Fertility & birth rates in Pakistan and South Korea

Fertility rate in Pakistan vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Pakistan was 3.61 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 Pakistan 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
	Pakistan	South Korea
1960	6.8	5.99
1961	6.8	5.8
1962	6.8	5.56
1963	6.8	5.33
1964	6.8	5.07
1965	6.8	4.89
1966	6.8	4.78
1967	6.8	4.62
1968	6.8	4.51
1969	6.8	4.45
1970	6.8	4.53
1971	6.8	4.54
1972	6.81	4.12
1973	6.81	4.07
1974	6.81	3.77
1975	6.81	3.43
1976	6.81	3
1977	6.8	2.99
1978	6.78	2.64
1979	6.76	2.9
1980	6.73	2.82
1981	6.7	2.57
1982	6.67	2.39
1983	6.64	2.06
1984	6.62	1.74
1985	6.59	1.66
1986	6.55	1.58
1987	6.52	1.53
1988	6.48	1.55
1989	6.43	1.56
1990	6.36	1.57
1991	6.29	1.71
1992	6.21	1.76
1993	6.11	1.65
1994	6.01	1.66
1995	5.89	1.63
1996	5.77	1.57
1997	5.64	1.54
1998	5.51	1.46
1999	5.46	1.43
2000	5.35	1.48
2001	5.18	1.31
2002	5.01	1.18
2003	4.89	1.19
2004	4.68	1.16
2005	4.6	1.09
2006	4.59	1.13
2007	4.55	1.26
2008	4.51	1.19
2009	4.47	1.15
2010	4.4	1.23
2011	4.31	1.24
2012	4.2	1.3
2013	4.13	1.19
2014	4.06	1.21
2015	3.99	1.24
2016	3.9	1.17
2017	3.9	1.05
2018	3.86	0.98
2019	3.81	0.92
2020	3.77	0.84
2021	3.72	0.81
2022	3.66	0.78
2023	3.61	0.72
2024	3.55	0.73
2025	3.5	0.75
2026	3.44	0.76
2027	3.39	0.78
2028	3.34	0.79
2029	3.3	0.8
2030	3.25	0.82
2031	3.21	0.83
2032	3.16	0.84
2033	3.12	0.85
2034	3.08	0.86
2035	3.04	0.88
2036	3.01	0.89
2037	2.97	0.9
2038	2.94	0.91
2039	2.9	0.92
2040	2.87	0.93
2041	2.83	0.95
2042	2.8	0.96
2043	2.77	0.96
2044	2.74	0.97
2045	2.71	0.98
2046	2.69	0.99
2047	2.66	1
2048	2.63	1.01
2049	2.61	1.02
2050	2.58	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Pakistan	South Korea
1960	41.3%	41.3%
1961	41.4%	41.8%
1962	41.6%	42.3%
1963	41.8%	42.7%
1964	42.2%	43.1%
1965	42.7%	43.3%
1966	43%	43.5%
1967	43.3%	43.3%
1968	43.5%	43.1%
1969	43.7%	42.7%
1970	43.9%	42.1%
1971	44%	41.5%
1972	44.1%	41%
1973	44.1%	40.3%
1974	44.1%	39.5%
1975	44.1%	38.5%
1976	44%	37.5%
1977	43.9%	36.5%
1978	43.8%	35.6%
1979	43.7%	34.8%
1980	43.3%	34%
1981	43.1%	33.3%
1982	43%	32.7%
1983	43.1%	32%
1984	43.3%	31.2%
1985	43.5%	30.2%
1986	43.6%	29.2%
1987	43.7%	28.2%
1988	43.8%	27.3%
1989	44%	26.5%
1990	44.1%	25.8%
1991	44.1%	25.2%
1992	44.3%	24.7%
1993	44.5%	24.2%
1994	44.5%	23.7%
1995	44.5%	23.1%
1996	44.3%	22.5%
1997	44.1%	22%
1998	43.9%	21.6%
1999	43.6%	21.2%
2000	43.3%	21%
2001	42.9%	20.8%
2002	42.6%	20.5%
2003	42.3%	20.1%
2004	41.8%	19.7%
2005	41.3%	19.2%
2006	40.9%	18.7%
2007	40.4%	18.1%
2008	40%	17.5%
2009	39.6%	16.9%
2010	39.3%	16.4%
2011	39.1%	15.8%
2012	39%	15.2%
2013	38.9%	14.7%
2014	38.9%	14.2%
2015	38.8%	13.8%
2016	38.6%	13.4%
2017	38.5%	13%
2018	38.3%	12.7%
2019	38.1%	12.4%
2020	37.9%	12.1%
2021	37.6%	11.8%
2022	37.3%	11.4%
2023	37%	11%
2024	36.7%	10.6%
2025	36.2%	10.2%
2026	35.8%	9.82%
2027	35.3%	9.42%
2028	34.9%	9.06%
2029	34.5%	8.75%
2030	34.2%	8.43%
2031	33.8%	8.15%
2032	33.5%	7.94%
2033	33.3%	7.79%
2034	33%	7.7%
2035	32.7%	7.66%
2036	32.5%	7.65%
2037	32.2%	7.66%
2038	32%	7.68%
2039	31.7%	7.71%
2040	31.5%	7.73%
2041	31.3%	7.75%
2042	31%	7.76%
2043	30.8%	7.77%
2044	30.5%	7.78%
2045	30.3%	7.79%
2046	30%	7.8%
2047	29.7%	7.81%
2048	29.5%	7.82%
2049	29.2%	7.82%
2050	28.9%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.7% of the population in Pakistan and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 44.1% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Pakistan and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Pakistan vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.23% in Pakistan 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
