Fertility & birth rates in Nigeria and South Korea

Fertility rate in Nigeria vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Nigeria was 4.48 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 Nigeria 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
	Nigeria	South Korea
1960	6.36	5.99
1961	6.35	5.8
1962	6.36	5.56
1963	6.35	5.33
1964	6.36	5.07
1965	6.37	4.89
1966	6.39	4.78
1967	6.4	4.62
1968	6.42	4.51
1969	6.44	4.45
1970	6.47	4.53
1971	6.53	4.54
1972	6.58	4.12
1973	6.63	4.07
1974	6.7	3.77
1975	6.77	3.43
1976	6.81	3
1977	6.86	2.99
1978	6.92	2.64
1979	6.89	2.9
1980	6.85	2.82
1981	6.82	2.57
1982	6.8	2.39
1983	6.78	2.06
1984	6.7	1.74
1985	6.62	1.66
1986	6.56	1.58
1987	6.5	1.53
1988	6.5	1.55
1989	6.49	1.56
1990	6.46	1.57
1991	6.43	1.71
1992	6.39	1.76
1993	6.35	1.65
1994	6.32	1.66
1995	6.27	1.63
1996	6.22	1.57
1997	6.14	1.54
1998	6.07	1.46
1999	6.08	1.43
2000	6.12	1.48
2001	6.13	1.31
2002	6.12	1.18
2003	6.1	1.19
2004	6.09	1.16
2005	6.06	1.09
2006	6.05	1.13
2007	6.03	1.26
2008	6.02	1.19
2009	5.99	1.15
2010	5.95	1.23
2011	5.89	1.24
2012	5.8	1.3
2013	5.69	1.19
2014	5.62	1.21
2015	5.5	1.24
2016	5.34	1.17
2017	5.18	1.05
2018	5.02	0.98
2019	4.86	0.92
2020	4.7	0.84
2021	4.64	0.81
2022	4.55	0.78
2023	4.48	0.72
2024	4.38	0.73
2025	4.3	0.75
2026	4.2	0.76
2027	4.1	0.78
2028	4.01	0.79
2029	3.92	0.8
2030	3.82	0.82
2031	3.73	0.83
2032	3.65	0.84
2033	3.56	0.85
2034	3.48	0.86
2035	3.41	0.88
2036	3.34	0.89
2037	3.27	0.9
2038	3.21	0.91
2039	3.16	0.92
2040	3.1	0.93
2041	3.04	0.95
2042	2.99	0.96
2043	2.94	0.96
2044	2.89	0.97
2045	2.85	0.98
2046	2.8	0.99
2047	2.76	1
2048	2.73	1.01
2049	2.69	1.02
2050	2.66	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Nigeria	South Korea
1960	41.1%	41.3%
1961	41.1%	41.8%
1962	41.1%	42.3%
1963	41.2%	42.7%
1964	41.4%	43.1%
1965	41.5%	43.3%
1966	41.7%	43.5%
1967	41.8%	43.3%
1968	42%	43.1%
1969	42.2%	42.7%
1970	42.4%	42.1%
1971	42.5%	41.5%
1972	42.8%	41%
1973	43%	40.3%
1974	43.2%	39.5%
1975	43.4%	38.5%
1976	43.7%	37.5%
1977	43.9%	36.5%
1978	44.2%	35.6%
1979	44.4%	34.8%
1980	44.6%	34%
1981	44.8%	33.3%
1982	45%	32.7%
1983	45.2%	32%
1984	45.4%	31.2%
1985	45.5%	30.2%
1986	45.6%	29.2%
1987	45.6%	28.2%
1988	45.5%	27.3%
1989	45.5%	26.5%
1990	45.3%	25.8%
1991	45.2%	25.2%
1992	45%	24.7%
1993	44.8%	24.2%
1994	44.6%	23.7%
1995	44.4%	23.1%
1996	44.2%	22.5%
1997	44.1%	22%
1998	43.9%	21.6%
1999	43.8%	21.2%
2000	43.7%	21%
2001	43.7%	20.8%
2002	43.8%	20.5%
2003	43.8%	20.1%
2004	43.9%	19.7%
2005	44%	19.2%
2006	44.1%	18.7%
2007	44.2%	18.1%
2008	44.3%	17.5%
2009	44.4%	16.9%
2010	44.4%	16.4%
2011	44.5%	15.8%
2012	44.5%	15.2%
2013	44.5%	14.7%
2014	44.4%	14.2%
2015	44.3%	13.8%
2016	44.1%	13.4%
2017	43.9%	13%
2018	43.6%	12.7%
2019	43.2%	12.4%
2020	42.8%	12.1%
2021	42.4%	11.8%
2022	42%	11.4%
2023	41.5%	11%
2024	41%	10.6%
2025	40.5%	10.2%
2026	40%	9.82%
2027	39.5%	9.42%
2028	39%	9.06%
2029	38.5%	8.75%
2030	38%	8.43%
2031	37.6%	8.15%
2032	37.2%	7.94%
2033	36.8%	7.79%
2034	36.5%	7.7%
2035	36.2%	7.66%
2036	35.9%	7.65%
2037	35.5%	7.66%
2038	35.2%	7.68%
2039	34.9%	7.71%
2040	34.5%	7.73%
2041	34.2%	7.75%
2042	33.8%	7.76%
2043	33.5%	7.77%
2044	33.1%	7.78%
2045	32.8%	7.79%
2046	32.4%	7.8%
2047	32%	7.81%
2048	31.6%	7.82%
2049	31.3%	7.82%
2050	30.9%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41% of the population in Nigeria and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 45.3% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Nigeria and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Nigeria vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.29% in Nigeria 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
