# Crude birth rate in South Korea

Crude birth rate in South Korea was 4.7 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `crude_birth_rate`
- Place id: `kr`
- Unit: per 1,000 inhabitants
- Definition: Live births per 1,000 residents during the year.
- Source: World Bank, Birth rate, crude, per 1,000 people (SP.DYN.CBRT.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.CBRT.IN)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Birth rate, crude, per 1,000 people (SP.DYN.CBRT.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.CBRT.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/birth-rate/south-korea
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/birth-rate/south-korea.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=crude_birth_rate&place=kr

| Period | per 1,000 inhabitants |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 4.5 |
| 2022 | 4.9 |
| 2021 | 5.1 |
| 2020 | 5.3 |
| 2019 | 5.9 |
| 2018 | 6.4 |
| 2017 | 7 |
| 2016 | 7.9 |
| 2015 | 8.6 |
| 2014 | 8.6 |
| 2013 | 8.6 |
| 2012 | 9.6 |
| 2011 | 9.4 |
| 2010 | 9.4 |
| 2009 | 9 |
| 2008 | 9.4 |
| 2007 | 10.1 |
| 2006 | 9.2 |
| 2005 | 9 |
| 2004 | 9.8 |
| 2003 | 10.2 |
| 2002 | 10.3 |
| 2001 | 11.7 |
| 2000 | 13.5 |
| 1999 | 13.2 |
| 1998 | 13.7 |
| 1997 | 14.5 |
| 1996 | 15 |
| 1995 | 15.7 |
| 1994 | 16 |
| 1993 | 16 |
| 1992 | 16.7 |
| 1991 | 16.4 |
| 1990 | 15.2 |
| 1989 | 15.1 |
| 1988 | 15.1 |
| 1987 | 15 |
| 1986 | 15.4 |
| 1985 | 16.1 |
| 1984 | 16.7 |
| 1983 | 19.3 |
| 1982 | 21.6 |
| 1981 | 22.4 |
| 1980 | 22.6 |
| 1979 | 23 |
| 1978 | 20.3 |
| 1977 | 22.7 |
| 1976 | 22.2 |
| 1975 | 24.8 |
| 1974 | 26.6 |
| 1973 | 28.3 |
| 1972 | 28.4 |
| 1971 | 31.2 |
| 1970 | 31.2 |
| 1969 | 30.32 |
| 1968 | 30.74 |
| 1967 | 31.53 |
| 1966 | 32.79 |
| 1965 | 33.75 |
| 1964 | 35.17 |
| 1963 | 37.19 |
| 1962 | 38.97 |
| 1961 | 40.85 |
| 1960 | 42.07 |