Fertility & birth rates in Monaco and South Korea

Fertility rate in Monaco vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Monaco was 2.11 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 Monaco 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
	Monaco	South Korea
1960	2.81	5.99
1961	2.78	5.8
1962	2.76	5.56
1963	2.73	5.33
1964	2.69	5.07
1965	2.66	4.89
1966	2.63	4.78
1967	2.59	4.62
1968	2.57	4.51
1969	2.54	4.45
1970	2.5	4.53
1971	2.47	4.54
1972	2.44	4.12
1973	2.41	4.07
1974	2.38	3.77
1975	2.35	3.43
1976	2.33	3
1977	2.31	2.99
1978	2.28	2.64
1979	2.26	2.9
1980	2.24	2.82
1981	2.22	2.57
1982	2.2	2.39
1983	2.18	2.06
1984	2.17	1.74
1985	2.14	1.66
1986	2.11	1.58
1987	2.06	1.53
1988	2.01	1.55
1989	1.93	1.56
1990	1.85	1.57
1991	1.79	1.71
1992	1.76	1.76
1993	1.75	1.65
1994	1.76	1.66
1995	1.78	1.63
1996	1.82	1.57
1997	1.88	1.54
1998	1.95	1.46
1999	2.01	1.43
2000	2.08	1.48
2001	2.18	1.31
2002	2.01	1.18
2003	1.91	1.19
2004	1.99	1.16
2005	2.01	1.09
2006	2.1	1.13
2007	2.21	1.26
2008	2.38	1.19
2009	2.4	1.15
2010	2.38	1.23
2011	2.22	1.24
2012	2.29	1.3
2013	2.31	1.19
2014	2.49	1.21
2015	2.5	1.24
2016	2.58	1.17
2017	2.42	1.05
2018	2.49	0.98
2019	2.4	0.92
2020	2.38	0.84
2021	2.12	0.81
2022	2.11	0.78
2023	2.11	0.72
2024	2.1	0.73
2025	2.09	0.75
2026	2.08	0.76
2027	2.08	0.78
2028	2.07	0.79
2029	2.06	0.8
2030	2.06	0.82
2031	2.05	0.83
2032	2.05	0.84
2033	2.04	0.85
2034	2.03	0.86
2035	2.03	0.88
2036	2.02	0.89
2037	2.02	0.9
2038	2.01	0.91
2039	2.01	0.92
2040	2	0.93
2041	1.99	0.95
2042	1.99	0.96
2043	1.99	0.96
2044	1.98	0.97
2045	1.98	0.98
2046	1.97	0.99
2047	1.97	1
2048	1.97	1.01
2049	1.96	1.02
2050	1.96	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Monaco	South Korea
1960	14.5%	41.3%
1961	13.7%	41.8%
1962	13.4%	42.3%
1963	13.8%	42.7%
1964	14.3%	43.1%
1965	14.5%	43.3%
1966	14.4%	43.5%
1967	14%	43.3%
1968	13.8%	43.1%
1969	14.3%	42.7%
1970	14.5%	42.1%
1971	14.5%	41.5%
1972	14.5%	41%
1973	14.1%	40.3%
1974	13.6%	39.5%
1975	13.5%	38.5%
1976	14%	37.5%
1977	14.2%	36.5%
1978	14.3%	35.6%
1979	14%	34.8%
1980	13.6%	34%
1981	12.9%	33.3%
1982	12.6%	32.7%
1983	12.9%	32%
1984	13.3%	31.2%
1985	13.5%	30.2%
1986	13.7%	29.2%
1987	13.7%	28.2%
1988	13.6%	27.3%
1989	13.2%	26.5%
1990	12.8%	25.8%
1991	12.9%	25.2%
1992	13.1%	24.7%
1993	13.4%	24.2%
1994	13.5%	23.7%
1995	13.7%	23.1%
1996	13.8%	22.5%
1997	13.8%	22%
1998	13.8%	21.6%
1999	13.6%	21.2%
2000	13.4%	21%
2001	13.6%	20.8%
2002	13.8%	20.5%
2003	14%	20.1%
2004	14.1%	19.7%
2005	14%	19.2%
2006	13.8%	18.7%
2007	13.5%	18.1%
2008	13.3%	17.5%
2009	13.2%	16.9%
2010	13.2%	16.4%
2011	13.1%	15.8%
2012	13%	15.2%
2013	12.8%	14.7%
2014	12.5%	14.2%
2015	12.3%	13.8%
2016	12.2%	13.4%
2017	12.3%	13%
2018	12.3%	12.7%
2019	12.5%	12.4%
2020	12.8%	12.1%
2021	12.8%	11.8%
2022	12.9%	11.4%
2023	13.2%	11%
2024	13.5%	10.6%
2025	13.8%	10.2%
2026	14.1%	9.82%
2027	14.3%	9.42%
2028	14.6%	9.06%
2029	14.8%	8.75%
2030	15.1%	8.43%
2031	15.2%	8.15%
2032	15.3%	7.94%
2033	15.4%	7.79%
2034	15.5%	7.7%
2035	15.6%	7.66%
2036	15.7%	7.65%
