South Korea vs Netherlands: Fertility rate

Fertility rate in 2023: 0.72 births per woman in South Korea and 1.43 births per woman in Netherlands, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 0.71 births per woman, or 1.99 times that in South Korea.

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births per woman · UN · log scale

All years Since 1990 Since 2010

Values Change

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World Projection

South KoreaNetherlandsUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

Latest figures

births per woman · UN

Country	Latest	10 years before	Rank in 2023	Projected
South Korea	0.72 2023	1.21	227 of 229	1.3 2100
Netherlands	1.43 2023	1.68	181 of 229	1.57 2100
World	2.25 2023	2.57		1.84 2100

What the numbers say

Netherlands has been higher since 1997, when it overtook South Korea.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts South Korea at 1.3 births per woman and Netherlands at 1.57 births per woman in 2100.
The world as a whole: 2.25 births per woman in 2023.

Every year

births per woman · UN

Year	South Korea	Netherlands	World
2023	0.72	1.43	2.25
2022	0.78	1.51	2.27
2021	0.78	1.62	2.29
2020	0.81	1.55	2.32
2019	0.88	1.57	2.4
2018	0.95	1.59	2.44
2017	1.04	1.62	2.5
2016	1.14	1.66	2.54
2015	1.2	1.66	2.54
2014	1.2	1.7	2.56
2013	1.21	1.68	2.57
2012	1.27	1.72	2.61
2011	1.26	1.75	2.59
2010	1.23	1.79	2.6
2009	1.18	1.78	2.62
2008	1.19	1.76	2.63
2007	1.22	1.71	2.62
2006	1.15	1.72	2.63
2005	1.12	1.71	2.63
2004	1.16	1.72	2.65
2003	1.2	1.74	2.66
2002	1.23	1.73	2.68
2001	1.34	1.71	2.71
2000	1.47	1.72	2.75
1999	1.47	1.66	2.75
1998	1.5	1.63	2.78
1997	1.56	1.56	2.81
1996	1.6	1.53	2.85
1995	1.65	1.53	2.89
1994	1.67	1.57	2.93
1993	1.68	1.57	2.98
1992	1.74	1.59	3.04
1991	1.7	1.61	3.13
1990	1.6	1.61	3.31
1989	1.56	1.56	3.35
1988	1.56	1.55	3.39
1987	1.57	1.56	3.48
1986	1.62	1.55	3.5
1985	1.71	1.51	3.51
1984	1.83	1.49	3.55
1983	2.1	1.47	3.58
1982	2.43	1.49	3.71
1981	2.67	1.56	3.71
1980	2.73	1.6	3.74
1979	2.75	1.57	3.77
1978	2.7	1.58	3.79
1977	2.95	1.58	3.85
1976	3.12	1.63	3.97
1975	3.31	1.67	4.08
1974	3.56	1.77	4.26
1973	3.8	1.91	4.42
1972	4.02	2.15	4.55
1971	4.26	2.37	4.68
1970	4.46	2.57	4.83
1969	4.45	2.74	4.87
1968	4.51	2.71	4.96
1967	4.62	2.8	4.85
1966	4.78	2.9	4.96
1965	4.89	3.03	5.07
1964	5.07	3.15	5.12
1963	5.33	3.18	5.31
1962	5.56	3.17	5.02
1961	5.8	3.21	4.57
1960	5.99	3.12	4.7
1959	6.1	3.16	4.74
1958	6.15	3.1	4.93
1957	6.18	3.07	5.07
1956	6.18	3.05	4.93
1955	6.17	3.03	5
1954	6.17	3.03	5
1953	6.17	3.04	4.92
1952	6.12	3.09	5
1951	6.09	3.06	4.82
1950	6.06	3.1	4.85

