Fertility & birth rates in Namibia and South Korea

Fertility rate in Namibia vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Namibia was 3.21 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 Namibia 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
	Namibia	South Korea
1960	6.24	5.99
1961	6.29	5.8
1962	6.35	5.56
1963	6.41	5.33
1964	6.43	5.07
1965	6.45	4.89
1966	6.47	4.78
1967	6.49	4.62
1968	6.5	4.51
1969	6.51	4.45
1970	6.52	4.53
1971	6.52	4.54
1972	6.53	4.12
1973	6.54	4.07
1974	6.55	3.77
1975	6.53	3.43
1976	6.49	3
1977	6.44	2.99
1978	6.38	2.64
1979	6.31	2.9
1980	6.24	2.82
1981	6.16	2.57
1982	6.08	2.39
1983	6	2.06
1984	5.94	1.74
1985	5.88	1.66
1986	5.79	1.58
1987	5.7	1.53
1988	5.61	1.55
1989	5.52	1.56
1990	5.4	1.57
1991	5.29	1.71
1992	5.11	1.76
1993	4.91	1.65
1994	4.68	1.66
1995	4.42	1.63
1996	4.2	1.57
1997	4.17	1.54
1998	4.18	1.46
1999	4.14	1.43
2000	3.99	1.48
2001	3.83	1.31
2002	3.69	1.18
2003	3.58	1.19
2004	3.55	1.16
2005	3.57	1.09
2006	3.6	1.13
2007	3.61	1.26
2008	3.62	1.19
2009	3.63	1.15
2010	3.66	1.23
2011	3.66	1.24
2012	3.68	1.3
2013	3.65	1.19
2014	3.64	1.21
2015	3.6	1.24
2016	3.57	1.17
2017	3.51	1.05
2018	3.46	0.98
2019	3.4	0.92
2020	3.35	0.84
2021	3.3	0.81
2022	3.25	0.78
2023	3.21	0.72
2024	3.21	0.73
2025	3.17	0.75
2026	3.13	0.76
2027	3.09	0.78
2028	3.06	0.79
2029	3.02	0.8
2030	2.98	0.82
2031	2.94	0.83
2032	2.91	0.84
2033	2.88	0.85
2034	2.84	0.86
2035	2.81	0.88
2036	2.78	0.89
2037	2.75	0.9
2038	2.72	0.91
2039	2.68	0.92
2040	2.66	0.93
2041	2.63	0.95
2042	2.6	0.96
2043	2.58	0.96
2044	2.56	0.97
2045	2.53	0.98
2046	2.51	0.99
2047	2.49	1
2048	2.47	1.01
2049	2.45	1.02
2050	2.43	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Namibia	South Korea
1960	42.2%	41.3%
1961	42.4%	41.8%
1962	42.6%	42.3%
1963	42.7%	42.7%
1964	42.9%	43.1%
1965	43%	43.3%
1966	43.2%	43.5%
1967	43.3%	43.3%
1968	43.5%	43.1%
1969	43.6%	42.7%
1970	43.8%	42.1%
1971	43.9%	41.5%
1972	44.1%	41%
1973	44.3%	40.3%
1974	44.6%	39.5%
1975	44.8%	38.5%
1976	45%	37.5%
1977	45.3%	36.5%
1978	45.9%	35.6%
1979	46.3%	34.8%
1980	46.6%	34%
1981	47.1%	33.3%
1982	47.2%	32.7%
1983	46.9%	32%
1984	46.6%	31.2%
1985	46.2%	30.2%
1986	45.8%	29.2%
1987	45.3%	28.2%
1988	44.8%	27.3%
1989	43.4%	26.5%
1990	42.3%	25.8%
1991	42.2%	25.2%
1992	42.2%	24.7%
1993	42.2%	24.2%
1994	42.2%	23.7%
1995	42.1%	23.1%
1996	42%	22.5%
1997	41.9%	22%
1998	41.8%	21.6%
1999	41.7%	21.2%
2000	41.5%	21%
2001	41.3%	20.8%
2002	41%	20.5%
2003	40.5%	20.1%
2004	40%	19.7%
2005	39.4%	19.2%
2006	38.7%	18.7%
2007	38.1%	18.1%
2008	37.5%	17.5%
2009	37.1%	16.9%
2010	36.8%	16.4%
2011	36.7%	15.8%
2012	36.6%	15.2%
2013	36.6%	14.7%
2014	36.5%	14.2%
2015	36.5%	13.8%
2016	36.5%	13.4%
2017	36.7%	13%
2018	36.8%	12.7%
2019	37%	12.4%
2020	37.1%	12.1%
2021	37.4%	11.8%
2022	37.5%	11.4%
2023	37.3%	11%
2024	37%	10.6%
2025	36.7%	10.2%
2026	36.3%	9.82%
2027	35.9%	9.42%
2028	35.5%	9.06%
2029	35.1%	8.75%
2030	34.6%	8.43%
2031	34%	8.15%
2032	33.5%	7.94%
2033	32.9%	7.79%
2034	32.4%	7.7%
2035	31.8%	7.66%
2036	31.1%	7.65%
2037	30.6%	7.66%
2038	30.3%	7.68%
2039	30%	7.71%
2040	29.7%	7.73%
2041	29.5%	7.75%
2042	29.2%	7.76%
2043	29%	7.77%
2044	28.8%	7.78%
2045	28.5%	7.79%
2046	28.3%	7.8%
2047	28.1%	7.81%
2048	27.9%	7.82%
2049	27.7%	7.82%
