Fertility & birth rates in Saint Kitts and Nevis and South Korea

Fertility rate in Saint Kitts and Nevis vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Saint Kitts and Nevis was 1.51 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis 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
	Saint Kitts	South Korea
1960	6.54	5.99
1961	6.27	5.8
1962	6.06	5.56
1963	6.12	5.33
1964	6.08	5.07
1965	6.01	4.89
1966	5.78	4.78
1967	5.46	4.62
1968	5.17	4.51
1969	4.97	4.45
1970	4.73	4.53
1971	4.51	4.54
1972	4.16	4.12
1973	3.97	4.07
1974	3.81	3.77
1975	3.68	3.43
1976	3.59	3
1977	3.48	2.99
1978	3.29	2.64
1979	3.23	2.9
1980	3.26	2.82
1981	3.3	2.57
1982	3.18	2.39
1983	3.1	2.06
1984	2.88	1.74
1985	2.82	1.66
1986	2.68	1.58
1987	2.62	1.53
1988	2.62	1.55
1989	2.69	1.56
1990	2.73	1.57
1991	2.6	1.71
1992	2.43	1.76
1993	2.38	1.65
1994	2.31	1.66
1995	2.3	1.63
1996	2.26	1.57
1997	2.3	1.54
1998	2.31	1.46
1999	2.26	1.43
2000	2.13	1.48
2001	2.08	1.31
2002	2.04	1.18
2003	2	1.19
2004	1.96	1.16
2005	1.93	1.09
2006	1.9	1.13
2007	1.87	1.26
2008	1.83	1.19
2009	1.8	1.15
2010	1.76	1.23
2011	1.74	1.24
2012	1.71	1.3
2013	1.68	1.19
2014	1.67	1.21
2015	1.64	1.24
2016	1.63	1.17
2017	1.61	1.05
2018	1.59	0.98
2019	1.57	0.92
2020	1.55	0.84
2021	1.53	0.81
2022	1.51	0.78
2023	1.51	0.72
2024	1.53	0.73
2025	1.51	0.75
2026	1.5	0.76
2027	1.49	0.78
2028	1.49	0.79
2029	1.49	0.8
2030	1.48	0.82
2031	1.48	0.83
2032	1.48	0.84
2033	1.48	0.85
2034	1.48	0.86
2035	1.48	0.88
2036	1.48	0.89
2037	1.49	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	1.5	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
	Saint Kitts	South Korea
1960	45.6%	41.3%
1961	45.7%	41.8%
1962	45.8%	42.3%
1963	46%	42.7%
1964	46.1%	43.1%
1965	46.3%	43.3%
1966	46.6%	43.5%
1967	47%	43.3%
1968	47.4%	43.1%
1969	47.7%	42.7%
1970	47.2%	42.1%
1971	45.8%	41.5%
1972	44.3%	41%
1973	42.9%	40.3%
1974	41.6%	39.5%
1975	40.5%	38.5%
1976	39.6%	37.5%
1977	38.8%	36.5%
1978	38.2%	35.6%
1979	37.6%	34.8%
1980	36.9%	34%
1981	36.2%	33.3%
1982	35.6%	32.7%
1983	35.1%	32%
1984	34.7%	31.2%
1985	34.5%	30.2%
1986	34.3%	29.2%
1987	34.2%	28.2%
1988	34.1%	27.3%
1989	34.1%	26.5%
1990	34.2%	25.8%
1991	34.1%	25.2%
1992	33.6%	24.7%
1993	32.9%	24.2%
1994	32.3%	23.7%
1995	31.7%	23.1%
1996	31.1%	22.5%
1997	30.6%	22%
1998	30.1%	21.6%
1999	29.7%	21.2%
2000	29.3%	21%
2001	28.8%	20.8%
2002	28.1%	20.5%
2003	27.4%	20.1%
2004	26.6%	19.7%
2005	26%	19.2%
2006	25.3%	18.7%
2007	24.8%	18.1%
2008	24.4%	17.5%
2009	24%	16.9%
2010	23.3%	16.4%
2011	22.7%	15.8%
2012	22.2%	15.2%
2013	21.7%	14.7%
2014	21.1%	14.2%
2015	20.6%	13.8%
2016	20.2%	13.4%
2017	19.9%	13%
2018	19.6%	12.7%
2019	19.3%	12.4%
2020	19.1%	12.1%
2021	18.8%	11.8%
2022	18.6%	11.4%
2023	18.3%	11%
2024	18.2%	10.6%
2025	18.3%	10.2%
2026	18.4%	9.82%
2027	18.2%	9.42%
2028	17.9%	9.06%
2029	17.7%	8.75%
2030	17.5%	8.43%
2031	17.2%	8.15%
2032	17%	7.94%
2033	16.8%	7.79%
2034	16.5%	7.7%
2035	16.3%	7.66%
2036	16.1%	7.65%
2037	15.9%	7.66%
2038	15.7%	7.68%
2039	15.5%	7.71%
2040	15.4%	7.73%
2041	15.2%	7.75%
2042	15.1%	7.76%
2043	15%	7.77%
2044	14.8%	7.78%
2045	14.7%	7.79%
2046	14.6%	7.8%
2047	14.5%	7.81%
2048	14.5%	7.82%
2049	14.4%	7.82%
