Fertility & birth rates in South Korea and Venezuela

Fertility rate in South Korea vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check South Korea vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	5.99	6.38
1961	5.8	6.3
1962	5.56	6.23
1963	5.33	6.16
1964	5.07	6.07
1965	4.89	5.98
1966	4.78	5.87
1967	4.62	5.75
1968	4.51	5.61
1969	4.45	5.47
1970	4.53	5.32
1971	4.54	5.17
1972	4.12	5.04
1973	4.07	4.91
1974	3.77	4.79
1975	3.43	4.69
1976	3	4.59
1977	2.99	4.49
1978	2.64	4.4
1979	2.9	4.3
1980	2.82	4.2
1981	2.57	4.1
1982	2.39	4.01
1983	2.06	3.93
1984	1.74	3.86
1985	1.66	3.79
1986	1.58	3.73
1987	1.53	3.67
1988	1.55	3.6
1989	1.56	3.52
1990	1.57	3.45
1991	1.71	3.37
1992	1.76	3.29
1993	1.65	3.22
1994	1.66	3.15
1995	1.63	3.08
1996	1.57	3.02
1997	1.54	2.97
1998	1.46	2.91
1999	1.43	2.86
2000	1.48	2.79
2001	1.31	2.78
2002	1.18	2.74
2003	1.19	2.7
2004	1.16	2.64
2005	1.09	2.63
2006	1.13	2.6
2007	1.26	2.52
2008	1.19	2.48
2009	1.15	2.42
2010	1.23	2.4
2011	1.24	2.4
2012	1.3	2.38
2013	1.19	2.33
2014	1.21	2.3
2015	1.24	2.25
2016	1.17	2.22
2017	1.05	2.18
2018	0.98	2.15
2019	0.92	2.13
2020	0.84	2.12
2021	0.81	2.11
2022	0.78	2.09
2023	0.72	2.08
2024	0.73	2.08
2025	0.75	2.06
2026	0.76	2.04
2027	0.78	2.03
2028	0.79	2.01
2029	0.8	2
2030	0.82	1.99
2031	0.83	1.98
2032	0.84	1.97
2033	0.85	1.96
2034	0.86	1.95
2035	0.88	1.94
2036	0.89	1.93
2037	0.9	1.92
2038	0.91	1.91
2039	0.92	1.91
2040	0.93	1.9
2041	0.95	1.89
2042	0.96	1.88
2043	0.96	1.87
2044	0.97	1.86
2045	0.98	1.86
2046	0.99	1.85
2047	1	1.84
2048	1.01	1.84
2049	1.02	1.83
2050	1.03	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	South Korea	Venezuela
1960	41.3%	46.8%
1961	41.8%	46.9%
1962	42.3%	47%
1963	42.7%	47%
1964	43.1%	47%
1965	43.3%	46.9%
1966	43.5%	46.8%
1967	43.3%	46.6%
1968	43.1%	46.3%
1969	42.7%	46%
1970	42.1%	45.6%
1971	41.5%	45.2%
1972	41%	44.7%
1973	40.3%	44.3%
1974	39.5%	43.8%
1975	38.5%	43.3%
1976	37.5%	42.9%
1977	36.5%	42.5%
1978	35.6%	42.1%
1979	34.8%	41.7%
1980	34%	41.3%
1981	33.3%	41%
1982	32.7%	40.6%
1983	32%	40.3%
1984	31.2%	39.9%
1985	30.2%	39.6%
1986	29.2%	39.3%
1987	28.2%	39%
1988	27.3%	38.7%
1989	26.5%	38.4%
1990	25.8%	38.1%
1991	25.2%	37.8%
1992	24.7%	37.4%
1993	24.2%	37%
1994	23.7%	36.6%
1995	23.1%	36.2%
1996	22.5%	35.8%
1997	22%	35.3%
1998	21.6%	34.9%
1999	21.2%	34.5%
2000	21%	34%
2001	20.8%	33.6%
2002	20.5%	33.1%
2003	20.1%	32.7%
2004	19.7%	32.2%
2005	19.2%	31.8%
2006	18.7%	31.4%
2007	18.1%	31%
2008	17.5%	30.6%
2009	16.9%	30.3%
2010	16.4%	29.9%
2011	15.8%	29.5%
2012	15.2%	29.2%
2013	14.7%	28.9%
2014	14.2%	28.5%
2015	13.8%	28.2%
2016	13.4%	27.9%
2017	13%	27.8%
2018	12.7%	27.9%
2019	12.4%	28%
2020	12.1%	27.8%
2021	11.8%	27.4%
2022	11.4%	26.8%
2023	11%	26.2%
2024	10.6%	25.5%
2025	10.2%	24.9%
2026	9.82%	24.3%
2027	9.42%	23.8%
2028	9.06%	23.2%
2029	8.75%	22.8%
2030	8.43%	22.4%
2031	8.15%	22%
2032	7.94%	21.7%
2033	7.79%	21.5%
2034	7.7%	21.4%
2035	7.66%	21.4%
2036	7.65%	21.4%
2037	7.66%	21.5%
2038	7.68%	21.5%
2039	7.71%	21.4%
2040	7.73%	21.4%
2041	7.75%	21.3%
2042	7.76%	21.2%
2043	7.77%	21.1%
2044	7.78%	20.9%
2045	7.79%	20.7%
2046	7.8%	20.5%
2047	7.81%	20.3%
2048	7.82%	20%
2049	7.82%	19.8%
