South Korea vs Saint Barthelemy: Fertility rate: births per woman (Human Fertility)
Fertility rate: births per woman (Human Fertility) over time
- South Korea
- Saint Barthelemy
How they compare
Saint Barthelemy currently reports 0.801 live births per woman against 0.72 live births per woman in South Korea, a difference of 0.081 live births per woman.
That makes Saint Barthelemy's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was South Korea ahead.
South Korea ranks 234th and Saint Barthelemy ranks 233rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, South Korea averaged higher in 6 and Saint Barthelemy in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Korea | Saint Barthelemy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.14 live births per woman | 3.05 live births per woman | 3.08 live births per woman | South Korea |
| 1960s | 5.1 live births per woman | 2.48 live births per woman | 2.62 live births per woman | South Korea |
| 1970s | 3.49 live births per woman | 1.71 live births per woman | 1.78 live births per woman | South Korea |
| 1980s | 1.98 live births per woman | 1.53 live births per woman | 0.4461 live births per woman | South Korea |
| 1990s | 1.62 live births per woman | 1.39 live births per woman | 0.2285 live births per woman | South Korea |
| 2000s | 1.22 live births per woman | 1.46 live births per woman | 0.2317 live births per woman | Saint Barthelemy |
| 2010s | 1.14 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 0.1345 live births per woman | South Korea |
| 2020s | 0.7738 live births per woman | 0.7812 live births per woman | 0.0075 live births per woman | Saint Barthelemy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, South Korea or Saint Barthelemy?
- Saint Barthelemy, at 0.801 live births per woman against 0.72 live births per woman in South Korea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between South Korea and Saint Barthelemy?
- 0.081 live births per woman, with Saint Barthelemy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and Saint Barthelemy?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do South Korea and Saint Barthelemy rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- South Korea ranks 234th and Saint Barthelemy ranks 233rd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.