Fertility & birth rates in South Korea and South Sudan

Fertility rate in South Korea vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in South Korea was 0.72 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.86 in South Sudan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check South Korea vs South Sudan population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	South Korea	South Sudan
1960	5.99	7.16
1961	5.8	7.18
1962	5.56	7.2
1963	5.33	7.2
1964	5.07	7.22
1965	4.89	7.22
1966	4.78	7.25
1967	4.62	7.26
1968	4.51	7.26
1969	4.45	7.28
1970	4.53	7.29
1971	4.54	7.3
1972	4.12	7.31
1973	4.07	7.31
1974	3.77	7.31
1975	3.43	7.33
1976	3	7.33
1977	2.99	7.33
1978	2.64	7.33
1979	2.9	7.32
1980	2.82	7.33
1981	2.57	7.33
1982	2.39	7.34
1983	2.06	7.34
1984	1.74	7.35
1985	1.66	7.36
1986	1.58	7.38
1987	1.53	7.39
1988	1.55	7.38
1989	1.56	7.37
1990	1.57	7.38
1991	1.71	7.38
1992	1.76	7.37
1993	1.65	7.36
1994	1.66	7.35
1995	1.63	7.34
1996	1.57	7.32
1997	1.54	7.2
1998	1.46	7.08
1999	1.43	6.94
2000	1.48	6.8
2001	1.31	6.65
2002	1.18	6.52
2003	1.19	6.35
2004	1.16	6.19
2005	1.09	6.02
2006	1.13	5.85
2007	1.26	5.7
2008	1.19	5.57
2009	1.15	5.45
2010	1.23	5.32
2011	1.24	5.19
2012	1.3	5.06
2013	1.19	4.94
2014	1.21	4.82
2015	1.24	4.7
2016	1.17	4.58
2017	1.05	4.48
2018	0.98	4.37
2019	0.92	4.26
2020	0.84	4.16
2021	0.81	4.05
2022	0.78	3.96
2023	0.72	3.86
2024	0.73	3.79
2025	0.75	3.71
2026	0.76	3.63
2027	0.78	3.56
2028	0.79	3.49
2029	0.8	3.43
2030	0.82	3.37
2031	0.83	3.31
2032	0.84	3.26
2033	0.85	3.2
2034	0.86	3.15
2035	0.88	3.1
2036	0.89	3.06
2037	0.9	3.01
2038	0.91	2.96
2039	0.92	2.92
2040	0.93	2.88
2041	0.95	2.84
2042	0.96	2.8
2043	0.96	2.76
2044	0.97	2.73
2045	0.98	2.69
2046	0.99	2.66
2047	1	2.63
2048	1.01	2.6
2049	1.02	2.58
2050	1.03	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	South Korea	South Sudan
1960	41.3%	42.5%
1961	41.8%	42.6%
1962	42.3%	42.6%
1963	42.7%	42.8%
1964	43.1%	43%
1965	43.3%	43.3%
1966	43.5%	43.5%
1967	43.3%	43.8%
1968	43.1%	44%
1969	42.7%	44.3%
1970	42.1%	44.5%
1971	41.5%	44.7%
1972	41%	44.8%
1973	40.3%	45%
1974	39.5%	45.1%
1975	38.5%	45.2%
1976	37.5%	45.3%
1977	36.5%	45.4%
1978	35.6%	45.5%
1979	34.8%	45.7%
1980	34%	45.8%
1981	33.3%	46%
1982	32.7%	46.2%
1983	32%	46.3%
1984	31.2%	46.5%
1985	30.2%	46.6%
1986	29.2%	46.7%
1987	28.2%	46.9%
1988	27.3%	46.2%
1989	26.5%	45.4%
1990	25.8%	45.4%
1991	25.2%	45.5%
1992	24.7%	45.6%
1993	24.2%	45.7%
1994	23.7%	45.8%
1995	23.1%	45.8%
1996	22.5%	46%
1997	22%	46%
1998	21.6%	45.8%
1999	21.2%	45.6%
2000	21%	45.5%
2001	20.8%	45.5%
2002	20.5%	45.7%
2003	20.1%	45.9%
2004	19.7%	45.8%
2005	19.2%	45.3%
2006	18.7%	44.8%
2007	18.1%	44.3%
2008	17.5%	43.8%
2009	16.9%	43.4%
2010	16.4%	42.8%
2011	15.8%	42.2%
2012	15.2%	41.9%
2013	14.7%	41.9%
2014	14.2%	42.5%
2015	13.8%	43.1%
2016	13.4%	43.7%
2017	13%	45%
2018	12.7%	44.9%
2019	12.4%	43.6%
2020	12.1%	42.4%
2021	11.8%	41.6%
2022	11.4%	40.9%
2023	11%	39.9%
2024	10.6%	38.9%
2025	10.2%	38%
2026	9.82%	37.1%
2027	9.42%	36.2%
2028	9.06%	35.5%
2029	8.75%	35%
2030	8.43%	34.7%
2031	8.15%	34.5%
2032	7.94%	34.4%
2033	7.79%	34.3%
2034	7.7%	34.3%
2035	7.66%	34.2%
2036	7.65%	34.1%
2037	7.66%	34%
2038	7.68%	33.8%
2039	7.71%	33.7%
2040	7.73%	33.4%
2041	7.75%	33.2%
2042	7.76%	32.9%
2043	7.77%	32.5%
2044	7.78%	32.2%
2045	7.79%	31.8%
2046	7.8%	31.4%
2047	7.81%	31%
2048	7.82%	30.5%
2049	7.82%	30.1%