	Nigeria	South Korea
1960	901,301	728,010
1961	932,111	730,173
1962	966,452	712,590
1963	995,116	685,824
1964	1,028,272	655,501
1965	1,061,840	641,090
1966	1,095,582	623,534
1967	1,082,884	692,169
1968	1,168,254	684,487
1969	1,213,484	694,227
1970	1,295,507	747,987
1971	1,373,896	789,185
1972	1,448,928	740,469
1973	1,525,485	699,115
1974	1,624,813	673,030
1975	1,718,623	603,300
1976	1,827,289	530,558
1977	1,923,917	578,947
1978	2,019,621	499,084
1979	2,074,807	623,068
1980	2,121,618	583,294
1981	2,179,884	631,189
1982	2,233,401	605,626
1983	2,292,089	514,844
1984	2,278,060	436,384
1985	2,289,784	416,219
1986	2,295,003	395,651
1987	2,322,397	378,758
1988	2,376,419	399,297
1989	2,452,324	403,266
1990	2,491,928	411,546
1991	2,527,807	467,594
1992	2,596,173	494,352
1993	2,673,675	477,302
1994	2,735,198	473,200
1995	2,830,771	468,967
1996	2,882,205	446,142
1997	2,936,500	422,773
1998	3,003,946	393,436
1999	3,155,425	368,272
2000	3,343,196	390,167
2001	3,478,370	312,643
2002	3,606,814	247,752
2003	3,751,120	244,251
2004	3,877,376	225,988
2005	4,013,788	187,920
2006	4,135,703	203,441
2007	4,265,428	248,286
2008	4,412,976	215,841
2009	4,528,149	197,231
2010	4,629,173	213,083
2011	4,728,363	214,728
2012	4,774,508	215,859
2013	4,811,751	166,415
2014	4,862,319	167,464
2015	4,823,045	163,248
2016	4,761,594	122,923
2017	4,706,183	71,907
2018	4,659,898	30,951
2019	4,609,941	10,353
2020	4,525,164	-31,101
2021	4,641,562	-56,947
2022	4,739,502	-124,014
2023	4,834,309	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Nigeria vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 993 deaths per 100,000 live births in Nigeria, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Nigeria	South Korea
1985	1,344	38
1986	1,363	35
1987	1,351	34
1988	1,332	31
1989	1,304	29
1990	1,285	28
1991	1,282	28
1992	1,246	26
1993	1,200	24
1994	1,193	23
1995	1,186	22
1996	1,185	20
1997	1,184	19
1998	1,189	18
1999	1,165	17
2000	1,136	15
2001	1,130	14
2002	1,117	13
2003	1,090	13
2004	1,075	12
2005	1,060	11
2006	1,067	10
2007	1,063	10
2008	1,081	9
2009	1,088	9
2010	1,094	8
2011	1,108	8
2012	1,124	8
2013	1,146	7
2014	1,155	7
2015	1,168	6
2016	1,155	6
2017	1,142	6
2018	1,118	5
2019	1,091	5
2020	1,065	12
2021	1,046	5
2022	1,016	7
2023	993	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 10.5% in Nigeria 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
	Nigeria	South Korea
1960	-	11.2%
1961	-	10.6%
1962	-	10.1%
1963	-	9.67%
1964	32.7%	9.18%
1965	32%	8.68%
1966	31.3%	8.16%
1967	30.7%	7.62%
1968	30%	7.1%
1969	29.3%	6.59%
1970	28.5%	6.12%
1971	27.7%	5.71%
1972	26.9%	5.36%
1973	26.1%	5.07%
1974	25.2%	4.82%
1975	24.4%	4.61%
1976	23.6%	4.42%
1977	22.9%	4.23%
1978	22.3%	4.04%
1979	21.8%	3.84%
1980	21.3%	3.63%
1981	21%	3.4%
1982	20.8%	3.17%
1983	20.7%	2.93%
1984	20.7%	2.7%
1985	20.8%	2.46%
1986	20.9%	2.25%
1987	20.9%	2.05%
1988	21%	1.87%
1989	21%	1.71%
1990	21%	1.57%
1991	20.9%	1.44%
1992	20.8%	1.33%
1993	20.7%	1.23%
1994	20.6%	1.14%
1995	20.4%	1.05%
1996	20.1%	0.98%
1997	19.7%	0.91%
1998	19.3%	0.85%
1999	18.8%	0.8%
2000	18.2%	0.75%
2001	17.7%	0.71%
2002	17.1%	0.68%
2003	16.5%	0.64%
2004	16%	0.6%
2005	15.5%	0.56%
2006	15%	0.52%
2007	14.5%	0.48%
2008	14.1%	0.45%
2009	13.8%	0.43%
2010	13.5%	0.41%
2011	13.3%	0.4%
2012	13.1%	0.38%
2013	12.9%	0.37%
2014	12.8%	0.36%
2015	12.6%	0.35%
2016	12.5%	0.34%
2017	12.3%	0.33%
2018	12%	0.32%
2019	11.8%	0.31%
2020	11.4%	0.3%
2021	11.1%	0.29%
2022	10.8%	0.28%
2023	10.5%	0.28%