Fertility & birth rates in Palestine and South Korea

Fertility rate in Palestine vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Palestine was 3.31 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 Palestine 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
	Palestine	South Korea
1960	-	5.99
1961	-	5.8
1962	-	5.56
1963	-	5.33
1964	-	5.07
1965	-	4.89
1966	-	4.78
1967	-	4.62
1968	-	4.51
1969	-	4.45
1970	-	4.53
1971	-	4.54
1972	-	4.12
1973	-	4.07
1974	-	3.77
1975	-	3.43
1976	-	3
1977	-	2.99
1978	-	2.64
1979	-	2.9
1980	-	2.82
1981	-	2.57
1982	-	2.39
1983	-	2.06
1984	-	1.74
1985	-	1.66
1986	-	1.58
1987	-	1.53
1988	-	1.55
1989	-	1.56
1990	6.81	1.57
1991	6.75	1.71
1992	6.65	1.76
1993	6.5	1.65
1994	6.33	1.66
1995	6.16	1.63
1996	5.99	1.57
1997	5.82	1.54
1998	5.69	1.46
1999	5.58	1.43
2000	5.46	1.48
2001	5.34	1.31
2002	5.22	1.18
2003	5.06	1.19
2004	4.97	1.16
2005	4.87	1.09
2006	4.74	1.13
2007	4.63	1.26
2008	4.51	1.19
2009	4.44	1.15
2010	4.43	1.23
2011	4.31	1.24
2012	4.15	1.3
2013	4.05	1.19
2014	4	1.21
2015	3.98	1.24
2016	3.89	1.17
2017	3.77	1.05
2018	3.67	0.98
2019	3.59	0.92
2020	3.51	0.84
2021	3.44	0.81
2022	3.38	0.78
2023	3.31	0.72
2024	3.25	0.73
2025	3.19	0.75
2026	3.13	0.76
2027	3.07	0.78
2028	3.02	0.79
2029	2.97	0.8
2030	2.93	0.82
2031	2.89	0.83
2032	2.85	0.84
2033	2.81	0.85
2034	2.78	0.86
2035	2.75	0.88
2036	2.71	0.89
2037	2.68	0.9
2038	2.65	0.91
2039	2.62	0.92
2040	2.59	0.93
2041	2.56	0.95
2042	2.53	0.96
2043	2.51	0.96
2044	2.48	0.97
2045	2.45	0.98
2046	2.43	0.99
2047	2.41	1
2048	2.38	1.01
2049	2.36	1.02
2050	2.34	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Palestine	South Korea
1960	-	41.3%
1961	-	41.8%
1962	-	42.3%
1963	-	42.7%
1964	-	43.1%
1965	-	43.3%
1966	-	43.5%
1967	-	43.3%
1968	-	43.1%
1969	-	42.7%
1970	-	42.1%
1971	-	41.5%
1972	-	41%
1973	-	40.3%
1974	-	39.5%
1975	-	38.5%
1976	-	37.5%
1977	-	36.5%
1978	-	35.6%
1979	-	34.8%
1980	-	34%
1981	-	33.3%
1982	-	32.7%
1983	-	32%
1984	-	31.2%
1985	-	30.2%
1986	-	29.2%
1987	-	28.2%
1988	-	27.3%
1989	-	26.5%
1990	49.1%	25.8%
1991	49.1%	25.2%
1992	49%	24.7%
1993	49%	24.2%
1994	48.9%	23.7%
1995	48.8%	23.1%
1996	48.6%	22.5%
1997	48.4%	22%
1998	48.1%	21.6%
1999	47.8%	21.2%
2000	47.4%	21%
2001	47.1%	20.8%
2002	46.6%	20.5%
2003	46.1%	20.1%
2004	45.6%	19.7%
2005	45%	19.2%
2006	44.3%	18.7%
2007	43.7%	18.1%
2008	43%	17.5%
2009	42.4%	16.9%
2010	41.9%	16.4%
2011	41.5%	15.8%
2012	41.1%	15.2%
2013	40.7%	14.7%
2014	40.4%	14.2%
2015	40.1%	13.8%
2016	39.9%	13.4%
2017	39.7%	13%
2018	39.6%	12.7%
2019	39.5%	12.4%
2020	39.3%	12.1%
2021	39%	11.8%
2022	38.7%	11.4%
2023	38.4%	11%
2024	38%	10.6%
2025	37.6%	10.2%
2026	37%	9.82%
2027	36.5%	9.42%
2028	35.9%	9.06%
2029	35.3%	8.75%
2030	34.7%	8.43%
2031	34%	8.15%
2032	33.4%	7.94%
2033	32.8%	7.79%
2034	32.3%	7.7%
2035	31.8%	7.66%
2036	31.4%	7.65%
2037	31%	7.66%
2038	30.6%	7.68%
2039	30.3%	7.71%
2040	30%	7.73%
2041	29.7%	7.75%
2042	29.4%	7.76%
2043	29.2%	7.77%
2044	28.9%	7.78%
2045	28.6%	7.79%
2046	28.4%	7.8%
2047	28.1%	7.81%
2048	27.8%	7.82%
2049	27.5%	7.82%
