Fertility & birth rates in South Korea and Tajikistan

Fertility rate in South Korea vs Tajikistan 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 3.07 in Tajikistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check South Korea vs Tajikistan 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	Tajikistan
1960	5.99	6.24
1961	5.8	6.35
1962	5.56	6.48
1963	5.33	6.62
1964	5.07	6.68
1965	4.89	6.74
1966	4.78	6.82
1967	4.62	6.89
1968	4.51	6.91
1969	4.45	6.91
1970	4.53	6.91
1971	4.54	6.91
1972	4.12	6.89
1973	4.07	6.84
1974	3.77	6.77
1975	3.43	6.69
1976	3	6.6
1977	2.99	6.49
1978	2.64	6.4
1979	2.9	6.31
1980	2.82	6.21
1981	2.57	6.12
1982	2.39	6.03
1983	2.06	5.98
1984	1.74	5.96
1985	1.66	5.94
1986	1.58	5.91
1987	1.53	5.84
1988	1.55	5.75
1989	1.56	5.61
1990	1.57	5.46
1991	1.71	5.28
1992	1.76	5.06
1993	1.65	4.92
1994	1.66	4.79
1995	1.63	4.66
1996	1.57	3.94
1997	1.54	4.06
1998	1.46	4.07
1999	1.43	3.85
2000	1.48	3.49
2001	1.31	3.49
2002	1.18	3.47
2003	1.19	3.42
2004	1.16	3.51
2005	1.09	3.4
2006	1.13	3.34
2007	1.26	3.37
2008	1.19	3.39
2009	1.15	3.43
2010	1.23	3.46
2011	1.24	3.46
2012	1.3	3.42
2013	1.19	3.43
2014	1.21	3.46
2015	1.24	3.46
2016	1.17	3.38
2017	1.05	3.29
2018	0.98	3.29
2019	0.92	3.28
2020	0.84	3.21
2021	0.81	3.17
2022	0.78	3.13
2023	0.72	3.07
2024	0.73	3.04
2025	0.75	2.99
2026	0.76	2.96
2027	0.78	2.93
2028	0.79	2.89
2029	0.8	2.86
2030	0.82	2.83
2031	0.83	2.8
2032	0.84	2.76
2033	0.85	2.73
2034	0.86	2.7
2035	0.88	2.68
2036	0.89	2.65
2037	0.9	2.63
2038	0.91	2.6
2039	0.92	2.58
2040	0.93	2.55
2041	0.95	2.53
2042	0.96	2.51
2043	0.96	2.49
2044	0.97	2.46
2045	0.98	2.44
2046	0.99	2.42
2047	1	2.4
2048	1.01	2.38
2049	1.02	2.37
2050	1.03	2.35

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	South Korea	Tajikistan
1960	41.3%	40.2%
1961	41.8%	41.4%
1962	42.3%	42.5%
1963	42.7%	43.4%
1964	43.1%	44.1%
1965	43.3%	44.4%
1966	43.5%	44.6%
1967	43.3%	44.7%
1968	43.1%	44.7%
1969	42.7%	44.6%
1970	42.1%	44.6%
1971	41.5%	44.5%
1972	41%	44.4%
1973	40.3%	44.3%
1974	39.5%	44.2%
1975	38.5%	44%
1976	37.5%	43.8%
1977	36.5%	43.6%
1978	35.6%	43.4%
1979	34.8%	43.2%
1980	34%	43.2%
1981	33.3%	43.2%
1982	32.7%	43.2%
1983	32%	43.3%
1984	31.2%	43.3%
1985	30.2%	43.3%
1986	29.2%	43.1%
1987	28.2%	43.1%
1988	27.3%	43.2%
1989	26.5%	43.4%
1990	25.8%	43.7%
1991	25.2%	44%
1992	24.7%	44.3%
1993	24.2%	44.6%
1994	23.7%	44.8%
1995	23.1%	44.9%
1996	22.5%	44.7%
1997	22%	44.3%
1998	21.6%	43.7%
1999	21.2%	43%
2000	21%	42.3%
2001	20.8%	41.5%
2002	20.5%	40.7%
2003	20.1%	39.9%
2004	19.7%	39.3%
2005	19.2%	38.6%
2006	18.7%	38%
2007	18.1%	37.6%
2008	17.5%	37.3%
2009	16.9%	37%
2010	16.4%	36.8%
2011	15.8%	36.7%
2012	15.2%	36.7%
2013	14.7%	36.5%
2014	14.2%	36.4%
2015	13.8%	36.3%
2016	13.4%	36.3%
2017	13%	36.2%
2018	12.7%	36.2%
2019	12.4%	36.3%
2020	12.1%	36.4%
2021	11.8%	36.6%
2022	11.4%	36.6%
2023	11%	36.5%
2024	10.6%	36.3%
2025	10.2%	35.9%
2026	9.82%	35.4%
2027	9.42%	35%
2028	9.06%	34.5%
2029	8.75%	33.9%
2030	8.43%	33.2%
2031	8.15%	32.5%
2032	7.94%	32%
2033	7.79%	31.6%
2034	7.7%	31.2%
2035	7.66%	30.8%
2036	7.65%	30.4%
2037	7.66%	30.1%
2038	7.68%	29.8%
2039	7.71%	29.6%
2040	7.73%	29.4%
2041	7.75%	29.2%
2042	7.76%	29.1%
2043	7.77%	29%
2044	7.78%	28.9%
2045	7.79%	28.7%
2046	7.8%	28.6%
2047	7.81%	28.4%
2048	7.82%	28.1%
2049	7.82%	27.9%
2050	7.83%	27.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 10.6% of the population in South Korea and 36.3% in Tajikistan in 2024, compared to 25.8% and 43.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of South Korea and Tajikistan compared.

