
1964	48,015	655,501
1965	49,979	641,090
1966	50,477	623,534
1967	47,488	692,169
1968	51,014	684,487
1969	53,800	694,227
1970	56,506	747,987
1971	64,449	789,185
1972	62,960	740,469
1973	65,560	699,115
1974	68,891	673,030
1975	70,828	603,300
1976	74,899	530,558
1977	70,092	578,947
1978	67,158	499,084
1979	68,148	623,068
1980	68,253	583,294
1981	67,647	631,189
1982	68,931	605,626
1983	70,196	514,844
1984	70,703	436,384
1985	71,538	416,219
1986	70,073	395,651
1987	69,904	378,758
1988	71,072	399,297
1989	68,674	403,266
1990	71,764	411,546
1991	73,740	467,594
1992	77,357	494,352
1993	77,337	477,302
1994	79,365	473,200
1995	82,066	468,967
1996	86,518	446,142
1997	88,707	422,773
1998	93,744	393,436
1999	94,325	368,272
2000	98,737	390,167
2001	99,160	312,643
2002	101,178	247,752
2003	106,366	244,251
2004	106,901	225,988
2005	105,338	187,920
2006	109,332	203,441
2007	111,292	248,286
2008	117,672	215,841
2009	122,015	197,231
2010	126,552	213,083
2011	125,030	214,728
2012	128,941	215,859
2013	129,758	166,415
2014	133,916	167,464
2015	134,082	163,248
2016	136,736	122,923
2017	138,541	71,907
2018	140,348	30,951
2019	135,810	10,353
2020	128,089	-31,101
2021	134,011	-56,947
2022	129,982	-124,014
2023	131,977	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Israel vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 2 deaths per 100,000 live births in Israel, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Israel	South Korea
1985	36	38
1986	36	35
1987	30	34
1988	31	31
1989	30	29
1990	29	28
1991	28	28
1992	27	26
1993	25	24
1994	24	23
1995	22	22
1996	20	20
1997	17	19
1998	14	18
1999	11	17
2000	9	15
2001	7	14
2002	7	13
2003	5	13
2004	5	12
2005	4	11
2006	4	10
2007	4	10
2008	4	9
2009	4	9
2010	3	8
2011	3	8
2012	3	8
2013	3	7
2014	3	7
2015	3	6
2016	3	6
2017	3	6
2018	3	5
2019	3	5
2020	3	12
2021	3	5
2022	3	7
2023	2	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Israel 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
	Israel	South Korea
1960	4.71%	11.2%
1961	4.48%	10.6%
1962	4.26%	10.1%
1963	4.06%	9.67%
1964	3.86%	9.18%
1965	3.68%	8.68%
1966	3.52%	8.16%
1967	3.36%	7.62%
1968	3.23%	7.1%
1969	3.11%	6.59%
1970	3.01%	6.12%
1971	2.91%	5.71%
1972	2.82%	5.36%
1973	2.72%	5.07%
1974	2.61%	4.82%
1975	2.48%	4.61%
1976	2.33%	4.42%
1977	2.19%	4.23%
1978	2.05%	4.04%
1979	1.93%	3.84%
1980	1.82%	3.63%
1981	1.74%	3.4%
1982	1.66%	3.17%
1983	1.59%	2.93%
1984	1.51%	2.7%
1985	1.44%	2.46%
1986	1.37%	2.25%
1987	1.31%	2.05%
1988	1.26%	1.87%
1989	1.21%	1.71%
1990	1.15%	1.57%
1991	1.1%	1.44%
1992	1.04%	1.33%
1993	0.98%	1.23%
1994	0.92%	1.14%
1995	0.87%	1.05%
1996	0.82%	0.98%
1997	0.78%	0.91%
1998	0.75%	0.85%
1999	0.72%	0.8%
2000	0.69%	0.75%
2001	0.66%	0.71%
2002	0.63%	0.68%
2003	0.61%	0.64%
2004	0.58%	0.6%
2005	0.56%	0.56%
2006	0.53%	0.52%
2007	0.51%	0.48%
2008	0.49%	0.45%
2009	0.47%	0.43%
2010	0.46%	0.41%
2011	0.44%	0.4%
2012	0.43%	0.38%
2013	0.41%	0.37%
2014	0.4%	0.36%
2015	0.39%	0.35%
2016	0.38%	0.34%
2017	0.37%	0.33%
2018	0.37%	0.32%
2019	0.36%	0.31%
2020	0.35%	0.3%
2021	0.35%	0.29%
2022	0.34%	0.28%
2023	0.34%	0.28%