Fertility & birth rates in Jamaica and South Korea

Fertility rate in Jamaica vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Jamaica was 1.36 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 Jamaica 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
	Jamaica	South Korea
1960	5.54	5.99
1961	5.6	5.8
1962	5.64	5.56
1963	5.73	5.33
1964	5.79	5.07
1965	5.72	4.89
1966	5.69	4.78
1967	5.67	4.62
1968	5.58	4.51
1969	5.47	4.45
1970	5.35	4.53
1971	5.21	4.54
1972	5.06	4.12
1973	5	4.07
1974	4.67	3.77
1975	4.44	3.43
1976	4.21	3
1977	4	2.99
1978	3.84	2.64
1979	3.72	2.9
1980	3.59	2.82
1981	3.51	2.57
1982	3.46	2.39
1983	3.41	2.06
1984	3.32	1.74
1985	3.21	1.66
1986	3.11	1.58
1987	3.02	1.53
1988	2.98	1.55
1989	2.93	1.56
1990	2.96	1.57
1991	3	1.71
1992	3.03	1.76
1993	2.99	1.65
1994	2.93	1.66
1995	2.85	1.63
1996	2.77	1.57
1997	2.68	1.54
1998	2.57	1.46
1999	2.47	1.43
2000	2.35	1.48
2001	2.3	1.31
2002	2.27	1.18
2003	2.24	1.19
2004	2.2	1.16
2005	2.15	1.09
2006	2.09	1.13
2007	2.02	1.26
2008	1.95	1.19
2009	1.88	1.15
2010	1.8	1.23
2011	1.72	1.24
2012	1.65	1.3
2013	1.59	1.19
2014	1.54	1.21
2015	1.51	1.24
2016	1.46	1.17
2017	1.43	1.05
2018	1.4	0.98
2019	1.39	0.92
2020	1.38	0.84
2021	1.38	0.81
2022	1.37	0.78
2023	1.36	0.72
2024	1.35	0.73
2025	1.34	0.75
2026	1.33	0.76
2027	1.33	0.78
2028	1.33	0.79
2029	1.33	0.8
2030	1.33	0.82
2031	1.33	0.83
2032	1.34	0.84
2033	1.34	0.85
2034	1.34	0.86
2035	1.35	0.88
2036	1.35	0.89
2037	1.36	0.9
2038	1.36	0.91
2039	1.37	0.92
2040	1.37	0.93
2041	1.37	0.95
2042	1.37	0.96
2043	1.38	0.96
2044	1.38	0.97
2045	1.39	0.98
2046	1.39	0.99
2047	1.39	1
2048	1.4	1.01
2049	1.4	1.02
2050	1.41	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Jamaica	South Korea
1960	41.2%	41.3%
1961	41.7%	41.8%
1962	42.2%	42.3%
1963	42.7%	42.7%
1964	43.3%	43.1%
1965	43.9%	43.3%
1966	44.3%	43.5%
1967	44.6%	43.3%
1968	44.9%	43.1%
1969	45%	42.7%
1970	45%	42.1%
1971	44.8%	41.5%
1972	44.4%	41%
1973	44%	40.3%
1974	43.5%	39.5%
1975	42.9%	38.5%
1976	42.3%	37.5%
1977	41.7%	36.5%
1978	41%	35.6%
1979	40.4%	34.8%
1980	39.8%	34%
1981	39.2%	33.3%
1982	38.7%	32.7%
1983	38.2%	32%
1984	37.9%	31.2%
1985	37.5%	30.2%
1986	37.2%	29.2%
1987	36.8%	28.2%
1988	36.5%	27.3%
1989	36.1%	26.5%
1990	35.8%	25.8%
1991	35.5%	25.2%
1992	35.4%	24.7%
1993	35.3%	24.2%
1994	35.2%	23.7%
1995	35.1%	23.1%
1996	34.9%	22.5%
1997	34.6%	22%
1998	34.2%	21.6%
1999	33.8%	21.2%
2000	33.2%	21%
2001	32.7%	20.8%
2002	32.2%	20.5%
2003	31.7%	20.1%
2004	31.2%	19.7%
2005	30.6%	19.2%
2006	30%	18.7%
2007	29.3%	18.1%
2008	28.5%	17.5%
2009	27.7%	16.9%
2010	26.9%	16.4%
2011	26.2%	15.8%
2012	25.4%	15.2%
2013	24.7%	14.7%
2014	24%	14.2%
2015	23.4%	13.8%
2016	22.8%	13.4%
2017	22.3%	13%
2018	21.7%	12.7%
2019	21.1%	12.4%
2020	20.6%	12.1%
2021	20%	11.8%
2022	19.6%	11.4%
2023	19.1%	11%
2024	18.7%	10.6%
2025	18.3%	10.2%
2026	17.9%	9.82%
2027	17.6%	9.42%
2028	17.2%	9.06%
2029	16.9%	8.75%
2030	16.7%	8.43%
2031	16.4%	8.15%
2032	16.2%	7.94%
2033	15.9%	7.79%
2034	15.7%	7.7%
2035	15.5%	7.66%
2036	15.3%	7.65%
2037	15.1%	7.66%
2038	14.8%	7.68%
2039	14.6%	7.71%
2040	14.4%	7.73%
2041	14.2%	7.75%
2042	14%	7.76%
2043	13.8%	7.77%
2044	13.6%	7.78%
2045	13.4%	7.79%
2046	13.2%	7.8%
2047	13%	7.81%
2048	12.8%	7.82%
2049	12.6%	7.82%
