Fertility & birth rates in Serbia and South Korea

Fertility rate in Serbia vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Serbia was 1.61 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 Serbia 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
	Serbia	South Korea
1960	2.15	5.99
1961	2.13	5.8
1962	2.11	5.56
1963	2.08	5.33
1964	2.07	5.07
1965	2.06	4.89
1966	2.04	4.78
1967	2.02	4.62
1968	2.01	4.51
1969	1.99	4.45
1970	1.97	4.53
1971	1.96	4.54
1972	1.95	4.12
1973	1.94	4.07
1974	1.93	3.77
1975	1.92	3.43
1976	1.91	3
1977	1.9	2.99
1978	1.89	2.64
1979	1.88	2.9
1980	1.86	2.82
1981	1.85	2.57
1982	1.84	2.39
1983	1.83	2.06
1984	1.81	1.74
1985	1.8	1.66
1986	1.78	1.58
1987	1.75	1.53
1988	1.72	1.55
1989	1.69	1.56
1990	1.65	1.57
1991	1.61	1.71
1992	1.57	1.76
1993	1.54	1.65
1994	1.51	1.66
1995	1.47	1.63
1996	1.44	1.57
1997	1.4	1.54
1998	1.37	1.46
1999	1.35	1.43
2000	1.48	1.48
2001	1.58	1.31
2002	1.57	1.18
2003	1.59	1.19
2004	1.57	1.16
2005	1.45	1.09
2006	1.43	1.13
2007	1.38	1.26
2008	1.4	1.19
2009	1.44	1.15
2010	1.4	1.23
2011	1.4	1.24
2012	1.45	1.3
2013	1.43	1.19
2014	1.46	1.21
2015	1.46	1.24
2016	1.46	1.17
2017	1.49	1.05
2018	1.49	0.98
2019	1.52	0.92
2020	1.48	0.84
2021	1.52	0.81
2022	1.59	0.78
2023	1.61	0.72
2024	1.61	0.73
2025	1.61	0.75
2026	1.62	0.76
2027	1.62	0.78
2028	1.62	0.79
2029	1.63	0.8
2030	1.63	0.82
2031	1.63	0.83
2032	1.63	0.84
2033	1.64	0.85
2034	1.64	0.86
2035	1.65	0.88
2036	1.65	0.89
2037	1.65	0.9
2038	1.65	0.91
2039	1.65	0.92
2040	1.65	0.93
2041	1.66	0.95
2042	1.66	0.96
2043	1.66	0.96
2044	1.66	0.97
2045	1.67	0.98
2046	1.67	0.99
2047	1.67	1
2048	1.67	1.01
2049	1.67	1.02
2050	1.67	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Serbia	South Korea
1960	27.2%	41.3%
1961	27.1%	41.8%
1962	27%	42.3%
1963	26.7%	42.7%
1964	26.3%	43.1%
1965	25.8%	43.3%
1966	25.3%	43.5%
1967	24.7%	43.3%
1968	24.1%	43.1%
1969	23.5%	42.7%
1970	23%	42.1%
1971	22.5%	41.5%
1972	22.2%	41%
1973	22%	40.3%
1974	21.7%	39.5%
1975	21.5%	38.5%
1976	21.3%	37.5%
1977	21%	36.5%
1978	20.9%	35.6%
1979	20.7%	34.8%
1980	20.6%	34%
1981	20.6%	33.3%
1982	20.6%	32.7%
1983	20.5%	32%
1984	20.5%	31.2%
1985	20.3%	30.2%
1986	20.2%	29.2%
1987	20%	28.2%
1988	19.8%	27.3%
1989	19.6%	26.5%
1990	19.3%	25.8%
1991	19.1%	25.2%
1992	18.8%	24.7%
1993	18.6%	24.2%
1994	18.3%	23.7%
1995	18%	23.1%
1996	17.7%	22.5%
1997	17.4%	22%
1998	17.1%	21.6%
1999	16.7%	21.2%
2000	16.4%	21%
2001	16.1%	20.8%
2002	15.8%	20.5%
2003	15.6%	20.1%
2004	15.4%	19.7%
2005	15.2%	19.2%
2006	15%	18.7%
2007	14.9%	18.1%
2008	14.7%	17.5%
2009	14.6%	16.9%
2010	14.5%	16.4%
2011	14.4%	15.8%
2012	14.3%	15.2%
2013	14.3%	14.7%
2014	14.3%	14.2%
2015	14.3%	13.8%
2016	14.3%	13.4%
2017	14.3%	13%
2018	14.3%	12.7%
2019	14.3%	12.4%
2020	14.3%	12.1%
2021	14.3%	11.8%
2022	14.4%	11.4%
2023	14.4%	11%
2024	14.3%	10.6%
2025	14.3%	10.2%
2026	14.2%	9.82%
2027	14.1%	9.42%
2028	14.1%	9.06%
2029	14%	8.75%
2030	13.9%	8.43%
2031	13.8%	8.15%
2032	13.7%	7.94%
2033	13.6%	7.79%
2034	13.5%	7.7%
2035	13.4%	7.66%
2036	13.3%	7.65%
2037	13.3%	7.66%
2038	13.2%	7.68%
2039	13.2%	7.71%
