Fertility & birth rates in Romania and South Korea

Fertility rate in Romania vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Romania was 1.71 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 Romania 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
	Romania	South Korea
1960	2.34	5.99
1961	2.17	5.8
1962	2.04	5.56
1963	2.01	5.33
1964	1.96	5.07
1965	1.91	4.89
1966	1.9	4.78
1967	3.66	4.62
1968	3.63	4.51
1969	3.19	4.45
1970	2.89	4.53
1971	2.67	4.54
1972	2.55	4.12
1973	2.44	4.07
1974	2.71	3.77
1975	2.59	3.43
1976	2.54	3
1977	2.57	2.99
1978	2.52	2.64
1979	2.49	2.9
1980	2.43	2.82
1981	2.36	2.57
1982	2.17	2.39
1983	2.06	2.06
1984	2.26	1.74
1985	2.31	1.66
1986	2.39	1.58
1987	2.38	1.53
1988	2.3	1.55
1989	2.22	1.56
1990	1.83	1.57
1991	1.59	1.71
1992	1.51	1.76
1993	1.43	1.65
1994	1.4	1.66
1995	1.33	1.63
1996	1.3	1.57
1997	1.32	1.54
1998	1.32	1.46
1999	1.3	1.43
2000	1.31	1.48
2001	1.27	1.31
2002	1.27	1.18
2003	1.3	1.19
2004	1.33	1.16
2005	1.4	1.09
2006	1.42	1.13
2007	1.45	1.26
2008	1.6	1.19
2009	1.66	1.15
2010	1.59	1.23
2011	1.47	1.24
2012	1.52	1.3
2013	1.46	1.19
2014	1.56	1.21
2015	1.62	1.24
2016	1.69	1.17
2017	1.78	1.05
2018	1.76	0.98
2019	1.77	0.92
2020	1.8	0.84
2021	1.81	0.81
2022	1.71	0.78
2023	1.71	0.72
2024	1.71	0.73
2025	1.71	0.75
2026	1.7	0.76
2027	1.7	0.78
2028	1.7	0.79
2029	1.7	0.8
2030	1.7	0.82
2031	1.7	0.83
2032	1.7	0.84
2033	1.69	0.85
2034	1.69	0.86
2035	1.69	0.88
2036	1.69	0.89
2037	1.69	0.9
2038	1.69	0.91
2039	1.69	0.92
2040	1.69	0.93
2041	1.68	0.95
2042	1.68	0.96
2043	1.68	0.96
2044	1.68	0.97
2045	1.68	0.98
2046	1.68	0.99
2047	1.68	1
2048	1.68	1.01
2049	1.68	1.02
2050	1.68	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Romania	South Korea
1960	28.1%	41.3%
1961	28%	41.8%
1962	27.7%	42.3%
1963	27.3%	42.7%
1964	26.7%	43.1%
1965	26%	43.3%
1966	25.2%	43.5%
1967	25%	43.3%
1968	25.1%	43.1%
1969	25.1%	42.7%
1970	25.1%	42.1%
1971	24.9%	41.5%
1972	24.9%	41%
1973	24.9%	40.3%
1974	25.1%	39.5%
1975	25.3%	38.5%
1976	25.7%	37.5%
1977	26%	36.5%
1978	26.3%	35.6%
1979	26.5%	34.8%
1980	26.8%	34%
1981	27.1%	33.3%
1982	26.8%	32.7%
1983	25.9%	32%
1984	25.1%	31.2%
1985	24.6%	30.2%
1986	24.3%	29.2%
1987	24%	28.2%
1988	23.9%	27.3%
1989	23.7%	26.5%
1990	23.3%	25.8%
1991	22.8%	25.2%
1992	22.2%	24.7%
1993	21.6%	24.2%
1994	21%	23.7%
1995	20.5%	23.1%
1996	20%	22.5%
1997	19.6%	22%
1998	19.3%	21.6%
1999	19.1%	21.2%
2000	18.6%	21%
2001	18.1%	20.8%
2002	17.5%	20.5%
2003	16.9%	20.1%
2004	16.4%	19.7%
2005	16%	19.2%
2006	15.8%	18.7%
2007	15.7%	18.1%
2008	15.7%	17.5%
2009	15.7%	16.9%
2010	15.7%	16.4%
2011	15.8%	15.8%
2012	15.7%	15.2%
2013	15.7%	14.7%
2014	15.7%	14.2%
2015	15.7%	13.8%
2016	15.7%	13.4%
2017	15.8%	13%
2018	15.9%	12.7%
2019	16%	12.4%
2020	16.1%	12.1%
2021	16.1%	11.8%
2022	16%	11.4%
2023	15.9%	11%
2024	15.7%	10.6%
2025	15.6%	10.2%
2026	15.4%	9.82%
2027	15.3%	9.42%
2028	15.2%	9.06%
2029	15.1%	8.75%
2030	15%	8.43%
2031	14.9%	8.15%
2032	14.7%	7.94%
2033	14.6%	7.79%
2034	14.4%	7.7%
2035	14.4%	7.66%
2036	14.3%	7.65%
2037	14.3%	7.66%
2038	14.3%	7.68%
2039	14.2%	7.71%
2040	14.2%	7.73%
2041	14.3%	7.75%
2042	14.3%	7.76%
2043	14.3%	7.77%
2044	14.3%	7.78%
2045	14.4%	7.79%
2046	14.4%	7.8%
2047	14.4%	7.81%
2048	14.4%	7.82%
2049	14.4%	7.82%
2050	14.4%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.7% of the population in Romania and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 23.3% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Romania and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Romania vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.4% in Romania 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
