Fertility & birth rates in Russia and South Korea

Fertility rate in Russia vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Russia was 1.41 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 Russia 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
	Russia	South Korea
1960	2.52	5.99
1961	2.45	5.8
1962	2.36	5.56
1963	2.27	5.33
1964	2.18	5.07
1965	2.13	4.89
1966	2.1	4.78
1967	2.04	4.62
1968	1.99	4.51
1969	1.97	4.45
1970	1.99	4.53
1971	2.03	4.54
1972	2.04	4.12
1973	2.01	4.07
1974	2	3.77
1975	1.98	3.43
1976	1.97	3
1977	1.95	2.99
1978	1.92	2.64
1979	1.9	2.9
1980	1.89	2.82
1981	1.91	2.57
1982	2.04	2.39
1983	2.11	2.06
1984	2.06	1.74
1985	2.05	1.66
1986	2.15	1.58
1987	2.22	1.53
1988	2.12	1.55
1989	2.01	1.56
1990	1.89	1.57
1991	1.73	1.71
1992	1.55	1.76
1993	1.39	1.65
1994	1.4	1.66
1995	1.34	1.63
1996	1.27	1.57
1997	1.22	1.54
1998	1.23	1.46
1999	1.16	1.43
2000	1.2	1.48
2001	1.22	1.31
2002	1.29	1.18
2003	1.32	1.19
2004	1.34	1.16
2005	1.29	1.09
2006	1.31	1.13
2007	1.42	1.26
2008	1.5	1.19
2009	1.54	1.15
2010	1.57	1.23
2011	1.58	1.24
2012	1.69	1.3
2013	1.71	1.19
2014	1.75	1.21
2015	1.78	1.24
2016	1.76	1.17
2017	1.62	1.05
2018	1.58	0.98
2019	1.5	0.92
2020	1.51	0.84
2021	1.51	0.81
2022	1.42	0.78
2023	1.41	0.72
2024	1.42	0.73
2025	1.43	0.75
2026	1.43	0.76
2027	1.43	0.78
2028	1.44	0.79
2029	1.44	0.8
2030	1.45	0.82
2031	1.45	0.83
2032	1.45	0.84
2033	1.46	0.85
2034	1.46	0.86
2035	1.46	0.88
2036	1.47	0.89
2037	1.47	0.9
2038	1.47	0.91
2039	1.47	0.92
2040	1.48	0.93
2041	1.48	0.95
2042	1.48	0.96
2043	1.48	0.96
2044	1.49	0.97
2045	1.49	0.98
2046	1.49	0.99
2047	1.49	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
	Russia	South Korea
1960	30.5%	41.3%
1961	30.9%	41.8%
1962	30.8%	42.3%
1963	30.6%	42.7%
1964	30.2%	43.1%
1965	29.5%	43.3%
1966	28.9%	43.5%
1967	28.3%	43.3%
1968	27.6%	43.1%
1969	26.9%	42.7%
1970	26.1%	42.1%
1971	25.4%	41.5%
1972	24.8%	41%
1973	24.2%	40.3%
1974	23.6%	39.5%
1975	23%	38.5%
1976	22.5%	37.5%
1977	22.1%	36.5%
1978	21.8%	35.6%
1979	21.7%	34.8%
1980	21.7%	34%
1981	21.7%	33.3%
1982	21.9%	32.7%
1983	22.1%	32%
1984	22.4%	31.2%
1985	22.6%	30.2%
1986	22.8%	29.2%
1987	22.9%	28.2%
1988	23%	27.3%
1989	23%	26.5%
1990	22.9%	25.8%
1991	22.7%	25.2%
1992	22.4%	24.7%
1993	22%	24.2%
1994	21.6%	23.7%
1995	21.2%	23.1%
1996	20.7%	22.5%
1997	20.2%	22%
1998	19.5%	21.6%
1999	18.8%	21.2%
2000	18%	21%
2001	17.3%	20.8%
2002	16.6%	20.5%
2003	16%	20.1%
2004	15.6%	19.7%
2005	15.2%	19.2%
2006	14.9%	18.7%
2007	14.8%	18.1%
2008	14.9%	17.5%
2009	15%	16.9%
2010	15.2%	16.4%
2011	15.4%	15.8%
2012	15.7%	15.2%
2013	16.1%	14.7%
2014	16.5%	14.2%
2015	16.9%	13.8%
2016	17.2%	13.4%
2017	17.5%	13%
2018	17.6%	12.7%
2019	17.6%	12.4%
2020	17.7%	12.1%
2021	17.7%	11.8%
2022	17.7%	11.4%
2023	17.5%	11%
2024	17.3%	10.6%
2025	17%	10.2%
2026	16.7%	9.82%
2027	16.3%	9.42%
2028	15.9%	9.06%
2029	15.5%	8.75%
2030	15%	8.43%
2031	14.6%	8.15%
2032	14.2%	7.94%
2033	14%	7.79%
2034	13.8%	7.7%
2035	13.7%	7.66%
2036	13.6%	7.65%
2037	13.6%	7.66%
2038	13.6%	7.68%
2039	13.7%	7.71%
2040	13.9%	7.73%
2041	14%	7.75%
2042	14.2%	7.76%
2043	14.4%	7.77%
2044	14.6%	7.78%
2045	14.8%	7.79%
2046	15%	7.8%
2047	15.2%	7.81%
2048	15.4%	7.82%
2049	15.5%	7.82%
2050	15.7%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.3% of the population in Russia and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 22.9% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Russia and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Russia vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.24% in Russia 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
