Korea vs Puerto Rico: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Korea
0.7167 children per women
in 2023
Puerto Rico
0.9308 children per women
in 2023
Korea rank
234th
Puerto Rico rank
231st
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Korea
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 0.9308 children per women against 0.7167 children per women in Korea, a difference of 0.2141 children per women.
That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.3 times Korea's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Puerto Rico ahead.
Korea ranks 234th and Puerto Rico ranks 231st of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Korea averaged higher in 3 and Puerto Rico in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.74 children per women | 4.34 children per women | 0.3962 children per women | Korea |
| 1960s | 4.54 children per women | 3.72 children per women | 0.8178 children per women | Korea |
| 1970s | 3.28 children per women | 2.82 children per women | 0.4567 children per women | Korea |
| 1980s | 1.91 children per women | 2.29 children per women | 0.3783 children per women | Puerto Rico |
| 1990s | 1.59 children per women | 2.12 children per women | 0.5304 children per women | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 1.21 children per women | 1.78 children per women | 0.5683 children per women | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 1.13 children per women | 1.32 children per women | 0.1946 children per women | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 0.77 children per women | 0.9296 children per women | 0.1596 children per women | Puerto Rico |
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 Puerto Rico?
- Puerto Rico, at 0.9308 children per women against 0.7167 children per women in Korea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Korea and Puerto Rico?
- 0.2141 children per women, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Puerto Rico?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Korea and Puerto Rico rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Korea ranks 234th and Puerto Rico ranks 231st 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).