2050	12.5%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.7% of the population in Jamaica and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 35.8% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Jamaica and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Jamaica vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.49% in Jamaica 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
	Jamaica	South Korea
1960	51,944	728,010
1961	51,931	730,173
1962	51,758	712,590
1963	52,277	685,824
1964	52,501	655,501
1965	51,423	641,090
1966	50,808	623,534
1967	50,187	692,169
1968	49,189	684,487
1969	48,258	694,227
1970	47,547	747,987
1971	47,206	789,185
1972	46,676	740,469
1973	47,438	699,115
1974	45,526	673,030
1975	44,736	603,300
1976	43,878	530,558
1977	42,999	578,947
1978	42,475	499,084
1979	42,449	623,068
1980	42,316	583,294
1981	42,898	631,189
1982	43,816	605,626
1983	45,095	514,844
1984	45,644	436,384
1985	45,122	416,219
1986	44,520	395,651
1987	44,155	378,758
1988	43,978	399,297
1989	43,591	403,266
1990	44,465	411,546
1991	45,617	467,594
1992	46,494	494,352
1993	46,090	477,302
1994	45,210	473,200
1995	43,705	468,967
1996	42,297	446,142
1997	40,521	422,773
1998	38,628	393,436
1999	36,649	368,272
2000	34,452	390,167
2001	33,666	312,643
2002	33,572	247,752
2003	33,340	244,251
2004	32,500	225,988
2005	31,506	187,920
2006	30,213	203,441
2007	28,886	248,286
2008	27,553	215,841
2009	26,311	197,231
2010	25,031	213,083
2011	23,627	214,728
2012	22,320	215,859
2013	21,037	166,415
2014	19,751	167,464
2015	18,489	163,248
2016	16,944	122,923
2017	15,419	71,907
2018	13,929	30,951
2019	13,094	10,353
2020	12,170	-31,101
2021	6,382	-56,947
2022	11,215	-124,014
2023	10,072	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Jamaica vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 130 deaths per 100,000 live births in Jamaica, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Jamaica	South Korea
1985	45	38
1986	45	35
1987	46	34
1988	48	31
1989	50	29
1990	54	28
1991	58	28
1992	62	26
1993	67	24
1994	71	23
1995	74	22
1996	77	20
1997	79	19
1998	80	18
1999	81	17
2000	82	15
2001	82	14
2002	81	13
2003	79	13
2004	77	12
2005	81	11
2006	89	10
2007	89	10
2008	91	9
2009	93	9
2010	94	8
2011	89	8
2012	89	8
2013	94	7
2014	100	7
2015	100	6
2016	102	6
2017	106	6
2018	112	5
2019	120	5
2020	126	12
2021	186	5
2022	138	7
2023	130	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.93% in Jamaica 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
	Jamaica	South Korea
1960	8.17%	11.2%
1961	7.79%	10.6%
1962	7.45%	10.1%
1963	7.17%	9.67%
1964	6.91%	9.18%
1965	6.69%	8.68%
1966	6.49%	8.16%
1967	6.28%	7.62%
1968	6.08%	7.1%
1969	5.87%	6.59%
1970	5.64%	6.12%
1971	5.41%	5.71%
1972	5.18%	5.36%
1973	4.95%	5.07%
1974	4.74%	4.82%
1975	4.55%	4.61%
1976	4.37%	4.42%
1977	4.21%	4.23%
1978	4.06%	4.04%
1979	3.92%	3.84%
1980	3.78%	3.63%
1981	3.66%	3.4%
1982	3.54%	3.17%
1983	3.43%	2.93%
1984	3.32%	2.7%
1985	3.22%	2.46%
1986	3.13%	2.25%
1987	3.04%	2.05%
1988	2.96%	1.87%
1989	2.88%	1.71%
1990	2.8%	1.57%
1991	2.73%	1.44%
1992	2.66%	1.33%
1993	2.58%	1.23%
1994	2.51%	1.14%
1995	2.43%	1.05%
1996	2.35%	0.98%
1997	2.27%	0.91%
1998	2.19%	0.85%
1999	2.12%	0.8%
2000	2.06%	0.75%
2001	2%	0.71%
2002	1.97%	0.68%
2003	1.94%	0.64%
2004	1.92%	0.6%
2005	1.92%	0.56%
2006	1.91%	0.52%
2007	1.92%	0.48%
2008	1.92%	0.45%
2009	1.91%	0.43%
2010	1.91%	0.41%
2011	1.9%	0.4%
2012	1.89%	0.38%
2013	1.88%	0.37%
2014	1.87%	0.36%
2015	1.87%	0.35%
2016	1.86%	0.34%
2017	1.86%	0.33%
2018	1.87%	0.32%
2019	1.88%	0.31%
2020	1.9%	0.3%
2021	1.91%	0.29%
2022	1.93%	0.28%
2023	1.93%	0.28%