	Romania	South Korea
1960	191,431	728,010
1961	163,286	730,173
1962	130,736	712,590
1963	139,104	685,824
1964	134,326	655,501
1965	114,190	641,090
1966	115,293	623,534
1967	347,709	692,169
1968	338,577	684,487
1969	264,120	694,227
1970	234,905	747,987
1971	206,662	789,185
1972	198,316	740,469
1973	175,020	699,115
1974	235,530	673,030
1975	219,324	603,300
1976	213,361	530,558
1977	215,385	578,947
1978	204,148	499,084
1979	194,397	623,068
1980	168,776	583,294
1981	156,472	631,189
1982	119,121	605,626
1983	87,986	514,844
1984	117,731	436,384
1985	111,392	416,219
1986	134,737	395,651
1987	128,517	378,758
1988	126,817	399,297
1989	122,756	403,266
1990	69,605	411,546
1991	25,301	467,594
1992	-4,559	494,352
1993	-13,658	477,302
1994	-18,184	473,200
1995	-36,295	468,967
1996	-56,548	446,142
1997	-42,853	422,773
1998	-33,761	393,436
1999	-31,461	368,272
2000	-22,443	390,167
2001	-37,625	312,643
2002	-58,673	247,752
2003	-56,093	244,251
2004	-42,904	225,988
2005	-40,508	187,920
2006	-38,148	203,441
2007	-37,590	248,286
2008	-30,806	215,841
2009	-34,625	197,231
2010	-46,567	213,083
2011	-56,413	214,728
2012	-54,157	215,859
2013	-59,951	166,415
2014	-55,745	167,464
2015	-59,447	163,248
2016	-53,196	122,923
2017	-50,930	71,907
2018	-62,316	30,951
2019	-60,053	10,353
2020	-100,179	-31,101
2021	-141,504	-56,947
2022	-93,338	-124,014
2023	-89,580	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Romania vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Romania, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Romania	South Korea
1985	184	38
1986	180	35
1987	173	34
1988	159	31
1989	143	29
1990	118	28
1991	104	28
1992	95	26
1993	87	24
1994	80	23
1995	75	22
1996	72	20
1997	66	19
1998	58	18
1999	51	17
2000	45	15
2001	41	14
2002	38	13
2003	35	13
2004	32	12
2005	30	11
2006	27	10
2007	25	10
2008	25	9
2009	25	9
2010	23	8
2011	20	8
2012	19	8
2013	18	7
2014	18	7
2015	18	6
2016	17	6
2017	17	6
2018	15	5
2019	14	5
2020	16	12
2021	20	5
2022	13	7
2023	12	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.66% in Romania 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
	Romania	South Korea
1960	8.82%	11.2%
1961	7.98%	10.6%
1962	6.98%	10.1%
1963	6.03%	9.67%
1964	5.45%	9.18%
1965	5.44%	8.68%
1966	5.83%	8.16%
1967	6.27%	7.62%
1968	6.44%	7.1%
1969	6.23%	6.59%
1970	5.69%	6.12%
1971	5.06%	5.71%
1972	4.64%	5.36%
1973	4.49%	5.07%
1974	4.43%	4.82%
1975	4.27%	4.61%
1976	4.05%	4.42%
1977	3.86%	4.23%
1978	3.76%	4.04%
1979	3.68%	3.84%
1980	3.57%	3.63%
1981	3.44%	3.4%
1982	3.28%	3.17%
1983	3.14%	2.93%
1984	3.08%	2.7%
1985	3.16%	2.46%
1986	3.33%	2.25%
1987	3.45%	2.05%
1988	3.43%	1.87%
1989	3.31%	1.71%
1990	3.14%	1.57%
1991	2.97%	1.44%
1992	2.84%	1.33%
1993	2.79%	1.23%
1994	2.76%	1.14%
1995	2.73%	1.05%
1996	2.68%	0.98%
1997	2.58%	0.91%
1998	2.44%	0.85%
1999	2.29%	0.8%
2000	2.16%	0.75%
2001	2.06%	0.71%
2002	2.01%	0.68%
2003	1.99%	0.64%
2004	1.94%	0.6%
2005	1.82%	0.56%
2006	1.66%	0.52%
2007	1.51%	0.48%
2008	1.4%	0.45%
2009	1.31%	0.43%
2010	1.24%	0.41%
2011	1.18%	0.4%
2012	1.12%	0.38%
2013	1.05%	0.37%
2014	0.99%	0.36%
2015	0.92%	0.35%
2016	0.85%	0.34%
2017	0.79%	0.33%
2018	0.73%	0.32%
2019	0.68%	0.31%
2020	0.66%	0.3%
2021	0.65%	0.29%
2022	0.66%	0.28%
2023	0.66%	0.28%