Fertility & birth rates in Lithuania and South Korea

Fertility rate in Lithuania vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Lithuania was 1.18 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 Lithuania 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
	Lithuania	South Korea
1960	2.56	5.99
1961	2.53	5.8
1962	2.45	5.56
1963	2.35	5.33
1964	2.28	5.07
1965	2.23	4.89
1966	2.22	4.78
1967	2.23	4.62
1968	2.24	4.51
1969	2.3	4.45
1970	2.4	4.53
1971	2.41	4.54
1972	2.34	4.12
1973	2.22	4.07
1974	2.21	3.77
1975	2.18	3.43
1976	2.18	3
1977	2.14	2.99
1978	2.08	2.64
1979	2.05	2.9
1980	1.99	2.82
1981	1.98	2.57
1982	1.97	2.39
1983	2.1	2.06
1984	2.07	1.74
1985	2.08	1.66
1986	2.12	1.58
1987	2.11	1.53
1988	2.02	1.55
1989	1.98	1.56
1990	2.03	1.57
1991	2.01	1.71
1992	1.97	1.76
1993	1.74	1.65
1994	1.57	1.66
1995	1.55	1.63
1996	1.49	1.57
1997	1.47	1.54
1998	1.46	1.46
1999	1.46	1.43
2000	1.39	1.48
2001	1.29	1.31
2002	1.23	1.18
2003	1.26	1.19
2004	1.27	1.16
2005	1.29	1.09
2006	1.33	1.13
2007	1.36	1.26
2008	1.45	1.19
2009	1.5	1.15
2010	1.5	1.23
2011	1.55	1.24
2012	1.6	1.3
2013	1.59	1.19
2014	1.57	1.21
2015	1.63	1.24
2016	1.63	1.17
2017	1.57	1.05
2018	1.53	0.98
2019	1.43	0.92
2020	1.36	0.84
2021	1.36	0.81
2022	1.27	0.78
2023	1.18	0.72
2024	1.19	0.73
2025	1.2	0.75
2026	1.2	0.76
2027	1.21	0.78
2028	1.22	0.79
2029	1.22	0.8
2030	1.23	0.82
2031	1.23	0.83
2032	1.24	0.84
2033	1.25	0.85
2034	1.25	0.86
2035	1.26	0.88
2036	1.27	0.89
2037	1.27	0.9
2038	1.28	0.91
2039	1.28	0.92
2040	1.29	0.93
2041	1.29	0.95
2042	1.3	0.96
2043	1.3	0.96
2044	1.31	0.97
2045	1.31	0.98
2046	1.31	0.99
2047	1.32	1
2048	1.32	1.01
2049	1.33	1.02
2050	1.33	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lithuania	South Korea
1960	27.1%	41.3%
1961	27.3%	41.8%
1962	27.4%	42.3%
1963	27.5%	42.7%
1964	27.4%	43.1%
1965	27.3%	43.3%
1966	27.3%	43.5%
1967	27.2%	43.3%
1968	27.2%	43.1%
1969	27.2%	42.7%
1970	27.1%	42.1%
1971	26.8%	41.5%
1972	26.6%	41%
1973	26.1%	40.3%
1974	25.6%	39.5%
1975	25.1%	38.5%
1976	24.6%	37.5%
1977	24.2%	36.5%
1978	23.8%	35.6%
1979	23.5%	34.8%
1980	23.3%	34%
1981	23.1%	33.3%
1982	22.9%	32.7%
1983	22.8%	32%
1984	22.8%	31.2%
1985	22.7%	30.2%
1986	22.7%	29.2%
1987	22.7%	28.2%
1988	22.6%	27.3%
1989	22.5%	26.5%
1990	22.6%	25.8%
1991	22.5%	25.2%
1992	22.4%	24.7%
1993	22.3%	24.2%
1994	22.1%	23.7%
1995	21.8%	23.1%
1996	21.5%	22.5%
1997	21.2%	22%
1998	20.9%	21.6%
1999	20.4%	21.2%
2000	20%	21%
2001	19.3%	20.8%
2002	18.6%	20.5%
2003	17.9%	20.1%
2004	17.4%	19.7%
2005	16.8%	19.2%
2006	16.3%	18.7%
2007	15.8%	18.1%
2008	15.3%	17.5%
2009	15%	16.9%
2010	14.9%	16.4%
2011	14.8%	15.8%
2012	14.7%	15.2%
2013	14.6%	14.7%
2014	14.6%	14.2%
2015	14.6%	13.8%
2016	14.7%	13.4%
2017	14.9%	13%
2018	15%	12.7%
2019	15.1%	12.4%
2020	15.1%	12.1%
2021	15.1%	11.8%
2022	15%	11.4%
2023	14.9%	11%
2024	14.7%	10.6%
2025	14.5%	10.2%
2026	14.3%	9.82%
2027	14.1%	9.42%
2028	13.9%	9.06%
2029	13.6%	8.75%
2030	13.3%	8.43%
2031	13%	8.15%
2032	12.7%	7.94%
2033	12.4%	7.79%
2034	12.1%	7.7%
2035	11.9%	7.66%
2036	11.7%	7.65%
2037	11.6%	7.66%
2038	11.5%	7.68%
2039	11.4%	7.71%
2040	11.4%	7.73%
2041	11.3%	7.75%
2042	11.3%	7.76%
2043	11.3%	7.77%
2044	11.2%	7.78%
