Fertility & birth rates in Montenegro and South Korea

Fertility rate in Montenegro vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Montenegro was 1.74 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 Montenegro 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
	Montenegro	South Korea
1960	3.53	5.99
1961	3.49	5.8
1962	3.44	5.56
1963	3.38	5.33
1964	3.28	5.07
1965	3.19	4.89
1966	3.09	4.78
1967	2.91	4.62
1968	2.8	4.51
1969	2.79	4.45
1970	2.69	4.53
1971	2.67	4.54
1972	2.61	4.12
1973	2.51	4.07
1974	2.43	3.77
1975	2.38	3.43
1976	2.35	3
1977	2.31	2.99
1978	2.25	2.64
1979	2.2	2.9
1980	2.22	2.82
1981	2.19	2.57
1982	2.19	2.39
1983	2.17	2.06
1984	2.14	1.74
1985	2.13	1.66
1986	2.09	1.58
1987	2.07	1.53
1988	2.01	1.55
1989	1.94	1.56
1990	1.95	1.57
1991	2.02	1.71
1992	2.01	1.76
1993	1.96	1.65
1994	1.94	1.66
1995	1.96	1.63
1996	1.92	1.57
1997	1.89	1.54
1998	1.89	1.46
1999	1.88	1.43
2000	1.9	1.48
2001	1.86	1.31
2002	1.81	1.18
2003	1.8	1.19
2004	1.73	1.16
2005	1.69	1.09
2006	1.73	1.13
2007	1.8	1.26
2008	1.89	1.19
2009	1.98	1.15
2010	1.7	1.23
2011	1.65	1.24
2012	1.72	1.3
2013	1.73	1.19
2014	1.75	1.21
2015	1.7	1.24
2016	1.8	1.17
2017	1.8	1.05
2018	1.8	0.98
2019	1.8	0.92
2020	1.75	0.84
2021	1.75	0.81
2022	1.8	0.78
2023	1.74	0.72
2024	1.74	0.73
2025	1.73	0.75
2026	1.73	0.76
2027	1.73	0.78
2028	1.73	0.79
2029	1.72	0.8
2030	1.72	0.82
2031	1.72	0.83
2032	1.71	0.84
2033	1.71	0.85
2034	1.71	0.86
2035	1.7	0.88
2036	1.7	0.89
2037	1.7	0.9
2038	1.69	0.91
2039	1.69	0.92
2040	1.69	0.93
2041	1.69	0.95
2042	1.68	0.96
2043	1.68	0.96
2044	1.68	0.97
2045	1.68	0.98
2046	1.68	0.99
2047	1.67	1
2048	1.67	1.01
2049	1.67	1.02
2050	1.67	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Montenegro	South Korea
1960	36.1%	41.3%
1961	36.3%	41.8%
1962	36.4%	42.3%
1963	36.2%	42.7%
1964	35.9%	43.1%
1965	35.5%	43.3%
1966	35.1%	43.5%
1967	34.5%	43.3%
1968	33.9%	43.1%
1969	33.3%	42.7%
1970	32.6%	42.1%
1971	32%	41.5%
1972	31.4%	41%
1973	30.9%	40.3%
1974	30.4%	39.5%
1975	29.9%	38.5%
1976	29.5%	37.5%
1977	29%	36.5%
1978	28.5%	35.6%
1979	28.1%	34.8%
1980	27.8%	34%
1981	27.5%	33.3%
1982	27.1%	32.7%
1983	26.9%	32%
1984	26.6%	31.2%
1985	26.4%	30.2%
1986	26.2%	29.2%
1987	26%	28.2%
1988	25.9%	27.3%
1989	25.7%	26.5%
1990	25.6%	25.8%
1991	25.4%	25.2%
1992	25.1%	24.7%
1993	24.7%	24.2%
1994	24.4%	23.7%
1995	24%	23.1%
1996	23.6%	22.5%
1997	23.2%	22%
1998	22.8%	21.6%
1999	22.4%	21.2%
2000	21.9%	21%
2001	21.5%	20.8%
2002	21.2%	20.5%
2003	20.9%	20.1%
2004	20.6%	19.7%
2005	20.4%	19.2%
2006	20.1%	18.7%
2007	19.9%	18.1%
2008	19.6%	17.5%
2009	19.4%	16.9%
2010	19.2%	16.4%
2011	19%	15.8%
2012	18.8%	15.2%
2013	18.7%	14.7%
2014	18.6%	14.2%
2015	18.6%	13.8%
2016	18.6%	13.4%
2017	18.5%	13%
2018	18.4%	12.7%
2019	18.4%	12.4%
2020	18.4%	12.1%
2021	18.5%	11.8%
2022	18.5%	11.4%
2023	18.3%	11%
2024	18.1%	10.6%
2025	17.9%	10.2%
2026	17.7%	9.82%
2027	17.5%	9.42%
2028	17.2%	9.06%
2029	17%	8.75%
2030	16.8%	8.43%
2031	16.6%	8.15%
2032	16.3%	7.94%
