# Live births in South Korea

Live births in South Korea was 236,394 in 2023 (estimated). Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

- Indicator id: `births`
- Place id: `kr`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Live births to mothers resident in the area during the year.
- Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births) (https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/un-population-division
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Citation: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/births/south-korea
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=births&place=kr

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 236,394 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 256,588 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 259,300 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 270,034 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 295,280 (estimated) |
| 2018 | 322,572 (estimated) |
| 2017 | 356,023 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 397,938 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 424,787 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 427,701 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 433,882 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 460,037 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 455,314 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 449,665 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 437,242 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 447,507 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 462,242 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 440,301 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 432,815 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 455,459 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 472,791 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 489,165 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 541,042 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 599,446 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 607,708 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 624,901 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 653,059 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 672,524 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 692,785 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 704,169 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 711,775 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 739,339 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 729,680 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 684,376 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 663,912 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 657,214 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 656,703 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 667,624 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 686,800 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 717,482 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 790,777 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 868,685 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 895,271 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 853,589 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 823,277 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 772,737 (estimated) |
| 1977 | 807,976 (estimated) |
| 1976 | 819,505 (estimated) |
| 1975 | 838,408 (estimated) |
| 1974 | 868,320 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 900,511 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 928,258 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 961,733 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 987,604 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 965,717 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 958,414 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 961,491 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 978,557 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 988,466 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 1,011,083 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 1,046,854 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 1,072,152 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 1,096,972 (estimated) |
| 1960 | 1,098,755 (estimated) |
| 1959 | 1,080,156 (estimated) |
| 1958 | 1,051,167 (estimated) |
| 1957 | 1,016,567 (estimated) |
| 1956 | 977,327 (estimated) |
| 1955 | 942,519 (estimated) |
| 1954 | 910,760 (estimated) |
| 1953 | 879,007 (estimated) |
| 1952 | 842,481 (estimated) |
| 1951 | 811,470 (estimated) |
| 1950 | 784,803 (estimated) |