2050	27.5%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37% of the population in Namibia and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 42.3% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Namibia and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Namibia vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.04% in Namibia 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
	Namibia	South Korea
1960	14,307	728,010
1961	14,936	730,173
1962	15,656	712,590
1963	16,430	685,824
1964	17,134	655,501
1965	17,902	641,090
1966	18,635	623,534
1967	19,498	692,169
1968	20,470	684,487
1969	21,387	694,227
1970	22,414	747,987
1971	23,467	789,185
1972	24,606	740,469
1973	25,754	699,115
1974	26,844	673,030
1975	27,882	603,300
1976	28,785	530,558
1977	29,241	578,947
1978	29,821	499,084
1979	28,930	623,068
1980	28,142	583,294
1981	27,938	631,189
1982	27,474	605,626
1983	28,307	514,844
1984	29,395	436,384
1985	30,575	416,219
1986	31,764	395,651
1987	33,340	378,758
1988	34,798	399,297
1989	37,715	403,266
1990	43,956	411,546
1991	44,523	467,594
1992	43,945	494,352
1993	42,861	477,302
1994	41,316	473,200
1995	39,119	468,967
1996	37,177	446,142
1997	37,256	422,773
1998	37,500	393,436
1999	37,233	368,272
2000	35,280	390,167
2001	32,942	312,643
2002	31,947	247,752
2003	31,115	244,251
2004	31,478	225,988
2005	32,909	187,920
2006	34,690	203,441
2007	36,430	248,286
2008	38,147	215,841
2009	39,942	197,231
2010	42,046	213,083
2011	43,557	214,728
2012	46,204	215,859
2013	47,801	166,415
2014	49,581	167,464
2015	50,846	163,248
2016	52,228	122,923
2017	52,975	71,907
2018	53,970	30,951
2019	54,769	10,353
2020	55,034	-31,101
2021	50,160	-56,947
2022	54,534	-124,014
2023	58,435	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Namibia vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 139 deaths per 100,000 live births in Namibia, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Namibia	South Korea
1985	354	38
1986	348	35
1987	336	34
1988	342	31
1989	306	29
1990	325	28
1991	337	28
1992	346	26
1993	354	24
1994	367	23
1995	369	22
1996	387	20
1997	383	19
1998	396	18
1999	371	17
2000	384	15
2001	376	14
2002	313	13
2003	290	13
2004	282	12
2005	344	11
2006	408	10
2007	489	10
2008	537	9
2009	547	9
2010	531	8
2011	498	8
2012	439	8
2013	402	7
2014	369	7
2015	307	6
2016	250	6
2017	213	6
2018	198	5
2019	175	5
2020	143	12
2021	254	5
2022	127	7
2023	139	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.07% in Namibia 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
	Namibia	South Korea
1960	-	11.2%
1961	-	10.6%
1962	-	10.1%
1963	-	9.67%
1964	-	9.18%
1965	-	8.68%
1966	-	8.16%
1967	9.66%	7.62%
1968	9.64%	7.1%
1969	9.65%	6.59%
1970	9.65%	6.12%
1971	9.67%	5.71%
1972	9.68%	5.36%
1973	9.73%	5.07%
1974	9.79%	4.82%
1975	9.89%	4.61%
1976	10%	4.42%
1977	10.2%	4.23%
1978	10.3%	4.04%
1979	10.3%	3.84%
1980	10.3%	3.63%
1981	10.2%	3.4%
1982	9.93%	3.17%
1983	9.61%	2.93%
1984	9.22%	2.7%
1985	8.81%	2.46%
1986	8.43%	2.25%
1987	8.09%	2.05%
1988	7.81%	1.87%
1989	7.57%	1.71%
1990	7.39%	1.57%
1991	7.24%	1.44%
1992	7.14%	1.33%
1993	7.1%	1.23%
1994	7.13%	1.14%
1995	7.24%	1.05%
1996	7.39%	0.98%
1997	7.56%	0.91%
1998	7.7%	0.85%
1999	7.79%	0.8%
2000	7.79%	0.75%
2001	7.71%	0.71%
2002	7.61%	0.68%
2003	7.51%	0.64%
2004	7.41%	0.6%
2005	7.05%	0.56%
2006	6.49%	0.52%
2007	6.06%	0.48%
2008	5.64%	0.45%
2009	5.29%	0.43%
2010	5.08%	0.41%
2011	5.16%	0.4%
2012	5.51%	0.38%
2013	5.4%	0.37%
2014	5.31%	0.36%
2015	5.5%	0.35%
2016	5.42%	0.34%
2017	5.19%	0.33%
2018	5.01%	0.32%
2019	4.78%	0.31%
2020	4.57%	0.3%
2021	4.38%	0.29%
2022	4.2%	0.28%
2023	4.07%	0.28%