Fertility & birth rates in South Korea and Yemen

Fertility rate in South Korea vs Yemen 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 4.59 in Yemen in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check South Korea vs Yemen 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	Yemen
1960	5.99	7.99
1961	5.8	8
1962	5.56	8.01
1963	5.33	8.03
1964	5.07	8.07
1965	4.89	8.1
1966	4.78	8.14
1967	4.62	8.17
1968	4.51	8.19
1969	4.45	8.22
1970	4.53	8.23
1971	4.54	8.26
1972	4.12	8.27
1973	4.07	8.29
1974	3.77	8.33
1975	3.43	8.37
1976	3	8.42
1977	2.99	8.47
1978	2.64	8.5
1979	2.9	8.67
1980	2.82	8.71
1981	2.57	8.75
1982	2.39	8.79
1983	2.06	8.83
1984	1.74	8.85
1985	1.66	8.86
1986	1.58	8.86
1987	1.53	8.83
1988	1.55	8.79
1989	1.56	8.71
1990	1.57	8.61
1991	1.71	8.46
1992	1.76	8.27
1993	1.65	8.05
1994	1.66	7.8
1995	1.63	7.53
1996	1.57	7
1997	1.54	6.82
1998	1.46	6.64
1999	1.43	6.49
2000	1.48	6.32
2001	1.31	6.14
2002	1.18	5.97
2003	1.19	5.84
2004	1.16	5.71
2005	1.09	5.56
2006	1.13	5.41
2007	1.26	5.26
2008	1.19	5.11
2009	1.15	5
2010	1.23	4.81
2011	1.24	4.63
2012	1.3	4.63
2013	1.19	4.62
2014	1.21	4.62
2015	1.24	4.62
2016	1.17	4.61
2017	1.05	4.61
2018	0.98	4.61
2019	0.92	4.6
2020	0.84	4.6
2021	0.81	4.6
2022	0.78	4.59
2023	0.72	4.59
2024	0.73	4.5
2025	0.75	4.41
2026	0.76	4.33
2027	0.78	4.23
2028	0.79	4.14
2029	0.8	4.06
2030	0.82	3.97
2031	0.83	3.87
2032	0.84	3.8
2033	0.85	3.73
2034	0.86	3.66
2035	0.88	3.59
2036	0.89	3.51
2037	0.9	3.44
2038	0.91	3.38
2039	0.92	3.32
2040	0.93	3.26
2041	0.95	3.21
2042	0.96	3.16
2043	0.96	3.12
2044	0.97	3.07
2045	0.98	3.02
2046	0.99	2.97
2047	1	2.93
2048	1.01	2.89
2049	1.02	2.85
2050	1.03	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	South Korea	Yemen
1960	41.3%	40.3%
1961	41.8%	40.4%
1962	42.3%	40.4%
1963	42.7%	40.6%
1964	43.1%	40.9%
1965	43.3%	41.3%
1966	43.5%	41.8%
1967	43.3%	42.3%
1968	43.1%	42.8%
1969	42.7%	43.3%
1970	42.1%	43.8%
1971	41.5%	44.3%
1972	41%	44.8%
1973	40.3%	45.3%
1974	39.5%	45.7%
1975	38.5%	46.2%
1976	37.5%	46.6%
1977	36.5%	47%
1978	35.6%	47.5%
1979	34.8%	47.9%
1980	34%	48.3%
1981	33.3%	48.7%
1982	32.7%	49.1%
1983	32%	49.4%
1984	31.2%	49.7%
1985	30.2%	50%
1986	29.2%	50.3%
1987	28.2%	50.5%
1988	27.3%	50.7%
1989	26.5%	50.9%
1990	25.8%	51.1%
1991	25.2%	51.2%
1992	24.7%	51.2%
1993	24.2%	51.2%
1994	23.7%	51.1%
1995	23.1%	50.9%
1996	22.5%	50.6%
1997	22%	50.3%
1998	21.6%	49.9%
1999	21.2%	49.5%
2000	21%	49%
2001	20.8%	48.6%
2002	20.5%	48.1%
2003	20.1%	47.6%
2004	19.7%	47.1%
2005	19.2%	46.5%
2006	18.7%	45.9%
2007	18.1%	45.3%
2008	17.5%	44.7%
2009	16.9%	44.1%
2010	16.4%	43.5%
2011	15.8%	43%
2012	15.2%	42.7%
2013	14.7%	42.3%
2014	14.2%	42.1%
2015	13.8%	41.8%
2016	13.4%	41.7%
2017	13%	41.6%
2018	12.7%	41.5%
2019	12.4%	41.4%
2020	12.1%	41.4%
2021	11.8%	41.4%
2022	11.4%	41.3%
2023	11%	41.2%
2024	10.6%	41.1%
2025	10.2%	41%
2026	9.82%	40.9%
2027	9.42%	40.8%
2028	9.06%	40.6%
2029	8.75%	40.3%
2030	8.43%	40%
2031	8.15%	39.6%
2032	7.94%	39.2%
2033	7.79%	38.7%
2034	7.7%	38.2%
2035	7.66%	37.7%
2036	7.65%	37.1%
2037	7.66%	36.5%
2038	7.68%	36%
2039	7.71%	35.4%
2040	7.73%	34.8%
2041	7.75%	34.3%
2042	7.76%	33.8%
2043	7.77%	33.4%
2044	7.78%	33%
2045	7.79%	32.6%
2046	7.8%	32.3%
2047	7.81%	32%
2048	7.82%	31.7%
2049	7.82%	31.4%
2050	7.83%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 10.6% of the population in South Korea and 41.1% in Yemen in 2024, compared to 25.8% and 51.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of South Korea and Yemen compared.

