Japan vs South Korea: Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month

Japan
17.27 births per million people
in 2023
South Korea
14.62 births per million people
in 2023
Japan rank
38th
South Korea rank
39th

Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month over time

  • Japan
  • South Korea
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 17.27 births per million people against 14.62 births per million people in South Korea, a difference of 2.66 births per million people.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.2 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 43 shared years of data; in 1981 it was South Korea ahead.

Japan ranks 38th and South Korea ranks 39th of 40 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month
Unit
births per million people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
40 places, 3,607 data points, 1840–2024
Last refreshed

The highest average daily number of births, per million people, recorded in the given year.