El Salvador vs Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age

El Salvador
1.73 children per women
in 2023
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
1.72 children per women
in 2023
El Salvador rank
130th
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of rank
133rd

Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time

  • El Salvador
  • Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 1.73 children per women against 1.72 children per women in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, a difference of 0.01 children per women.

Across all 74 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 130th and Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ranks 133rd of 236 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Difference Ahead
1950s 4.79 children per women 2.79 children per women 2 children per women El Salvador
1960s 5.09 children per women 3.2 children per women 1.89 children per women El Salvador
1970s 4.74 children per women 2.96 children per women 1.78 children per women El Salvador
1980s 3.94 children per women 2.49 children per women 1.45 children per women El Salvador
1990s 3.36 children per women 1.93 children per women 1.43 children per women El Salvador
2000s 2.46 children per women 1.8 children per women 0.6661 children per women El Salvador
2010s 1.99 children per women 1.79 children per women 0.2076 children per women El Salvador
2020s 1.75 children per women 1.74 children per women 0.0156 children per women El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, El Salvador or Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?
El Salvador, at 1.73 children per women against 1.72 children per women in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of as of 2023.
What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between El Salvador and Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?
0.01 children per women, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Korea, Democratic People's Republic of rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
El Salvador ranks 130th and Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ranks 133rd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Unit
children per women
Source
Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,723 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed

Number of children who live long enough to reproduce, per woman. This number is dependent on the survival of daughters to childbearing age (between 15 and 49 years old).