Natural population change in South Korea vs Tajikistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.06% in South Korea and +2.42% in Tajikistan. 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	Tajikistan
1960	728,010	65,415
1961	730,173	68,182
1962	712,590	70,700
1963	685,824	73,065
1964	655,501	74,030
1965	641,090	75,139
1966	623,534	76,702
1967	692,169	78,733
1968	684,487	80,698
1969	694,227	82,931
1970	747,987	85,645
1971	789,185	88,618
1972	740,469	91,677
1973	699,115	94,523
1974	673,030	97,481
1975	603,300	100,604
1976	530,558	103,777
1977	578,947	106,920
1978	499,084	110,564
1979	623,068	114,496
1980	583,294	117,888
1981	631,189	121,418
1982	605,626	127,838
1983	514,844	133,280
1984	436,384	139,145
1985	416,219	145,720
1986	395,651	155,987
1987	378,758	163,611
1988	399,297	172,805
1989	403,266	179,212
1990	411,546	178,429
1991	467,594	177,585
1992	494,352	163,652
1993	477,302	157,975
1994	473,200	167,590
1995	468,967	168,934
1996	446,142	138,287
1997	422,773	149,825
1998	393,436	153,508
1999	368,272	147,622
2000	390,167	136,549
2001	312,643	142,276
2002	247,752	146,492
2003	244,251	150,391
2004	225,988	161,201
2005	187,920	160,189
2006	203,441	164,046
2007	248,286	173,200
2008	215,841	182,337
2009	197,231	192,851
2010	213,083	201,389
2011	214,728	208,429
2012	215,859	213,078
2013	166,415	220,693
2014	167,464	227,304
2015	163,248	230,903
2016	122,923	228,547
2017	71,907	224,396
2018	30,951	228,597
2019	10,353	231,817
2020	-31,101	219,467
2021	-56,947	222,850
2022	-124,014	228,336
2023	-77,569	223,828

Maternal mortality chart: South Korea vs Tajikistan

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 14 deaths in Tajikistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	South Korea	Tajikistan
1985	38	98
1986	35	91
1987	34	91
1988	31	83
1989	29	85
1990	28	80
1991	28	79
1992	26	84
1993	24	84
1994	23	85
1995	22	81
1996	20	82
1997	19	76
1998	18	72
1999	17	64
2000	15	58
2001	14	58
2002	13	48
2003	13	39
2004	12	36
2005	11	36
2006	10	35
2007	10	30
2008	9	29
2009	9	29
2010	8	26
2011	8	25
2012	8	23
2013	7	21
2014	7	21
2015	6	20
2016	6	20
2017	6	17
2018	5	16
2019	5	16
2020	12	25
2021	5	25
2022	7	14
2023	4	14

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.28% in South Korea and 2.73% in Tajikistan. 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	Tajikistan
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%	15.5%
1973	5.07%	15%
1974	4.82%	14.4%
1975	4.61%	14%
1976	4.42%	13.5%
1977	4.23%	13.2%
1978	4.04%	13%
1979	3.84%	12.8%
1980	3.63%	12.7%
1981	3.4%	12.6%
1982	3.17%	12.5%
1983	2.93%	12.3%
1984	2.7%	12%
1985	2.46%	11.6%
1986	2.25%	11.1%
1987	2.05%	10.5%
1988	1.87%	10.1%
1989	1.71%	9.88%
1990	1.57%	9.92%
1991	1.44%	10.2%
1992	1.33%	10.6%
1993	1.23%	10.9%
1994	1.14%	11%
1995	1.05%	10.8%
1996	0.98%	10.4%
1997	0.91%	9.86%
1998	0.85%	9.26%
1999	0.8%	8.62%
2000	0.75%	7.97%
2001	0.71%	7.34%
2002	0.68%	6.75%
2003	0.64%	6.18%
2004	0.6%	5.67%
2005	0.56%	5.22%
2006	0.52%	4.82%
2007	0.48%	4.47%
2008	0.45%	4.17%
2009	0.43%	3.92%
2010	0.41%	3.7%
2011	0.4%	3.52%
2012	0.38%	3.36%
2013	0.37%	3.23%
2014	0.36%	3.12%
2015	0.35%	3.02%
2016	0.34%	2.94%
2017	0.33%	2.88%
2018	0.32%	2.83%
2019	0.31%	2.81%
2020	0.3%	2.8%
2021	0.29%	2.79%
2022	0.28%	2.77%
2023	0.28%	2.73%