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	South Korea	Netherlands	World
2024	0.730.55–0.92	1.431.29–1.58	2.25
2025	0.750.55–0.96	1.441.27–1.61	2.24
2026	0.760.54–1	1.441.24–1.64	2.23
2027	0.780.54–1.02	1.451.21–1.67	2.22
2028	0.790.53–1.06	1.451.19–1.69	2.21
2029	0.80.53–1.09	1.461.19–1.73	2.2
2030	0.810.53–1.12	1.461.17–1.73	2.2
2031	0.830.53–1.15	1.461.16–1.75	2.19
2032	0.840.53–1.19	1.471.15–1.77	2.18
2033	0.850.54–1.21	1.471.13–1.78	2.17
2034	0.860.55–1.23	1.481.13–1.79	2.16
2035	0.880.55–1.26	1.481.11–1.8	2.15
2036	0.890.55–1.29	1.481.11–1.82	2.15
2037	0.90.55–1.3	1.481.1–1.83	2.14
2038	0.910.54–1.32	1.491.1–1.85	2.13
2039	0.920.55–1.34	1.491.09–1.87	2.13
2040	0.930.55–1.36	1.491.09–1.87	2.13
2041	0.940.55–1.4	1.491.08–1.88	2.12
2042	0.950.55–1.42	1.51.07–1.89	2.12
2043	0.960.55–1.44	1.51.07–1.91	2.12
2044	0.970.56–1.45	1.51.06–1.91	2.12
2045	0.980.55–1.47	1.51.05–1.92	2.12
2046	0.990.56–1.49	1.51.03–1.92	2.11
2047	10.55–1.5	1.511.03–1.92	2.11
2048	1.010.56–1.51	1.511.02–1.94	2.11
2049	1.020.56–1.53	1.511.01–1.95	2.1
2050	1.030.57–1.55	1.521.02–1.95	2.1
2051	1.030.56–1.57	1.521.01–1.95	2.09
2052	1.040.56–1.59	1.521–1.96	2.09
2053	1.050.56–1.59	1.520.99–1.97	2.08
2054	1.060.55–1.6	1.531.01–1.98	2.07
2055	1.070.55–1.61	1.531.02–1.99	2.07
2056	1.070.55–1.62	1.531.01–2	2.06
2057	1.080.57–1.64	1.531.02–2	2.05
2058	1.090.57–1.65	1.531.01–2.01	2.04
2059	1.090.57–1.67	1.531.01–2	2.04
2060	1.10.57–1.66	1.540.99–2.02	2.03
2061	1.110.56–1.68	1.541–2.03	2.02
2062	1.110.57–1.68	1.540.99–2.04	2.02
2063	1.120.56–1.69	1.540.99–2.04	2.01
2064	1.120.57–1.7	1.540.98–2.03	2
2065	1.130.56–1.72	1.540.96–2.03	2
2066	1.140.56–1.73	1.540.97–2.04	1.99
2067	1.150.56–1.74	1.540.98–2.05	1.98
2068	1.150.57–1.76	1.540.97–2.05	1.98
2069	1.160.58–1.75	1.540.96–2.05	1.97
2070	1.160.57–1.77	1.540.97–2.05	1.97
2071	1.170.57–1.77	1.550.96–2.07	1.96
2072	1.180.57–1.77	1.550.95–2.06	1.96
2073	1.180.57–1.77	1.550.97–2.05	1.95
2074	1.190.57–1.77	1.550.96–2.06	1.95
2075	1.190.58–1.81	1.550.96–2.07	1.94
2076	1.20.57–1.8	1.550.95–2.08	1.94
2077	1.20.57–1.81	1.550.96–2.07	1.94
2078	1.210.59–1.82	1.550.95–2.08	1.93
2079	1.210.58–1.82	1.550.95–2.08	1.93
2080	1.210.56–1.83	1.550.95–2.08	1.92
2081	1.220.56–1.84	1.550.95–2.08	1.92
2082	1.220.57–1.85	1.550.95–2.1	1.91
2083	1.230.58–1.84	1.560.95–2.11	1.91
2084	1.230.58–1.86	1.560.95–2.09	1.91
2085	1.240.57–1.85	1.560.93–2.11	1.9
2086	1.240.58–1.87	1.560.94–2.11	1.9
2087	1.250.58–1.88	1.560.93–2.09	1.89
2088	1.250.57–1.85	1.560.94–2.11	1.89
2089	1.250.58–1.88	1.560.94–2.11	1.88
2090	1.260.58–1.87	1.560.94–2.13	1.88
2091	1.260.59–1.88	1.560.93–2.12	1.88
2092	1.270.59–1.88	1.560.92–2.13	1.87
2093	1.270.59–1.87	1.560.92–2.13	1.87
2094	1.280.6–1.87	1.560.94–2.15	1.86
2095	1.280.6–1.91	1.570.93–2.15	1.86
2096	1.280.59–1.89	1.570.93–2.13	1.85
2097	1.290.6–1.89	1.570.94–2.13	1.85
2098	1.290.59–1.87	1.570.93–2.13	1.85
2099	1.290.58–1.91	1.570.9–2.13	1.84
2100	1.30.58–1.9	1.570.93–2.13	1.84

Each country on its own

Good to know

The children a woman would have over her life at the year’s birth rates for each age.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time