2050	27.2%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38% of the population in Palestine and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 49.1% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Palestine and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Palestine vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Palestine 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
	Palestine	South Korea
1960	-	728,010
1961	-	730,173
1962	-	712,590
1963	-	685,824
1964	-	655,501
1965	-	641,090
1966	-	623,534
1967	-	692,169
1968	-	684,487
1969	-	694,227
1970	-	747,987
1971	-	789,185
1972	-	740,469
1973	-	699,115
1974	-	673,030
1975	-	603,300
1976	-	530,558
1977	-	578,947
1978	-	499,084
1979	-	623,068
1980	-	583,294
1981	-	631,189
1982	-	605,626
1983	-	514,844
1984	-	436,384
1985	-	416,219
1986	-	395,651
1987	-	378,758
1988	-	399,297
1989	-	403,266
1990	76,163	411,546
1991	79,444	467,594
1992	82,865	494,352
1993	86,434	477,302
1994	90,156	473,200
1995	94,037	468,967
1996	98,085	446,142
1997	102,307	422,773
1998	103,566	393,436
1999	104,823	368,272
2000	106,367	390,167
2001	107,320	312,643
2002	108,560	247,752
2003	109,162	244,251
2004	110,045	225,988
2005	110,569	187,920
2006	111,728	203,441
2007	112,453	248,286
2008	108,395	215,841
2009	111,724	197,231
2010	117,674	213,083
2011	119,021	214,728
2012	119,185	215,859
2013	120,503	166,415
2014	120,724	167,464
2015	126,189	163,248
2016	126,698	122,923
2017	125,688	71,907
2018	124,791	30,951
2019	124,508	10,353
2020	122,416	-31,101
2021	120,396	-56,947
2022	123,987	-124,014
2023	102,613	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Palestine vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 16 deaths per 100,000 live births in Palestine, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Palestine	South Korea
1985	102	38
1986	96	35
1987	87	34
1988	85	31
1989	82	29
1990	78	28
1991	75	28
1992	73	26
1993	69	24
1994	66	23
1995	64	22
1996	61	20
1997	60	19
1998	59	18
1999	58	17
2000	59	15
2001	60	14
2002	58	13
2003	56	13
2004	55	12
2005	52	11
2006	51	10
2007	49	10
2008	49	9
2009	48	9
2010	42	8
2011	39	8
2012	36	8
2013	32	7
2014	29	7
2015	26	6
2016	23	6
2017	21	6
2018	19	5
2019	18	5
2020	20	12
2021	29	5
2022	17	7
2023	16	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.63% in Palestine 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
	Palestine	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	10.8%	4.61%
1976	10.2%	4.42%
1977	9.55%	4.23%
1978	8.98%	4.04%
1979	8.45%	3.84%
1980	7.95%	3.63%
1981	7.48%	3.4%
1982	7.04%	3.17%
1983	6.63%	2.93%
1984	6.25%	2.7%
1985	5.89%	2.46%
1986	5.56%	2.25%
1987	5.25%	2.05%
1988	4.97%	1.87%
1989	4.72%	1.71%
1990	4.49%	1.57%
1991	4.28%	1.44%
1992	4.09%	1.33%
1993	3.92%	1.23%
1994	3.77%	1.14%
1995	3.62%	1.05%
1996	3.49%	0.98%
1997	3.36%	0.91%
1998	3.24%	0.85%
1999	3.13%	0.8%
2000	3.03%	0.75%
2001	2.94%	0.71%
2002	2.85%	0.68%
2003	2.77%	0.64%
2004	2.68%	0.6%
2005	2.6%	0.56%
2006	2.52%	0.52%
2007	2.43%	0.48%
2008	2.35%	0.45%
2009	2.28%	0.43%
2010	2.2%	0.41%
2011	2.12%	0.4%
2012	2.04%	0.38%
2013	1.97%	0.37%
2014	2.2%	0.36%
2015	1.83%	0.35%
2016	1.76%	0.34%
2017	1.69%	0.33%
2018	1.63%	0.32%
2019	1.57%	0.31%
2020	1.52%	0.3%
2021	1.47%	0.29%
2022	1.42%	0.28%
2023	2.63%	0.28%