	Pakistan	South Korea
1960	1,217,147	728,010
1961	1,273,772	730,173
1962	1,328,675	712,590
1963	1,384,934	685,824
1964	1,447,394	655,501
1965	1,496,050	641,090
1966	1,566,343	623,534
1967	1,626,737	692,169
1968	1,683,296	684,487
1969	1,733,601	694,227
1970	1,793,570	747,987
1971	1,695,374	789,185
1972	1,912,774	740,469
1973	1,971,909	699,115
1974	2,028,061	673,030
1975	2,099,811	603,300
1976	2,171,812	530,558
1977	2,257,849	578,947
1978	2,356,601	499,084
1979	2,461,311	623,068
1980	2,598,421	583,294
1981	2,790,454	631,189
1982	2,934,689	605,626
1983	3,052,738	514,844
1984	3,145,772	436,384
1985	3,233,315	416,219
1986	3,341,643	395,651
1987	3,448,813	378,758
1988	3,554,755	399,297
1989	3,648,132	403,266
1990	3,731,730	411,546
1991	3,822,363	467,594
1992	3,888,637	494,352
1993	3,915,776	477,302
1994	3,956,699	473,200
1995	3,977,175	468,967
1996	4,021,758	446,142
1997	4,043,912	422,773
1998	4,104,824	393,436
1999	4,228,026	368,272
2000	4,281,169	390,167
2001	4,304,297	312,643
2002	4,307,607	247,752
2003	4,340,688	244,251
2004	4,294,654	225,988
2005	4,294,393	187,920
2006	4,538,426	203,441
2007	4,690,187	248,286
2008	4,885,855	215,841
2009	5,028,132	197,231
2010	5,147,142	213,083
2011	5,189,412	214,728
2012	5,191,263	215,859
2013	5,176,590	166,415
2014	5,148,994	167,464
2015	5,113,507	163,248
2016	5,044,922	122,923
2017	5,090,200	71,907
2018	5,103,858	30,951
2019	5,127,011	10,353
2020	5,011,177	-31,101
2021	5,065,913	-56,947
2022	5,268,077	-124,014
2023	5,281,745	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Pakistan vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in Pakistan, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Pakistan	South Korea
1985	432	38
1986	436	35
1987	442	34
1988	441	31
1989	439	29
1990	434	28
1991	443	28
1992	459	26
1993	473	24
1994	479	23
1995	485	22
1996	482	20
1997	476	19
1998	456	18
1999	438	17
2000	419	15
2001	400	14
2002	380	13
2003	358	13
2004	333	12
2005	316	11
2006	284	10
2007	265	10
2008	254	9
2009	246	9
2010	240	8
2011	234	8
2012	227	8
2013	220	7
2014	211	7
2015	202	6
2016	193	6
2017	184	6
2018	178	5
2019	173	5
2020	178	12
2021	193	5
2022	160	7
2023	155	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.85% in Pakistan 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
	Pakistan	South Korea
1960	25%	11.2%
1961	24.1%	10.6%
1962	23.3%	10.1%
1963	22.5%	9.67%
1964	21.8%	9.18%
1965	21.2%	8.68%
1966	20.6%	8.16%
1967	20.2%	7.62%
1968	19.7%	7.1%
1969	19.4%	6.59%
1970	19%	6.12%
1971	18.7%	5.71%
1972	18.4%	5.36%
1973	18.1%	5.07%
1974	17.8%	4.82%
1975	17.6%	4.61%
1976	17.4%	4.42%
1977	17.1%	4.23%
1978	16.9%	4.04%
1979	16.7%	3.84%
1980	16.5%	3.63%
1981	16.3%	3.4%
1982	16.1%	3.17%
1983	15.8%	2.93%
1984	15.6%	2.7%
1985	15.3%	2.46%
1986	15%	2.25%
1987	14.8%	2.05%
1988	14.5%	1.87%
1989	14.2%	1.71%
1990	14%	1.57%
1991	13.7%	1.44%
1992	13.4%	1.33%
1993	13.1%	1.23%
1994	12.8%	1.14%
1995	12.5%	1.05%
1996	12.1%	0.98%
1997	11.8%	0.91%
1998	11.5%	0.85%
1999	11.1%	0.8%
2000	10.8%	0.75%
2001	10.5%	0.71%
2002	10.3%	0.68%
2003	10.1%	0.64%
2004	9.85%	0.6%
2005	9.65%	0.56%
2006	9.47%	0.52%
2007	9.29%	0.48%
2008	9.1%	0.45%
2009	8.91%	0.43%
2010	8.71%	0.41%
2011	8.49%	0.4%
2012	8.27%	0.38%
2013	8.04%	0.37%
2014	7.8%	0.36%
2015	7.56%	0.35%
2016	7.33%	0.34%
2017	7.1%	0.33%
2018	6.88%	0.32%
2019	6.67%	0.31%
2020	6.46%	0.3%
2021	6.25%	0.29%
2022	6.05%	0.28%
2023	5.85%	0.28%