Fertility & birth rates in South Korea and Suriname

Fertility rate in South Korea vs Suriname 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 2.25 in Suriname in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check South Korea vs Suriname 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	Suriname
1960	5.99	6.59
1961	5.8	6.58
1962	5.56	6.57
1963	5.33	6.51
1964	5.07	6.43
1965	4.89	6.32
1966	4.78	6.2
1967	4.62	6.04
1968	4.51	5.86
1969	4.45	5.7
1970	4.53	5.53
1971	4.54	5.36
1972	4.12	5.18
1973	4.07	5.01
1974	3.77	4.81
1975	3.43	4.63
1976	3	4.45
1977	2.99	4.26
1978	2.64	4.08
1979	2.9	3.93
1980	2.82	3.79
1981	2.57	3.75
1982	2.39	3.82
1983	2.06	3.87
1984	1.74	3.8
1985	1.66	3.71
1986	1.58	3.61
1987	1.53	3.53
1988	1.55	3.46
1989	1.56	3.39
1990	1.57	3.23
1991	1.71	3.09
1992	1.76	3.01
1993	1.65	2.94
1994	1.66	2.9
1995	1.63	2.9
1996	1.57	2.92
1997	1.54	2.95
1998	1.46	2.99
1999	1.43	3.02
2000	1.48	3.05
2001	1.31	3.06
2002	1.18	2.96
2003	1.19	2.84
2004	1.16	2.74
2005	1.09	2.71
2006	1.13	2.73
2007	1.26	2.74
2008	1.19	2.73
2009	1.15	2.71
2010	1.23	2.69
2011	1.24	2.67
2012	1.3	2.67
2013	1.19	2.65
2014	1.21	2.62
2015	1.24	2.57
2016	1.17	2.5
2017	1.05	2.43
2018	0.98	2.38
2019	0.92	2.35
2020	0.84	2.31
2021	0.81	2.3
2022	0.78	2.27
2023	0.72	2.25
2024	0.73	2.23
2025	0.75	2.21
2026	0.76	2.19
2027	0.78	2.16
2028	0.79	2.14
2029	0.8	2.13
2030	0.82	2.11
2031	0.83	2.09
2032	0.84	2.08
2033	0.85	2.06
2034	0.86	2.05
2035	0.88	2.04
2036	0.89	2.02
2037	0.9	2.01
2038	0.91	2
2039	0.92	1.99
2040	0.93	1.98
2041	0.95	1.97
2042	0.96	1.96
2043	0.96	1.95
2044	0.97	1.94
2045	0.98	1.93
2046	0.99	1.92
2047	1	1.91
2048	1.01	1.9
2049	1.02	1.9
2050	1.03	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	South Korea	Suriname
1960	41.3%	44.5%
1961	41.8%	44.6%
1962	42.3%	45.1%
1963	42.7%	46.1%
1964	43.1%	46.8%
1965	43.3%	47.4%
1966	43.5%	48%
1967	43.3%	48.5%
1968	43.1%	48.8%
1969	42.7%	48.9%
1970	42.1%	48.8%
1971	41.5%	48.5%
1972	41%	47.8%
1973	40.3%	46.8%
1974	39.5%	46%
1975	38.5%	45.1%
1976	37.5%	44.3%
1977	36.5%	43.4%
1978	35.6%	42.6%
1979	34.8%	41.8%
1980	34%	41%
1981	33.3%	40.1%
1982	32.7%	39.5%
1983	32%	39%
1984	31.2%	38.6%
1985	30.2%	38.3%
1986	29.2%	38%
1987	28.2%	37.8%
1988	27.3%	37.7%
1989	26.5%	37.5%
1990	25.8%	37.4%
1991	25.2%	37.3%
1992	24.7%	37.2%
1993	24.2%	37.1%
1994	23.7%	37%
1995	23.1%	36.7%
1996	22.5%	36.1%
1997	22%	35.3%
1998	21.6%	34.5%
1999	21.2%	33.7%
2000	21%	33%
2001	20.8%	32.3%
2002	20.5%	31.8%
2003	20.1%	31.3%
2004	19.7%	31%
2005	19.2%	30.9%
2006	18.7%	30.8%
2007	18.1%	30.7%
2008	17.5%	30.6%
2009	16.9%	30.5%
2010	16.4%	30.3%
2011	15.8%	30%
2012	15.2%	29.8%
2013	14.7%	29.4%
2014	14.2%	29.1%
2015	13.8%	28.7%
2016	13.4%	28.3%
2017	13%	27.9%
2018	12.7%	27.5%
2019	12.4%	27.2%
2020	12.1%	26.8%
2021	11.8%	26.5%
2022	11.4%	26.3%
2023	11%	25.9%
2024	10.6%	25.6%
2025	10.2%	25.3%
2026	9.82%	25%
2027	9.42%	24.8%
2028	9.06%	24.5%
2029	8.75%	24.2%
2030	8.43%	23.9%
2031	8.15%	23.6%
2032	7.94%	23.4%
2033	7.79%	23.2%
2034	7.7%	23%
2035	7.66%	22.8%
2036	7.65%	22.6%
2037	7.66%	22.4%
2038	7.68%	22.2%
2039	7.71%	22%
2040	7.73%	21.8%
2041	7.75%	21.6%
2042	7.76%	21.4%
2043	7.77%	21.3%
2044	7.78%	21.1%
2045	7.79%	20.9%
2046	7.8%	20.7%
2047	7.81%	20.5%
