Fertility & birth rates in Qatar and South Korea

Fertility rate in Qatar vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Qatar was 1.73 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 Qatar 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
	Qatar	South Korea
1960	6.53	5.99
1961	6.53	5.8
1962	6.53	5.56
1963	6.53	5.33
1964	6.53	5.07
1965	6.53	4.89
1966	6.52	4.78
1967	6.46	4.62
1968	6.39	4.51
1969	6.31	4.45
1970	6.23	4.53
1971	6.15	4.54
1972	6.07	4.12
1973	6.01	4.07
1974	5.94	3.77
1975	5.86	3.43
1976	5.78	3
1977	5.69	2.99
1978	5.58	2.64
1979	5.46	2.9
1980	5.33	2.82
1981	5.2	2.57
1982	5.04	2.39
1983	4.9	2.06
1984	4.76	1.74
1985	4.64	1.66
1986	4.57	1.58
1987	4.54	1.53
1988	4.51	1.55
1989	4.41	1.56
1990	4.23	1.57
1991	3.99	1.71
1992	3.85	1.76
1993	3.77	1.65
1994	3.67	1.66
1995	3.56	1.63
1996	3.44	1.57
1997	3.33	1.54
1998	3.21	1.46
1999	3.12	1.43
2000	3.07	1.48
2001	3.08	1.31
2002	3.01	1.18
2003	2.93	1.19
2004	2.79	1.16
2005	2.64	1.09
2006	2.51	1.13
2007	2.44	1.26
2008	2.37	1.19
2009	2.25	1.15
2010	2.14	1.23
2011	2.07	1.24
2012	2.04	1.3
2013	2.03	1.19
2014	2.03	1.21
2015	1.98	1.24
2016	1.86	1.17
2017	1.83	1.05
2018	1.76	0.98
2019	1.73	0.92
2020	1.68	0.84
2021	1.61	0.81
2022	1.74	0.78
2023	1.73	0.72
2024	1.72	0.73
2025	1.7	0.75
2026	1.69	0.76
2027	1.68	0.78
2028	1.67	0.79
2029	1.66	0.8
2030	1.66	0.82
2031	1.65	0.83
2032	1.64	0.84
2033	1.64	0.85
2034	1.64	0.86
2035	1.63	0.88
2036	1.63	0.89
2037	1.63	0.9
2038	1.63	0.91
2039	1.63	0.92
2040	1.63	0.93
2041	1.63	0.95
2042	1.63	0.96
2043	1.63	0.96
2044	1.63	0.97
2045	1.63	0.98
2046	1.63	0.99
2047	1.63	1
2048	1.63	1.01
2049	1.62	1.02
2050	1.62	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Qatar	South Korea
1960	44.2%	41.3%
1961	42.5%	41.8%
1962	40.5%	42.3%
1963	38.7%	42.7%
1964	37.2%	43.1%
1965	36.2%	43.3%
1966	35.3%	43.5%
1967	34.7%	43.3%
1968	34.2%	43.1%
1969	33.9%	42.7%
1970	35.1%	42.1%
1971	36.9%	41.5%
1972	37.5%	41%
1973	37.4%	40.3%
1974	36.7%	39.5%
1975	35.7%	38.5%
1976	34.6%	37.5%
1977	33.3%	36.5%
1978	32.1%	35.6%
1979	31%	34.8%
1980	30%	34%
1981	29.2%	33.3%
1982	28.6%	32.7%
1983	28.1%	32%
1984	27.6%	31.2%
1985	27.2%	30.2%
1986	27%	29.2%
1987	27.2%	28.2%
1988	27.2%	27.3%
1989	27.1%	26.5%
1990	27%	25.8%
1991	26.8%	25.2%
1992	26.6%	24.7%
1993	26.4%	24.2%
1994	26.2%	23.7%
1995	26.1%	23.1%
1996	25.9%	22.5%
1997	25.5%	22%
1998	24.8%	21.6%
1999	24.1%	21.2%
2000	23.5%	21%
2001	23%	20.8%
2002	22.5%	20.5%
2003	22.2%	20.1%
2004	22.2%	19.7%
2005	22.5%	19.2%
2006	20.2%	18.7%
2007	16.4%	18.1%
2008	14.6%	17.5%
2009	14%	16.9%
2010	13.9%	16.4%
2011	14.2%	15.8%
2012	14.5%	15.2%
2013	14.6%	14.7%
2014	14.4%	14.2%
2015	13.9%	13.8%
2016	13.7%	13.4%
2017	13.7%	13%
2018	14%	12.7%
2019	14.6%	12.4%
2020	15.4%	12.1%
2021	15.5%	11.8%
2022	15.2%	11.4%
2023	15.2%	11%
2024	15.1%	10.6%
2025	15%	10.2%
2026	15%	9.82%
2027	15%	9.42%
2028	15.1%	9.06%
2029	15.2%	8.75%
2030	15.3%	8.43%
2031	15.4%	8.15%
2032	15.5%	7.94%
2033	15.6%	7.79%
2034	15.7%	7.7%
2035	15.9%	7.66%
2036	16.1%	7.65%
2037	16.2%	7.66%
2038	16.4%	7.68%
2039	16.5%	7.71%
2040	16.7%	7.73%
2041	16.8%	7.75%
2042	17%	7.76%
2043	17.1%	7.77%
2044	17.3%	7.78%
2045	17.4%	7.79%
2046	17.5%	7.8%
2047	17.6%	7.81%
2048	17.7%	7.82%
2049	17.7%	7.82%
2050	17.8%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Qatar and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 27% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Qatar and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Qatar vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Qatar 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
	Qatar	South Korea
1960	1,220	728,010
1961	1,357	730,173
1962	1,589	712,590
1963	1,854	685,824
1964	2,150	655,501
1965	2,472	641,090
1966	2,811	623,534
1967	3,167	692,169
1968	3,547	684,487
1969	3,941	694,227
1970	4,346	747,987
1971	4,433	789,185
1972	4,581	740,469
1973	4,780	699,115
1974	5,015	673,030
1975	5,289	603,300
1976	5,598	530,558
1977	5,925	578,947
1978	6,246	499,084
1979	6,579	623,068
1980	6,894	583,294
1981	7,202	631,189
1982	7,489	605,626
1983	7,765	514,844
1984	7,997	436,384
1985	8,212	416,219
1986	8,439	395,651
1987	8,806	378,758
1988	9,198	399,297
1989	9,407	403,266
1990	9,388	411,546
1991	9,182	467,594
1992	9,189	494,352
1993	9,250	477,302
1994	9,257	473,200
1995	9,186	468,967
1996	9,049	446,142
1997	8,846	422,773
1998	9,055	393,436
1999	9,431	368,272
2000	9,974	390,167
2001	10,683	312,643
2002	11,062	247,752
2003	11,291	244,251
2004	11,242	225,988
2005	11,392	187,920
2006	10,225	203,441
2007	11,351	248,286
2008	14,062	215,841
2009	15,595	197,231
2010	16,225	213,083
2011	16,543	214,728
2012	17,681	215,859
2013	19,669	166,415
2014	21,699	167,464
2015	22,568	163,248
2016	22,416	122,923
2017	23,244	71,907
2018	23,340	30,951
2019	24,112	10,353
2020	25,128	-31,101
2021	21,297	-56,947
2022	24,360	-124,014
2023	23,845	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Qatar vs South Korea

