Fertility & birth rates in Portugal and South Korea

Fertility rate in Portugal vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Portugal was 1.44 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 Portugal 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
	Portugal	South Korea
1960	3.16	5.99
1961	3.21	5.8
1962	3.23	5.56
1963	3.12	5.33
1964	3.21	5.07
1965	3.15	4.89
1966	3.16	4.78
1967	3.16	4.62
1968	3.12	4.51
1969	3.12	4.45
1970	3.01	4.53
1971	3	4.54
1972	2.86	4.12
1973	2.77	4.07
1974	2.7	3.77
1975	2.75	3.43
1976	2.82	3
1977	2.69	2.99
1978	2.45	2.64
1979	2.31	2.9
1980	2.25	2.82
1981	2.13	2.57
1982	2.07	2.39
1983	1.95	2.06
1984	1.9	1.74
1985	1.72	1.66
1986	1.66	1.58
1987	1.62	1.53
1988	1.61	1.55
1989	1.57	1.56
1990	1.56	1.57
1991	1.56	1.71
1992	1.54	1.76
1993	1.52	1.65
1994	1.45	1.66
1995	1.41	1.63
1996	1.44	1.57
1997	1.47	1.54
1998	1.47	1.46
1999	1.5	1.43
2000	1.55	1.48
2001	1.45	1.31
2002	1.46	1.18
2003	1.44	1.19
2004	1.4	1.16
2005	1.41	1.09
2006	1.37	1.13
2007	1.35	1.26
2008	1.39	1.19
2009	1.34	1.15
2010	1.39	1.23
2011	1.35	1.24
2012	1.28	1.3
2013	1.21	1.19
2014	1.24	1.21
2015	1.31	1.24
2016	1.37	1.17
2017	1.38	1.05
2018	1.42	0.98
2019	1.44	0.92
2020	1.42	0.84
2021	1.35	0.81
2022	1.43	0.78
2023	1.44	0.72
2024	1.45	0.73
2025	1.45	0.75
2026	1.45	0.76
2027	1.46	0.78
2028	1.46	0.79
2029	1.46	0.8
2030	1.46	0.82
2031	1.47	0.83
2032	1.47	0.84
2033	1.47	0.85
2034	1.48	0.86
2035	1.48	0.88
2036	1.48	0.89
2037	1.48	0.9
2038	1.49	0.91
2039	1.49	0.92
2040	1.49	0.93
2041	1.49	0.95
2042	1.49	0.96
2043	1.49	0.96
2044	1.5	0.97
2045	1.5	0.98
2046	1.5	0.99
2047	1.5	1
2048	1.5	1.01
2049	1.5	1.02
2050	1.5	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Portugal	South Korea
1960	29.3%	41.3%
1961	29.1%	41.8%
1962	29.1%	42.3%
1963	29.1%	42.7%
1964	29.1%	43.1%
1965	29.1%	43.3%
1966	29.2%	43.5%
1967	29.2%	43.3%
1968	29.2%	43.1%
1969	29.1%	42.7%
1970	28.7%	42.1%
1971	28.4%	41.5%
1972	28.2%	41%
1973	27.9%	40.3%
1974	27.7%	39.5%
1975	27.4%	38.5%
1976	27.2%	37.5%
1977	27.1%	36.5%
1978	26.8%	35.6%
1979	26.4%	34.8%
1980	25.9%	34%
1981	25.4%	33.3%
1982	25%	32.7%
1983	24.5%	32%
1984	24.1%	31.2%
1985	23.7%	30.2%
1986	23.1%	29.2%
1987	22.5%	28.2%
1988	21.9%	27.3%
1989	21.2%	26.5%
1990	20.5%	25.8%
1991	19.7%	25.2%
1992	19.1%	24.7%
1993	18.6%	24.2%
1994	18.2%	23.7%
1995	17.8%	23.1%
1996	17.4%	22.5%
1997	17.1%	22%
1998	16.8%	21.6%
1999	16.6%	21.2%
2000	16.4%	21%
2001	16.2%	20.8%
2002	16.1%	20.5%
2003	16.1%	20.1%
2004	16%	19.7%
2005	15.9%	19.2%
2006	15.8%	18.7%
2007	15.6%	18.1%
2008	15.5%	17.5%
2009	15.4%	16.9%
2010	15.2%	16.4%
2011	15%	15.8%
2012	14.9%	15.2%
2013	14.8%	14.7%
2014	14.6%	14.2%
2015	14.3%	13.8%
2016	14.1%	13.4%
2017	13.9%	13%
2018	13.7%	12.7%
2019	13.5%	12.4%
2020	13.3%	12.1%
2021	13.1%	11.8%
2022	13%	11.4%
2023	12.9%	11%
2024	12.8%	10.6%
2025	12.7%	10.2%
2026	12.6%	9.82%
2027	12.6%	9.42%
2028	12.6%	9.06%
2029	12.6%	8.75%
2030	12.7%	8.43%
2031	12.7%	8.15%
2032	12.7%	7.94%
2033	12.7%	7.79%
2034	12.7%	7.7%
2035	12.8%	7.66%
2036	12.9%	7.65%
2037	12.9%	7.66%
2038	13%	7.68%
2039	13%	7.71%
2040	13.1%	7.73%
2041	13.1%	7.75%
2042	13.2%	7.76%
2043	13.2%	7.77%
2044	13.3%	7.78%
2045	13.3%	7.79%
2046	13.4%	7.8%
2047	13.4%	7.81%
2048	13.4%	7.82%
2049	13.5%	7.82%