2045	11.2%	7.79%
2046	11.3%	7.8%
2047	11.3%	7.81%
2048	11.3%	7.82%
2049	11.3%	7.82%
2050	11.4%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Lithuania and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 22.6% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lithuania and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Lithuania vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Lithuania 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
	Lithuania	South Korea
1960	40,845	728,010
1961	40,376	730,173
1962	34,933	712,590
1963	33,918	685,824
1964	34,048	655,501
1965	30,309	641,090
1966	30,381	623,534
1967	29,226	692,169
1968	28,325	684,487
1969	27,345	694,227
1970	27,629	747,987
1971	28,930	789,185
1972	25,388	740,469
1973	22,712	699,115
1974	22,589	673,030
1975	20,470	603,300
1976	20,305	530,558
1977	19,124	578,947
1978	17,573	499,084
1979	16,989	623,068
1980	16,042	583,294
1981	16,478	631,189
1982	18,323	605,626
1983	20,911	514,844
1984	18,976	436,384
1985	19,140	416,219
1986	23,978	395,651
1987	22,422	378,758
1988	19,006	399,297
1989	17,316	403,266
1990	17,010	411,546
1991	14,817	467,594
1992	12,950	494,352
1993	1,473	477,302
1994	-4,023	473,200
1995	-3,992	468,967
1996	-3,962	446,142
1997	-3,218	422,773
1998	-3,904	393,436
1999	-3,877	368,272
2000	-4,549	390,167
2001	-9,024	312,643
2002	-11,362	247,752
2003	-10,929	244,251
2004	-11,482	225,988
2005	-14,287	187,920
2006	-15,041	203,441
2007	-15,510	248,286
2008	-12,153	215,841
2009	-9,805	197,231
2010	-11,460	213,083
2011	-10,901	214,728
2012	-11,060	215,859
2013	-12,733	166,415
2014	-10,868	167,464
2015	-11,935	163,248
2016	-11,509	122,923
2017	-12,224	71,907
2018	-12,686	30,951
2019	-13,212	10,353
2020	-19,953	-31,101
2021	-24,433	-56,947
2022	-20,671	-124,014
2023	-16,368	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Lithuania vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 8 deaths per 100,000 live births in Lithuania, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Lithuania 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
	Lithuania	South Korea
1960	-	11.2%
1961	-	10.6%
1962	-	10.1%
1963	-	9.67%
1964	-	9.18%
1965	-	8.68%
1966	-	8.16%
1967	2.63%	7.62%
1968	2.63%	7.1%
1969	2.51%	6.59%
1970	2.29%	6.12%
1971	2.11%	5.71%
1972	2.08%	5.36%
1973	2.16%	5.07%
1974	2.24%	4.82%
1975	2.26%	4.61%
1976	2.25%	4.42%
1977	2.22%	4.23%
1978	2.18%	4.04%
1979	2.12%	3.84%
1980	2.05%	3.63%
1981	1.98%	3.4%
1982	1.92%	3.17%
1983	1.87%	2.93%
1984	1.82%	2.7%
1985	1.74%	2.46%
1986	1.64%	2.25%
1987	1.52%	2.05%
1988	1.42%	1.87%
1989	1.42%	1.71%
1990	1.52%	1.57%
1991	1.67%	1.44%
1992	1.78%	1.33%
1993	1.79%	1.23%
1994	1.69%	1.14%
1995	1.51%	1.05%
1996	1.34%	0.98%
1997	1.23%	0.91%
1998	1.16%	0.85%
1999	1.12%	0.8%
2000	1.07%	0.75%
2001	1.03%	0.71%
2002	0.99%	0.68%
2003	0.96%	0.64%
2004	0.93%	0.6%
2005	0.9%	0.56%
2006	0.86%	0.52%
2007	0.8%	0.48%
2008	0.74%	0.45%
2009	0.67%	0.43%
2010	0.6%	0.41%
2011	0.56%	0.4%
2012	0.53%	0.38%
2013	0.51%	0.37%
2014	0.51%	0.36%
2015	0.5%	0.35%
2016	0.49%	0.34%
2017	0.46%	0.33%
2018	0.42%	0.32%
2019	0.39%	0.31%
2020	0.37%	0.3%
2021	0.36%	0.29%
2022	0.35%	0.28%
2023	0.34%	0.28%