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

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.6% in Qatar 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
	Qatar	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	7.07%	6.59%
1970	6.6%	6.12%
1971	6.16%	5.71%
1972	5.77%	5.36%
1973	5.4%	5.07%
1974	5.06%	4.82%
1975	4.75%	4.61%
1976	4.48%	4.42%
1977	4.24%	4.23%
1978	4.02%	4.04%
1979	3.81%	3.84%
1980	3.62%	3.63%
1981	3.45%	3.4%
1982	3.29%	3.17%
1983	3.13%	2.93%
1984	2.98%	2.7%
1985	2.82%	2.46%
1986	2.68%	2.25%
1987	2.52%	2.05%
1988	2.37%	1.87%
1989	2.23%	1.71%
1990	2.08%	1.57%
1991	1.94%	1.44%
1992	1.82%	1.33%
1993	1.71%	1.23%
1994	1.61%	1.14%
1995	1.53%	1.05%
1996	1.46%	0.98%
1997	1.4%	0.91%
1998	1.34%	0.85%
1999	1.29%	0.8%
2000	1.25%	0.75%
2001	1.2%	0.71%
2002	1.16%	0.68%
2003	1.12%	0.64%
2004	1.08%	0.6%
2005	1.04%	0.56%
2006	1.01%	0.52%
2007	0.98%	0.48%
2008	0.96%	0.45%
2009	0.93%	0.43%
2010	0.91%	0.41%
2011	0.89%	0.4%
2012	0.87%	0.38%
2013	0.84%	0.37%
2014	0.82%	0.36%
2015	0.79%	0.35%
2016	0.75%	0.34%
2017	0.72%	0.33%
2018	0.69%	0.32%
2019	0.67%	0.31%
2020	0.64%	0.3%
2021	0.63%	0.29%
2022	0.61%	0.28%
2023	0.6%	0.28%