	Russia	South Korea
1960	1,962,834	728,010
1961	1,810,538	730,173
1962	1,573,701	712,590
1963	1,436,077	685,824
1964	1,233,520	655,501
1965	1,059,335	641,090
1966	989,279	623,534
1967	854,554	692,169
1968	787,621	684,487
1969	753,088	694,227
1970	785,554	747,987
1971	854,999	789,185
1972	872,050	740,469
1973	846,561	699,115
1974	883,186	673,030
1975	843,850	603,300
1976	852,237	530,558
1977	832,932	578,947
1978	812,766	499,084
1979	690,135	623,068
1980	681,149	583,294
1981	713,700	631,189
1982	830,855	605,626
1983	906,676	514,844
1984	756,548	436,384
1985	762,447	416,219
1986	985,279	395,651
1987	977,583	378,758
1988	778,343	399,297
1989	576,112	403,266
1990	325,533	411,546
1991	103,876	467,594
1992	-222,808	494,352
1993	-757,140	477,302
1994	-920,129	473,200
1995	-845,742	468,967
1996	-785,248	446,142
1997	-769,159	422,773
1998	-694,053	393,436
1999	-927,453	368,272
2000	-967,540	390,167
2001	-963,445	312,643
2002	-944,492	247,752
2003	-896,822	244,251
2004	-792,370	225,988
2005	-846,761	187,920
2006	-686,638	203,441
2007	-471,257	248,286
2008	-356,856	215,841
2009	-257,014	197,231
2010	-242,844	213,083
2011	-128,716	214,728
2012	0	215,859
2013	28,761	166,415
2014	28,848	167,464
2015	43,392	163,248
2016	0	122,923
2017	-130,764	71,907
2018	-232,637	30,951
2019	-319,997	10,353
2020	-697,177	-31,101
2021	-1,027,702	-56,947
2022	-576,948	-124,014
2023	-503,392	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Russia vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 9 deaths per 100,000 live births in Russia, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Russia	South Korea
1985	81	38
1986	69	35
1987	65	34
1988	63	31
1989	61	29
1990	58	28
1991	57	28
1992	62	26
1993	76	24
1994	85	23
1995	82	22
1996	69	20
1997	59	19
1998	53	18
1999	53	17
2000	51	15
2001	48	14
2002	47	13
2003	45	13
2004	41	12
2005	38	11
2006	32	10
2007	29	10
2008	27	9
2009	24	9
2010	23	8
2011	19	8
2012	18	8
2013	16	7
2014	16	7
2015	15	6
2016	14	6
2017	12	6
2018	12	5
2019	12	5
2020	19	12
2021	21	5
2022	13	7
2023	9	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.45% in Russia 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
	Russia	South Korea
1960	4.55%	11.2%
1961	4.26%	10.6%
1962	3.99%	10.1%
1963	3.76%	9.67%
1964	3.55%	9.18%
1965	3.38%	8.68%
1966	3.23%	8.16%
1967	3.11%	7.62%
1968	3.02%	7.1%
1969	2.94%	6.59%
1970	2.88%	6.12%
1971	2.84%	5.71%
1972	2.81%	5.36%
1973	2.78%	5.07%
1974	2.77%	4.82%
1975	2.76%	4.61%
1976	2.76%	4.42%
1977	2.76%	4.23%
1978	2.76%	4.04%
1979	2.75%	3.84%
1980	2.73%	3.63%
1981	2.7%	3.4%
1982	2.66%	3.17%
1983	2.62%	2.93%
1984	2.56%	2.7%
1985	2.5%	2.46%
1986	2.42%	2.25%
1987	2.34%	2.05%
1988	2.26%	1.87%
1989	2.2%	1.71%
1990	2.17%	1.57%
1991	2.16%	1.44%
1992	2.17%	1.33%
1993	2.19%	1.23%
1994	2.2%	1.14%
1995	2.2%	1.05%
1996	2.17%	0.98%
1997	2.13%	0.91%
1998	2.08%	0.85%
1999	2.02%	0.8%
2000	1.94%	0.75%
2001	1.84%	0.71%
2002	1.73%	0.68%
2003	1.61%	0.64%
2004	1.5%	0.6%
2005	1.39%	0.56%
2006	1.29%	0.52%
2007	1.2%	0.48%
2008	1.13%	0.45%
2009	1.07%	0.43%
2010	1.04%	0.41%
2011	1.02%	0.4%
2012	0.99%	0.38%
2013	0.95%	0.37%
2014	0.89%	0.36%
2015	0.82%	0.35%
2016	0.75%	0.34%
2017	0.69%	0.33%
2018	0.63%	0.32%
2019	0.58%	0.31%
2020	0.54%	0.3%
2021	0.51%	0.29%
2022	0.47%	0.28%
2023	0.45%	0.28%