Natural population change in South Korea vs Yemen by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.06% in South Korea and +3.02% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	728,010	122,994
1961	730,173	129,787
1962	712,590	131,262
1963	685,824	133,781
1964	655,501	147,299
1965	641,090	155,398
1966	623,534	164,091
1967	692,169	173,637
1968	684,487	182,518
1969	694,227	196,305
1970	747,987	207,613
1971	789,185	219,095
1972	740,469	229,322
1973	699,115	240,235
1974	673,030	252,737
1975	603,300	266,815
1976	530,558	281,078
1977	578,947	296,115
1978	499,084	312,439
1979	623,068	336,378
1980	583,294	355,767
1981	631,189	374,482
1982	605,626	392,302
1983	514,844	414,823
1984	436,384	434,674
1985	416,219	455,576
1986	395,651	464,665
1987	378,758	493,337
1988	399,297	513,296
1989	403,266	530,464
1990	411,546	549,654
1991	467,594	565,837
1992	494,352	582,072
1993	477,302	595,459
1994	473,200	602,363
1995	468,967	607,966
1996	446,142	588,786
1997	422,773	604,443
1998	393,436	615,488
1999	368,272	633,166
2000	390,167	646,694
2001	312,643	658,704
2002	247,752	672,494
2003	244,251	694,457
2004	225,988	710,493
2005	187,920	726,708
2006	203,441	750,082
2007	248,286	764,780
2008	215,841	779,123
2009	197,231	798,911
2010	213,083	803,246
2011	214,728	806,359
2012	215,859	845,645
2013	166,415	884,929
2014	167,464	920,330
2015	163,248	939,922
2016	122,923	975,697
2017	71,907	1,006,725
2018	30,951	1,020,238
2019	10,353	1,056,432
2020	-31,101	1,086,322
2021	-56,947	1,103,622
2022	-124,014	1,153,375
2023	-77,569	1,198,150

Maternal mortality chart: South Korea vs Yemen

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 118 deaths in Yemen.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	South Korea	Yemen
1985	38	430
1986	35	430
1987	34	400
1988	31	388
1989	29	371
1990	28	359
1991	28	341
1992	26	330
1993	24	319
1994	23	311
1995	22	296
1996	20	282
1997	19	271
1998	18	260
1999	17	250
2000	15	241
2001	14	231
2002	13	218
2003	13	205
2004	12	194
2005	11	181
2006	10	171
2007	10	161
2008	9	153
2009	9	149
2010	8	144
2011	8	140
2012	8	137
2013	7	135
2014	7	134
2015	6	135
2016	6	134
2017	6	142
2018	5	134
2019	5	131
2020	12	135
2021	5	156
2022	7	125
2023	4	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.28% in South Korea and 3.93% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	11.2%	42.9%
1961	10.6%	42.2%
1962	10.1%	41.5%
1963	9.67%	40.8%
1964	9.18%	40%
1965	8.68%	39%
1966	8.16%	38%
1967	7.62%	36.8%
1968	7.1%	35.6%
1969	6.59%	34.3%
1970	6.12%	33%
1971	5.71%	31.8%
1972	5.36%	30.6%
1973	5.07%	29.5%
1974	4.82%	28.4%
1975	4.61%	27.2%
1976	4.42%	26%
1977	4.23%	24.7%
1978	4.04%	23.4%
1979	3.84%	22.1%
1980	3.63%	20.8%
1981	3.4%	19.6%
1982	3.17%	18.4%
1983	2.93%	17.2%
1984	2.7%	16.2%
1985	2.46%	15.3%
1986	2.25%	14.6%
1987	2.05%	14%
1988	1.87%	13.4%
1989	1.71%	12.9%
1990	1.57%	12.5%
1991	1.44%	12.1%
1992	1.33%	11.8%
1993	1.23%	11.6%
1994	1.14%	11.3%
1995	1.05%	11.1%
1996	0.98%	10.8%
1997	0.91%	10.5%
1998	0.85%	10.2%
1999	0.8%	9.77%
2000	0.75%	9.32%
2001	0.71%	8.84%
2002	0.68%	8.36%
2003	0.64%	7.9%
2004	0.6%	7.47%
2005	0.56%	7.06%
2006	0.52%	6.68%
2007	0.48%	6.33%
2008	0.45%	6.02%
2009	0.43%	5.74%
2010	0.41%	5.49%
2011	0.4%	5.3%
2012	0.38%	5.14%
2013	0.37%	4.95%
2014	0.36%	4.84%
2015	0.35%	4.9%
2016	0.34%	4.77%
2017	0.33%	4.66%
2018	0.32%	4.7%
2019	0.31%	4.59%
2020	0.3%	4.32%
2021	0.29%	4.24%
2022	0.28%	4.08%
2023	0.28%	3.93%