2048	7.82%	20.3%
2049	7.82%	20.1%
2050	7.83%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 10.6% of the population in South Korea and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 25.8% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of South Korea and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in South Korea vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.06% in South Korea and +1.11% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1960	728,010	8,170
1961	730,173	8,361
1962	712,590	8,529
1963	685,824	8,838
1964	655,501	9,174
1965	641,090	9,270
1966	623,534	9,243
1967	692,169	9,104
1968	684,487	8,980
1969	694,227	8,880
1970	747,987	8,823
1971	789,185	8,814
1972	740,469	8,893
1973	699,115	8,877
1974	673,030	8,751
1975	603,300	8,587
1976	530,558	8,327
1977	578,947	7,998
1978	499,084	7,650
1979	623,068	7,312
1980	583,294	7,002
1981	631,189	7,541
1982	605,626	8,197
1983	514,844	8,797
1984	436,384	9,031
1985	416,219	9,177
1986	395,651	9,222
1987	378,758	9,319
1988	399,297	9,347
1989	403,266	9,441
1990	411,546	9,047
1991	467,594	8,637
1992	494,352	8,355
1993	477,302	8,127
1994	473,200	7,929
1995	468,967	7,968
1996	446,142	8,031
1997	422,773	8,106
1998	393,436	8,173
1999	368,272	8,236
2000	390,167	8,323
2001	312,643	8,349
2002	247,752	7,916
2003	244,251	7,396
2004	225,988	6,948
2005	187,920	7,037
2006	203,441	7,278
2007	248,286	7,468
2008	215,841	7,552
2009	197,231	7,559
2010	213,083	7,489
2011	214,728	7,401
2012	215,859	7,405
2013	166,415	7,350
2014	167,464	7,284
2015	163,248	7,150
2016	122,923	6,979
2017	71,907	6,772
2018	30,951	6,613
2019	10,353	6,564
2020	-31,101	6,640
2021	-56,947	5,291
2022	-124,014	6,719
2023	-77,569	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: South Korea vs Suriname

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 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	South Korea	Suriname
1985	38	386
1986	35	377
1987	34	372
1988	31	364
1989	29	360
1990	28	350
1991	28	347
1992	26	346
1993	24	343
1994	23	334
1995	22	331
1996	20	323
1997	19	312
1998	18	302
1999	17	291
2000	15	282
2001	14	270
2002	13	253
2003	13	238
2004	12	219
2005	11	202
2006	10	187
2007	10	173
2008	9	161
2009	9	147
2010	8	134
2011	8	126
2012	8	122
2013	7	121
2014	7	120
2015	6	115
2016	6	109
2017	6	105
2018	5	101
2019	5	97
2020	12	94
2021	5	144
2022	7	88
2023	4	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.28% in South Korea and 1.62% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
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%	5.67%
1984	2.7%	5.49%
1985	2.46%	5.31%
1986	2.25%	5.13%
1987	2.05%	4.97%
1988	1.87%	4.81%
1989	1.71%	4.65%
1990	1.57%	4.49%
1991	1.44%	4.34%
1992	1.33%	4.19%
1993	1.23%	4.03%
1994	1.14%	3.88%
1995	1.05%	3.74%
1996	0.98%	3.6%
1997	0.91%	3.47%
1998	0.85%	3.34%
1999	0.8%	3.22%
2000	0.75%	3.11%
2001	0.71%	3%
2002	0.68%	2.9%
2003	0.64%	2.81%
2004	0.6%	2.72%
2005	0.56%	2.64%
2006	0.52%	2.57%
2007	0.48%	2.5%
2008	0.45%	2.44%
2009	0.43%	2.38%
2010	0.41%	2.32%
2011	0.4%	2.26%
2012	0.38%	2.21%
2013	0.37%	2.16%
2014	0.36%	2.11%
2015	0.35%	2.05%
2016	0.34%	2%
2017	0.33%	1.95%
2018	0.32%	1.9%
2019	0.31%	1.84%
2020	0.3%	1.78%
2021	0.29%	1.73%
2022	0.28%	1.68%
2023	0.28%	1.62%