2033	16.2%	7.79%
2034	16%	7.7%
2035	15.8%	7.66%
2036	15.7%	7.65%
2037	15.5%	7.66%
2038	15.4%	7.68%
2039	15.3%	7.71%
2040	15.2%	7.73%
2041	15.1%	7.75%
2042	15.1%	7.76%
2043	15%	7.77%
2044	15%	7.78%
2045	15%	7.79%
2046	14.9%	7.8%
2047	14.9%	7.81%
2048	14.9%	7.82%
2049	14.9%	7.82%
2050	14.8%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.1% of the population in Montenegro and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 25.6% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Montenegro and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Montenegro vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.07% in Montenegro 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
	Montenegro	South Korea
1960	9,144	728,010
1961	9,278	730,173
1962	9,402	712,590
1963	9,449	685,824
1964	9,227	655,501
1965	9,010	641,090
1966	8,661	623,534
1967	7,961	692,169
1968	7,497	684,487
1969	7,449	694,227
1970	7,069	747,987
1971	7,168	789,185
1972	7,252	740,469
1973	7,096	699,115
1974	6,919	673,030
1975	6,878	603,300
1976	6,845	530,558
1977	6,650	578,947
1978	6,408	499,084
1979	6,139	623,068
1980	6,383	583,294
1981	6,275	631,189
1982	6,419	605,626
1983	6,482	514,844
1984	6,337	436,384
1985	6,283	416,219
1986	6,097	395,651
1987	5,958	378,758
1988	5,529	399,297
1989	5,129	403,266
1990	5,010	411,546
1991	5,191	467,594
1992	5,015	494,352
1993	4,638	477,302
1994	4,381	473,200
1995	4,527	468,967
1996	4,155	446,142
1997	3,597	422,773
1998	3,889	393,436
1999	3,454	368,272
2000	3,751	390,167
2001	3,462	312,643
2002	2,988	247,752
2003	2,632	244,251
2004	2,146	225,988
2005	1,536	187,920
2006	1,599	203,441
2007	1,848	248,286
2008	2,530	215,841
2009	2,783	197,231
2010	1,797	213,083
2011	1,365	214,728
2012	1,554	215,859
2013	1,557	166,415
2014	1,560	167,464
2015	1,062	163,248
2016	1,125	122,923
2017	939	71,907
2018	752	30,951
2019	627	10,353
2020	-188	-31,101
2021	-2,062	-56,947
2022	0	-124,014
2023	686	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Montenegro vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 6 deaths per 100,000 live births in Montenegro, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.26% in Montenegro 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
	Montenegro	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	2.72%	2.7%
1985	2.48%	2.46%
1986	2.25%	2.25%
1987	2.05%	2.05%
1988	1.89%	1.87%
1989	1.75%	1.71%
1990	1.65%	1.57%
1991	1.58%	1.44%
1992	1.54%	1.33%
1993	1.52%	1.23%
1994	1.51%	1.14%
1995	1.51%	1.05%
1996	1.51%	0.98%
1997	1.51%	0.91%
1998	1.49%	0.85%
1999	1.46%	0.8%
2000	1.42%	0.75%
2001	1.37%	0.71%
2002	1.3%	0.68%
2003	1.22%	0.64%
2004	1.14%	0.6%
2005	1.06%	0.56%
2006	0.97%	0.52%
2007	0.89%	0.48%
2008	0.8%	0.45%
2009	0.73%	0.43%
2010	0.66%	0.41%
2011	0.59%	0.4%
2012	0.54%	0.38%
2013	0.49%	0.37%
2014	0.45%	0.36%
2015	0.41%	0.35%
2016	0.38%	0.34%
2017	0.36%	0.33%
2018	0.33%	0.32%
2019	0.32%	0.31%
2020	0.3%	0.3%
2021	0.28%	0.29%
2022	0.27%	0.28%
2023	0.26%	0.28%