Fertility & birth rates in Panama and South Korea

Fertility rate in Panama vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Panama was 2.12 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 Panama 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
	Panama	South Korea
1960	5.83	5.99
1961	5.87	5.8
1962	5.87	5.56
1963	5.87	5.33
1964	5.81	5.07
1965	5.73	4.89
1966	5.65	4.78
1967	5.53	4.62
1968	5.41	4.51
1969	5.29	4.45
1970	5.18	4.53
1971	5.05	4.54
1972	4.91	4.12
1973	4.74	4.07
1974	4.58	3.77
1975	4.41	3.43
1976	4.26	3
1977	4.12	2.99
1978	3.98	2.64
1979	3.88	2.9
1980	3.8	2.82
1981	3.72	2.57
1982	3.66	2.39
1983	3.6	2.06
1984	3.52	1.74
1985	3.43	1.66
1986	3.34	1.58
1987	3.25	1.53
1988	3.17	1.55
1989	3.12	1.56
1990	3.07	1.57
1991	3	1.71
1992	2.95	1.76
1993	2.91	1.65
1994	2.88	1.66
1995	2.85	1.63
1996	2.83	1.57
1997	2.81	1.54
1998	2.79	1.46
1999	2.77	1.43
2000	2.74	1.48
2001	2.72	1.31
2002	2.7	1.18
2003	2.68	1.19
2004	2.68	1.16
2005	2.64	1.09
2006	2.62	1.13
2007	2.61	1.26
2008	2.61	1.19
2009	2.59	1.15
2010	2.59	1.23
2011	2.6	1.24
2012	2.59	1.3
2013	2.57	1.19
2014	2.55	1.21
2015	2.53	1.24
2016	2.5	1.17
2017	2.46	1.05
2018	2.4	0.98
2019	2.29	0.92
2020	2.18	0.84
2021	2.15	0.81
2022	2.14	0.78
2023	2.12	0.72
2024	2.11	0.73
2025	2.09	0.75
2026	2.07	0.76
2027	2.06	0.78
2028	2.04	0.79
2029	2.02	0.8
2030	2.01	0.82
2031	2	0.83
2032	1.99	0.84
2033	1.97	0.85
2034	1.96	0.86
2035	1.95	0.88
2036	1.95	0.89
2037	1.94	0.9
2038	1.93	0.91
2039	1.92	0.92
2040	1.91	0.93
2041	1.91	0.95
2042	1.9	0.96
2043	1.89	0.96
2044	1.89	0.97
2045	1.88	0.98
2046	1.88	0.99
2047	1.87	1
2048	1.87	1.01
2049	1.86	1.02
2050	1.86	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Panama	South Korea
1960	44.2%	41.3%
1961	44.3%	41.8%
1962	44.5%	42.3%
1963	44.6%	42.7%
1964	44.7%	43.1%
1965	44.8%	43.3%
1966	44.8%	43.5%
1967	44.8%	43.3%
1968	44.7%	43.1%
1969	44.6%	42.7%
1970	44.5%	42.1%
1971	44.3%	41.5%
1972	44.1%	41%
1973	43.9%	40.3%
1974	43.6%	39.5%
1975	43.3%	38.5%
1976	42.9%	37.5%
1977	42.4%	36.5%
1978	41.9%	35.6%
1979	41.4%	34.8%
1980	40.8%	34%
1981	40.3%	33.3%
1982	39.8%	32.7%
1983	39.3%	32%
1984	38.8%	31.2%
1985	38.3%	30.2%
1986	37.8%	29.2%
1987	37.4%	28.2%
1988	36.9%	27.3%
1989	36.5%	26.5%
1990	36.1%	25.8%
1991	35.7%	25.2%
1992	35.3%	24.7%
1993	34.9%	24.2%
1994	34.6%	23.7%
1995	34.2%	23.1%
1996	33.9%	22.5%
1997	33.5%	22%
1998	33.1%	21.6%
1999	32.8%	21.2%
2000	32.4%	21%
2001	32%	20.8%
2002	31.6%	20.5%
2003	31.3%	20.1%
2004	31%	19.7%
2005	30.6%	19.2%
2006	30.3%	18.7%
2007	30%	18.1%
2008	29.7%	17.5%
2009	29.5%	16.9%
2010	29.2%	16.4%
2011	28.9%	15.8%
2012	28.7%	15.2%
2013	28.4%	14.7%
2014	28.2%	14.2%
2015	27.9%	13.8%
2016	27.6%	13.4%
2017	27.4%	13%
2018	27.1%	12.7%
2019	26.7%	12.4%
2020	26.4%	12.1%
2021	26%	11.8%
2022	25.7%	11.4%
2023	25.3%	11%
2024	24.9%	10.6%
2025	24.5%	10.2%
2026	24.1%	9.82%
2027	23.8%	9.42%
2028	23.4%	9.06%
2029	23%	8.75%
2030	22.6%	8.43%
2031	22.2%	8.15%
2032	21.9%	7.94%
2033	21.6%	7.79%
2034	21.3%	7.7%
2035	21%	7.66%
2036	20.9%	7.65%
2037	20.7%	7.66%
2038	20.5%	7.68%
2039	20.3%	7.71%
2040	20.1%	7.73%
2041	20%	7.75%
2042	19.8%	7.76%
2043	19.6%	7.77%
2044	19.4%	7.78%
2045	19.3%	7.79%
2046	19.1%	7.8%
2047	18.9%	7.81%
2048	18.8%	7.82%
2049	18.6%	7.82%