2050	13.5%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 12.8% of the population in Portugal and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 20.5% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Portugal and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Portugal vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.29% in Portugal 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
	Portugal	South Korea
1960	118,693	728,010
1961	117,867	730,173
1962	123,217	712,590
1963	113,783	685,824
1964	120,170	655,501
1965	115,182	641,090
1966	107,171	623,534
1967	106,495	692,169
1968	100,737	684,487
1969	89,329	694,227
1970	87,672	747,987
1971	82,980	789,185
1972	83,715	740,469
1973	76,835	699,115
1974	74,412	673,030
1975	81,841	603,300
1976	85,138	530,558
1977	84,156	578,947
1978	70,731	499,084
1979	67,628	623,068
1980	63,481	583,294
1981	56,152	631,189
1982	58,479	605,626
1983	47,798	514,844
1984	45,983	436,384
1985	33,077	416,219
1986	31,102	395,651
1987	28,084	378,758
1988	24,047	399,297
1989	22,011	403,266
1990	13,976	411,546
1991	12,948	467,594
1992	13,933	494,352
1993	7,972	477,302
1994	9,991	473,200
1995	4,011	468,967
1996	4,026	446,142
1997	8,087	422,773
1998	7,112	393,436
1999	8,175	368,272
2000	15,435	390,167
2001	8,290	312,643
2002	8,335	247,752
2003	4,184	244,251
2004	7,339	225,988
2005	2,101	187,920
2006	3,156	203,441
2007	-1,055	248,286
2008	0	215,841
2009	-5,284	197,231
2010	-4,230	213,083
2011	-5,279	214,728
2012	-17,875	215,859
2013	-24,052	166,415
2014	-22,882	167,464
2015	-23,823	163,248
2016	-23,749	122,923
2017	-23,691	71,907
2018	-25,709	30,951
2019	-24,687	10,353
2020	-39,129	-31,101
2021	-45,592	-56,947
2022	-40,694	-124,014
2023	-32,792	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Portugal vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 15 deaths per 100,000 live births in Portugal, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Portugal	South Korea
1985	20	38
1986	19	35
1987	19	34
1988	18	31
1989	18	29
1990	17	28
1991	17	28
1992	16	26
1993	15	24
1994	13	23
1995	12	22
1996	12	20
1997	12	19
1998	11	18
1999	10	17
2000	9	15
2001	9	14
2002	9	13
2003	8	13
2004	8	12
2005	8	11
2006	8	10
2007	8	10
2008	9	9
2009	9	9
2010	10	8
2011	10	8
2012	10	8
2013	10	7
2014	11	7
2015	11	6
2016	12	6
2017	13	6
2018	14	5
2019	15	5
2020	14	12
2021	19	5
2022	16	7
2023	15	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.32% in Portugal 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
	Portugal	South Korea
1960	11.4%	11.2%
1961	11%	10.6%
1962	10.4%	10.1%
1963	9.76%	9.67%
1964	9.1%	9.18%
1965	8.53%	8.68%
1966	8.09%	8.16%
1967	7.76%	7.62%
1968	7.51%	7.1%
1969	7.22%	6.59%
1970	6.81%	6.12%
1971	6.3%	5.71%
1972	5.78%	5.36%
1973	5.27%	5.07%
1974	4.79%	4.82%
1975	4.35%	4.61%
1976	3.94%	4.42%
1977	3.57%	4.23%
1978	3.24%	4.04%
1979	2.97%	3.84%
1980	2.75%	3.63%
1981	2.58%	3.4%
1982	2.43%	3.17%
1983	2.29%	2.93%
1984	2.16%	2.7%
1985	2.04%	2.46%
1986	1.93%	2.25%
1987	1.82%	2.05%
1988	1.7%	1.87%
1989	1.59%	1.71%
1990	1.47%	1.57%
1991	1.36%	1.44%
1992	1.25%	1.33%
1993	1.14%	1.23%
1994	1.05%	1.14%
1995	0.98%	1.05%
1996	0.92%	0.98%
1997	0.86%	0.91%
1998	0.82%	0.85%
1999	0.77%	0.8%
2000	0.72%	0.75%
2001	0.66%	0.71%
2002	0.61%	0.68%
2003	0.55%	0.64%
2004	0.5%	0.6%
2005	0.47%	0.56%
2006	0.44%	0.52%
2007	0.42%	0.48%
2008	0.4%	0.45%
2009	0.39%	0.43%
2010	0.38%	0.41%
2011	0.37%	0.4%
2012	0.37%	0.38%
2013	0.36%	0.37%
2014	0.36%	0.36%
2015	0.36%	0.35%
2016	0.36%	0.34%
2017	0.36%	0.33%
2018	0.35%	0.32%
2019	0.35%	0.31%
2020	0.34%	0.3%
2021	0.33%	0.29%
2022	0.32%	0.28%
2023	0.32%	0.28%