2040	13.1%	7.73%
2041	13.1%	7.75%
2042	13.1%	7.76%
2043	13.1%	7.77%
2044	13.1%	7.78%
2045	13.1%	7.79%
2046	13.1%	7.8%
2047	13.1%	7.81%
2048	13.1%	7.82%
2049	13.1%	7.82%
2050	13.1%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.3% of the population in Serbia and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 19.3% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Serbia and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Serbia vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.63% in Serbia 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
	Serbia	South Korea
1960	63,642	728,010
1961	61,065	730,173
1962	59,307	712,590
1963	55,580	685,824
1964	54,185	655,501
1965	53,383	641,090
1966	53,338	623,534
1967	53,120	692,169
1968	51,653	684,487
1969	50,304	694,227
1970	48,343	747,987
1971	47,424	789,185
1972	48,248	740,469
1973	49,596	699,115
1974	51,583	673,030
1975	52,502	603,300
1976	51,399	530,558
1977	48,105	578,947
1978	43,636	499,084
1979	39,022	623,068
1980	36,273	583,294
1981	34,304	631,189
1982	30,603	605,626
1983	27,515	514,844
1984	23,815	436,384
1985	22,090	416,219
1986	19,407	395,651
1987	16,711	378,758
1988	13,852	399,297
1989	11,872	403,266
1990	7,416	411,546
1991	2,210	467,594
1992	-3,779	494,352
1993	-5,703	477,302
1994	-7,157	473,200
1995	-7,628	468,967
1996	-16,007	446,142
1997	-18,389	422,773
1998	-23,006	393,436
1999	-29,408	368,272
2000	-30,065	390,167
2001	-20,259	312,643
2002	-24,750	247,752
2003	-24,686	244,251
2004	-26,121	225,988
2005	-34,227	187,920
2006	-31,870	203,441
2007	-34,693	248,286
2008	-33,590	215,841
2009	-33,676	197,231
2010	-34,999	213,083
2011	-36,906	214,728
2012	-35,288	215,859
2013	-34,399	166,415
2014	-34,946	167,464
2015	-37,605	163,248
2016	-35,998	122,923
2017	-39,317	71,907
2018	-37,707	30,951
2019	-36,810	10,353
2020	-55,193	-31,101
2021	-74,494	-56,947
2022	-46,651	-124,014
2023	-36,427	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Serbia vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 11 deaths per 100,000 live births in Serbia, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.52% in Serbia 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
	Serbia	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	-	5.07%
1974	-	4.82%
1975	-	4.61%
1976	-	4.42%
1977	-	4.23%
1978	-	4.04%
1979	-	3.84%
1980	-	3.63%
1981	-	3.4%
1982	-	3.17%
1983	-	2.93%
1984	4.07%	2.7%
1985	3.93%	2.46%
1986	3.78%	2.25%
1987	3.59%	2.05%
1988	3.36%	1.87%
1989	3.1%	1.71%
1990	2.85%	1.57%
1991	2.61%	1.44%
1992	2.43%	1.33%
1993	2.29%	1.23%
1994	2.14%	1.14%
1995	1.95%	1.05%
1996	1.74%	0.98%
1997	1.56%	0.91%
1998	1.42%	0.85%
1999	1.32%	0.8%
2000	1.26%	0.75%
2001	1.2%	0.71%
2002	1.14%	0.68%
2003	1.05%	0.64%
2004	0.97%	0.6%
2005	0.9%	0.56%
2006	0.85%	0.52%
2007	0.82%	0.48%
2008	0.79%	0.45%
2009	0.78%	0.43%
2010	0.76%	0.41%
2011	0.73%	0.4%
2012	0.71%	0.38%
2013	0.68%	0.37%
2014	0.66%	0.36%
2015	0.63%	0.35%
2016	0.61%	0.34%
2017	0.59%	0.33%
2018	0.58%	0.32%
2019	0.57%	0.31%
2020	0.55%	0.3%
2021	0.54%	0.29%
2022	0.53%	0.28%
2023	0.52%	0.28%