2050	18.4%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.9% of the population in Panama and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 36.1% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Panama and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Panama vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in Panama 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
	Panama	South Korea
1960	35,431	728,010
1961	37,100	730,173
1962	38,537	712,590
1963	39,872	685,824
1964	40,806	655,501
1965	41,604	641,090
1966	42,457	623,534
1967	43,054	692,169
1968	43,641	684,487
1969	44,278	694,227
1970	45,075	747,987
1971	45,867	789,185
1972	46,311	740,469
1973	46,540	699,115
1974	46,932	673,030
1975	47,149	603,300
1976	47,307	530,558
1977	47,438	578,947
1978	47,694	499,084
1979	48,362	623,068
1980	49,077	583,294
1981	50,018	631,189
1982	50,858	605,626
1983	51,880	514,844
1984	52,436	436,384
1985	52,573	416,219
1986	52,681	395,651
1987	52,690	378,758
1988	52,767	399,297
1989	52,295	403,266
1990	53,451	411,546
1991	53,079	467,594
1992	53,186	494,352
1993	53,591	477,302
1994	53,845	473,200
1995	54,069	468,967
1996	54,512	446,142
1997	55,060	422,773
1998	55,482	393,436
1999	55,911	368,272
2000	56,236	390,167
2001	56,654	312,643
2002	57,011	247,752
2003	57,458	244,251
2004	58,281	225,988
2005	58,014	187,920
2006	58,067	203,441
2007	58,454	248,286
2008	58,961	215,841
2009	59,168	197,231
2010	59,418	213,083
2011	60,411	214,728
2012	60,471	215,859
2013	60,295	166,415
2014	60,227	167,464
2015	59,896	163,248
2016	59,454	122,923
2017	58,607	71,907
2018	57,508	30,951
2019	54,420	10,353
2020	46,599	-31,101
2021	46,747	-56,947
2022	50,556	-124,014
2023	50,197	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Panama vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 37 deaths per 100,000 live births in Panama, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Panama	South Korea
1985	95	38
1986	94	35
1987	93	34
1988	93	31
1989	96	29
1990	89	28
1991	87	28
1992	85	26
1993	81	24
1994	78	23
1995	77	22
1996	73	20
1997	70	19
1998	68	18
1999	65	17
2000	64	15
2001	62	14
2002	59	13
2003	58	13
2004	57	12
2005	57	11
2006	56	10
2007	55	10
2008	55	9
2009	55	9
2010	56	8
2011	55	8
2012	53	8
2013	52	7
2014	49	7
2015	48	6
2016	47	6
2017	47	6
2018	43	5
2019	41	5
2020	74	12
2021	59	5
2022	40	7
2023	37	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.33% in Panama 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
	Panama	South Korea
1960	9.31%	11.2%
1961	9.04%	10.6%
1962	8.78%	10.1%
1963	8.52%	9.67%
1964	8.28%	9.18%
1965	8.05%	8.68%
1966	7.83%	8.16%
1967	7.62%	7.62%
1968	7.38%	7.1%
1969	7.1%	6.59%
1970	6.78%	6.12%
1971	6.43%	5.71%
1972	6.07%	5.36%
1973	5.72%	5.07%
1974	5.41%	4.82%
1975	5.15%	4.61%
1976	4.93%	4.42%
1977	4.76%	4.23%
1978	4.61%	4.04%
1979	4.47%	3.84%
1980	4.34%	3.63%
1981	4.19%	3.4%
1982	4.05%	3.17%
1983	3.9%	2.93%
1984	3.75%	2.7%
1985	3.61%	2.46%
1986	3.47%	2.25%
1987	3.35%	2.05%
1988	3.24%	1.87%
1989	3.14%	1.71%
1990	3.05%	1.57%
1991	2.97%	1.44%
1992	2.91%	1.33%
1993	2.87%	1.23%
1994	2.83%	1.14%
1995	2.8%	1.05%
1996	2.77%	0.98%
1997	2.73%	0.91%
1998	2.68%	0.85%
1999	2.63%	0.8%
2000	2.56%	0.75%
2001	2.49%	0.71%
2002	2.41%	0.68%
2003	2.33%	0.64%
2004	2.25%	0.6%
2005	2.17%	0.56%
2006	2.1%	0.52%
2007	2.03%	0.48%
2008	1.97%	0.45%
2009	1.91%	0.43%
2010	1.86%	0.41%
2011	1.81%	0.4%
2012	1.77%	0.38%
2013	1.75%	0.37%
2014	1.73%	0.36%
2015	1.72%	0.35%
2016	1.7%	0.34%
2017	1.68%	0.33%
2018	1.65%	0.32%
2019	1.59%	0.31%
2020	1.52%	0.3%
2021	1.45%	0.29%
2022	1.39%	0.28%
2023	1.33%	0.28%