Korea vs Macau, China: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Korea
0.7167 children per women
in 2023
Macau, China
0.6589 children per women
in 2023
Korea rank
234th
Macau, China rank
236th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Korea
- Macau, China
How they compare
Korea currently reports 0.7167 children per women against 0.6589 children per women in Macau, China, a difference of 0.0578 children per women.
That makes Korea's figure about 1.1 times Macau, China's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Macau, China ahead.
Korea ranks 234th and Macau, China ranks 236th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Korea averaged higher in 6 and Macau, China in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Macau, China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.74 children per women | 4.77 children per women | 0.0315 children per women | Macau, China |
| 1960s | 4.54 children per women | 3.47 children per women | 1.07 children per women | Korea |
| 1970s | 3.28 children per women | 1.63 children per women | 1.64 children per women | Korea |
| 1980s | 1.91 children per women | 1.95 children per women | 0.0411 children per women | Macau, China |
| 1990s | 1.59 children per women | 1.36 children per women | 0.2328 children per women | Korea |
| 2000s | 1.21 children per women | 0.8841 children per women | 0.3293 children per women | Korea |
| 2010s | 1.13 children per women | 1.08 children per women | 0.0458 children per women | Korea |
| 2020s | 0.77 children per women | 0.7346 children per women | 0.0353 children per women | Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Korea or Macau, China?
- Korea, at 0.7167 children per women against 0.6589 children per women in Macau, China as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Korea and Macau, China?
- 0.0578 children per women, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Macau, China?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Korea and Macau, China rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Korea ranks 234th and Macau, China ranks 236th 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
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).