2050	7.83%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 10.6% of the population in South Korea and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 25.8% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of South Korea and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in South Korea vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.06% in South Korea and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	728,010	285,105
1961	730,173	292,109
1962	712,590	299,345
1963	685,824	307,279
1964	655,501	314,397
1965	641,090	321,695
1966	623,534	329,697
1967	692,169	335,813
1968	684,487	340,973
1969	694,227	343,596
1970	747,987	350,709
1971	789,185	355,212
1972	740,469	360,749
1973	699,115	367,612
1974	673,030	375,678
1975	603,300	385,045
1976	530,558	395,344
1977	578,947	405,315
1978	499,084	414,032
1979	623,068	421,256
1980	583,294	425,613
1981	631,189	432,059
1982	605,626	436,564
1983	514,844	443,569
1984	436,384	449,186
1985	416,219	455,517
1986	395,651	468,252
1987	378,758	474,204
1988	399,297	477,569
1989	403,266	478,053
1990	411,546	478,168
1991	467,594	477,917
1992	494,352	474,824
1993	477,302	473,189
1994	473,200	469,178
1995	468,967	469,267
1996	446,142	468,653
1997	422,773	472,002
1998	393,436	469,123
1999	368,272	463,787
2000	390,167	459,802
2001	312,643	451,487
2002	247,752	466,821
2003	244,251	456,902
2004	225,988	455,881
2005	187,920	463,260
2006	203,441	460,152
2007	248,286	452,482
2008	215,841	435,870
2009	197,231	427,257
2010	213,083	425,397
2011	214,728	425,958
2012	215,859	420,758
2013	166,415	408,930
2014	167,464	395,088
2015	163,248	384,560
2016	122,923	359,651
2017	71,907	340,222
2018	30,951	317,302
2019	10,353	274,826
2020	-31,101	237,223
2021	-56,947	207,746
2022	-124,014	216,619
2023	-77,569	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: South Korea vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	South Korea	Venezuela
1985	38	83
1986	35	81
1987	34	81
1988	31	80
1989	29	80
1990	28	83
1991	28	80
1992	26	82
1993	24	82
1994	23	84
1995	22	84
1996	20	86
1997	19	82
1998	18	82
1999	17	88
2000	15	86
2001	14	101
2002	13	87
2003	13	97
2004	12	94
2005	11	93
2006	10	96
2007	10	92
2008	9	103
2009	9	109
2010	8	110
2011	8	104
2012	8	113
2013	7	123
2014	7	133
2015	6	136
2016	6	162
2017	6	195
2018	5	205
2019	5	202
2020	12	207
2021	5	251
2022	7	219
2023	4	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.28% in South Korea and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	11.2%	7.97%
1961	10.6%	7.72%
1962	10.1%	7.49%
1963	9.67%	7.3%
1964	9.18%	7.14%
1965	8.68%	7%
1966	8.16%	6.87%
1967	7.62%	6.75%
1968	7.1%	6.61%
1969	6.59%	6.47%
1970	6.12%	6.3%
1971	5.71%	6.12%
1972	5.36%	5.94%
1973	5.07%	5.75%
1974	4.82%	5.57%
1975	4.61%	5.38%
1976	4.42%	5.2%
1977	4.23%	5.01%
1978	4.04%	4.82%
1979	3.84%	4.62%
1980	3.63%	4.42%
1981	3.4%	4.24%
1982	3.17%	4.07%
1983	2.93%	3.91%
1984	2.7%	3.77%
1985	2.46%	3.64%
1986	2.25%	3.5%
1987	2.05%	3.37%
1988	1.87%	3.23%
1989	1.71%	3.09%
1990	1.57%	2.96%
1991	1.44%	2.86%
1992	1.33%	2.78%
1993	1.23%	2.73%
1994	1.14%	2.68%
1995	1.05%	2.63%
1996	0.98%	2.55%
1997	0.91%	2.45%
1998	0.85%	2.34%
1999	0.8%	2.24%
2000	0.75%	2.15%
2001	0.71%	2.09%
2002	0.68%	2.03%
2003	0.64%	1.98%
2004	0.6%	1.91%
2005	0.56%	1.85%
2006	0.52%	1.79%
2007	0.48%	1.74%
2008	0.45%	1.72%
2009	0.43%	1.71%
2010	0.41%	1.72%
2011	0.4%	1.73%
2012	0.38%	1.76%
2013	0.37%	1.79%
2014	0.36%	1.83%
2015	0.35%	1.92%
2016	0.34%	2.43%
2017	0.33%	2.43%
2018	0.32%	2.43%
2019	0.31%	2.43%
2020	0.3%	2.43%
2021	0.29%	2.43%
2022	0.28%	2.43%
2023	0.28%	2.43%