2050	14.3%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.2% of the population in Saint Kitts and Nevis and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 34.2% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Kitts and Nevis and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Saint Kitts and Nevis vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.26% in Saint Kitts and Nevis 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
	Saint Kitts	South Korea
1960	1,562	728,010
1961	1,466	730,173
1962	1,373	712,590
1963	1,360	685,824
1964	1,305	655,501
1965	1,228	641,090
1966	1,103	623,534
1967	951	692,169
1968	812	684,487
1969	708	694,227
1970	611	747,987
1971	615	789,185
1972	619	740,469
1973	646	699,115
1974	670	673,030
1975	688	603,300
1976	703	530,558
1977	697	578,947
1978	654	499,084
1979	643	623,068
1980	652	583,294
1981	684	631,189
1982	672	605,626
1983	664	514,844
1984	598	436,384
1985	574	416,219
1986	520	395,651
1987	486	378,758
1988	471	399,297
1989	476	403,266
1990	471	411,546
1991	411	467,594
1992	369	494,352
1993	373	477,302
1994	370	473,200
1995	382	468,967
1996	379	446,142
1997	405	422,773
1998	415	393,436
1999	413	368,272
2000	376	390,167
2001	369	312,643
2002	365	247,752
2003	369	244,251
2004	365	225,988
2005	361	187,920
2006	355	203,441
2007	341	248,286
2008	322	215,841
2009	300	197,231
2010	274	213,083
2011	250	214,728
2012	246	215,859
2013	227	166,415
2014	213	167,464
2015	197	163,248
2016	185	122,923
2017	169	71,907
2018	150	30,951
2019	135	10,353
2020	98	-31,101
2021	-20	-56,947
2022	14	-124,014
2023	84	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Kitts and Nevis vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 74 deaths per 100,000 live births in Saint Kitts and Nevis, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Kitts	South Korea
1985	290	38
1986	285	35
1987	302	34
1988	308	31
1989	316	29
1990	302	28
1991	280	28
1992	255	26
1993	225	24
1994	205	23
1995	204	22
1996	194	20
1997	194	19
1998	193	18
1999	164	17
2000	143	15
2001	131	14
2002	115	13
2003	111	13
2004	104	12
2005	102	11
2006	99	10
2007	96	10
2008	95	9
2009	93	9
2010	92	8
2011	90	8
2012	88	8
2013	82	7
2014	82	7
2015	76	6
2016	75	6
2017	74	6
2018	78	5
2019	74	5
2020	80	12
2021	111	5
2022	99	7
2023	74	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.63% in Saint Kitts and Nevis 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
	Saint Kitts	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	-	6.59%
1970	-	6.12%
1971	-	5.71%
1972	-	5.36%
1973	6.16%	5.07%
1974	6.03%	4.82%
1975	5.91%	4.61%
1976	5.78%	4.42%
1977	5.64%	4.23%
1978	5.48%	4.04%
1979	5.29%	3.84%
1980	5.06%	3.63%
1981	4.81%	3.4%
1982	4.53%	3.17%
1983	4.26%	2.93%
1984	4%	2.7%
1985	3.76%	2.46%
1986	3.56%	2.25%
1987	3.39%	2.05%
1988	3.24%	1.87%
1989	3.12%	1.71%
1990	3.03%	1.57%
1991	2.96%	1.44%
1992	2.9%	1.33%
1993	2.85%	1.23%
1994	2.8%	1.14%
1995	2.76%	1.05%
1996	2.7%	0.98%
1997	2.64%	0.91%
1998	2.56%	0.85%
1999	2.48%	0.8%
2000	2.39%	0.75%
2001	2.29%	0.71%
2002	2.2%	0.68%
2003	2.11%	0.64%
2004	2.03%	0.6%
2005	1.97%	0.56%
2006	1.92%	0.52%
2007	1.89%	0.48%
2008	1.88%	0.45%
2009	1.87%	0.43%
2010	1.88%	0.41%
2011	1.89%	0.4%
2012	1.91%	0.38%
2013	1.93%	0.37%
2014	1.95%	0.36%
2015	1.94%	0.35%
2016	1.93%	0.34%
2017	1.9%	0.33%
2018	1.86%	0.32%
2019	1.82%	0.31%
2020	1.77%	0.3%
2021	1.72%	0.29%
2022	1.68%	0.28%
2023	1.63%	0.28%