2037	15.8%	7.66%
2038	15.9%	7.68%
2039	15.9%	7.71%
2040	16%	7.73%
2041	16%	7.75%
2042	16.1%	7.76%
2043	16.1%	7.77%
2044	16.2%	7.78%
2045	16.2%	7.79%
2046	16.3%	7.8%
2047	16.4%	7.81%
2048	16.5%	7.82%
2049	16.6%	7.82%
2050	16.7%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13.5% of the population in Monaco and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 12.8% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Monaco and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Monaco vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -1.15% in Monaco 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
	Monaco	South Korea
1960	20	728,010
1961	13	730,173
1962	5	712,590
1963	-4	685,824
1964	-9	655,501
1965	-12	641,090
1966	-15	623,534
1967	-22	692,169
1968	-25	684,487
1969	-29	694,227
1970	-30	747,987
1971	-35	789,185
1972	-41	740,469
1973	-48	699,115
1974	-55	673,030
1975	-60	603,300
1976	-57	530,558
1977	-51	578,947
1978	-45	499,084
1979	-47	623,068
1980	-53	583,294
1981	-60	631,189
1982	-59	605,626
1983	-49	514,844
1984	-30	436,384
1985	-5	416,219
1986	16	395,651
1987	30	378,758
1988	19	399,297
1989	-2	403,266
1990	-26	411,546
1991	-35	467,594
1992	-33	494,352
1993	-29	477,302
1994	-22	473,200
1995	-14	468,967
1996	-6	446,142
1997	6	422,773
1998	18	393,436
1999	25	368,272
2000	36	390,167
2001	52	312,643
2002	26	247,752
2003	14	244,251
2004	31	225,988
2005	26	187,920
2006	25	203,441
2007	24	248,286
2008	40	215,841
2009	23	197,231
2010	-18	213,083
2011	-91	214,728
2012	-144	215,859
2013	-216	166,415
2014	-266	167,464
2015	-327	163,248
2016	-376	122,923
2017	-417	71,907
2018	-423	30,951
2019	-473	10,353
2020	-445	-31,101
2021	-605	-56,947
2022	-576	-124,014
2023	-449	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Monaco vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 5 deaths per 100,000 live births in Monaco, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.27% in Monaco 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
	Monaco	South Korea
1960	-	11.2%
1961	-	10.6%
1962	-	10.1%
1963	-	9.67%
1964	-	9.18%
1965	-	8.68%
1966	-	8.16%
1967	-	7.62%
1968	-	7.1%
1969	-	6.59%
1970	-	6.12%
1971	-	5.71%
1972	-	5.36%
1973	-	5.07%
1974	-	4.82%
1975	-	4.61%
1976	-	4.42%
1977	-	4.23%
1978	-	4.04%
1979	-	3.84%
1980	-	3.63%
1981	-	3.4%
1982	-	3.17%
1983	-	2.93%
1984	-	2.7%
1985	0.97%	2.46%
1986	0.93%	2.25%
1987	0.89%	2.05%
1988	0.85%	1.87%
1989	0.81%	1.71%
1990	0.77%	1.57%
1991	0.74%	1.44%
1992	0.71%	1.33%
1993	0.68%	1.23%
1994	0.65%	1.14%
1995	0.62%	1.05%
1996	0.6%	0.98%
1997	0.58%	0.91%
1998	0.55%	0.85%
1999	0.53%	0.8%
2000	0.52%	0.75%
2001	0.5%	0.71%
2002	0.48%	0.68%
2003	0.47%	0.64%
2004	0.46%	0.6%
2005	0.45%	0.56%
2006	0.44%	0.52%
2007	0.43%	0.48%
2008	0.42%	0.45%
2009	0.41%	0.43%
2010	0.4%	0.41%
2011	0.39%	0.4%
2012	0.38%	0.38%
2013	0.37%	0.37%
2014	0.36%	0.36%
2015	0.35%	0.35%
2016	0.34%	0.34%
2017	0.33%	0.33%
2018	0.32%	0.32%
2019	0.31%	0.31%
2020	0.3%	0.3%
2021	0.29%	0.29%
2022	0.28%	0.28%
2023	0.27%	0.28%