2050	7.83%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 10.6% of the population in South Korea and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 25.8% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of South Korea and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in South Korea vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.06% in South Korea and +1.65% in South Sudan. 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
	South Korea	South Sudan
1960	728,010	42,945
1961	730,173	45,186
1962	712,590	47,406
1963	685,824	46,333
1964	655,501	64,786
1965	641,090	51,682
1966	623,534	38,523
1967	692,169	41,357
1968	684,487	44,213
1969	694,227	42,015
1970	747,987	44,776
1971	789,185	72,308
1972	740,469	74,803
1973	699,115	94,765
1974	673,030	97,181
1975	603,300	99,882
1976	530,558	102,346
1977	578,947	104,886
1978	499,084	107,352
1979	623,068	109,540
1980	583,294	112,307
1981	631,189	115,163
1982	605,626	118,641
1983	514,844	104,107
1984	436,384	90,970
1985	416,219	95,342
1986	395,651	99,502
1987	378,758	5,756
1988	399,297	-125,447
1989	403,266	83,735
1990	411,546	82,900
1991	467,594	87,873
1992	494,352	28,874
1993	477,302	32,779
1994	473,200	165,407
1995	468,967	110,417
1996	446,142	116,728
1997	422,773	121,454
1998	393,436	-12,157
1999	368,272	180,721
2000	390,167	196,055
2001	312,643	204,108
2002	247,752	212,014
2003	244,251	225,822
2004	225,988	231,877
2005	187,920	239,272
2006	203,441	246,706
2007	248,286	256,546
2008	215,841	268,268
2009	197,231	278,859
2010	213,083	287,409
2011	214,728	303,181
2012	215,859	312,974
2013	166,415	315,983
2014	167,464	227,611
2015	163,248	148,542
2016	122,923	110,553
2017	71,907	72,193
2018	30,951	168,497
2019	10,353	209,708
2020	-31,101	212,332
2021	-56,947	213,567
2022	-124,014	211,166
2023	-77,569	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: South Korea vs South Sudan

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 South Korea, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	South Korea	South Sudan
1985	38	3,845
1986	35	3,720
1987	34	8,045
1988	31	5,535
1989	29	5,103
1990	28	4,877
1991	28	4,764
1992	26	7,597
1993	24	7,537
1994	23	1,666
1995	22	4,430
1996	20	4,357
1997	19	4,172
1998	18	7,514
1999	17	2,048
2000	15	1,658
2001	14	1,580
2002	13	1,521
2003	13	1,199
2004	12	1,150
2005	11	1,074
2006	10	1,005
2007	10	933
2008	9	858
2009	9	823
2010	8	776
2011	8	770
2012	8	755
2013	7	771
2014	7	1,216
2015	6	1,436
2016	6	1,629
2017	6	1,662
2018	5	913
2019	5	745
2020	12	729
2021	5	749
2022	7	704
2023	4	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.28% in South Korea and 9.87% in South Sudan. 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
	South Korea	South Sudan
1960	11.2%	35.5%
1961	10.6%	35.2%
1962	10.1%	34.9%
1963	9.67%	34.6%
1964	9.18%	34.3%
1965	8.68%	34%
1966	8.16%	33.6%
1967	7.62%	33.3%
1968	7.1%	32.9%
1969	6.59%	32.6%
1970	6.12%	32.3%
1971	5.71%	31.9%
1972	5.36%	31.6%
1973	5.07%	31.3%
1974	4.82%	30.9%
1975	4.61%	30.6%
1976	4.42%	30.2%
1977	4.23%	29.9%
1978	4.04%	29.5%
1979	3.84%	29.2%
1980	3.63%	28.9%
1981	3.4%	28.5%
1982	3.17%	28.2%
1983	2.93%	27.8%
1984	2.7%	27.5%
1985	2.46%	27.1%
1986	2.25%	26.7%
1987	2.05%	36%
1988	1.87%	76.7%
1989	1.71%	30.7%
1990	1.57%	30.3%
1991	1.44%	29.7%
1992	1.33%	33.8%
1993	1.23%	33.1%
1994	1.14%	23%
1995	1.05%	27%
1996	0.98%	26.1%
1997	0.91%	25.2%
1998	0.85%	42.6%
1999	0.8%	19.2%
2000	0.75%	18.3%
2001	0.71%	17.4%
2002	0.68%	16.5%
2003	0.64%	15.7%
2004	0.6%	14.8%
2005	0.56%	14.1%
2006	0.52%	13.4%
2007	0.48%	12.7%
2008	0.45%	12.1%
2009	0.43%	11.5%
2010	0.41%	10.9%
2011	0.4%	10.5%
2012	0.38%	10.1%
2013	0.37%	9.92%
2014	0.36%	18.2%
2015	0.35%	23.7%
2016	0.34%	26.4%
2017	0.33%	27.8%
2018	0.32%	13.2%
2019	0.31%	9.87%
2020	0.3%	9.87%
2021	0.29%	9.87%
2022	0.28%	9.87%
2023	0.28%	9.87%