Korea vs Chinese Taipei: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Korea
0.7167 children per women
in 2023
Chinese Taipei
0.8617 children per women
in 2023
Korea rank
234th
Chinese Taipei rank
232nd
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Korea
- Chinese Taipei
How they compare
Chinese Taipei currently reports 0.8617 children per women against 0.7167 children per women in Korea, a difference of 0.145 children per women.
That makes Chinese Taipei's figure about 1.2 times Korea's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Chinese Taipei ahead.
Korea ranks 234th and Chinese Taipei ranks 232nd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Korea averaged higher in 3 and Chinese Taipei in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Chinese Taipei | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.74 children per women | 5.79 children per women | 1.06 children per women | Chinese Taipei |
| 1960s | 4.54 children per women | 4.76 children per women | 0.2186 children per women | Chinese Taipei |
| 1970s | 3.28 children per women | 3.05 children per women | 0.2299 children per women | Korea |
| 1980s | 1.91 children per women | 2 children per women | 0.0822 children per women | Chinese Taipei |
| 1990s | 1.59 children per women | 1.69 children per women | 0.0984 children per women | Chinese Taipei |
| 2000s | 1.21 children per women | 1.19 children per women | 0.0246 children per women | Korea |
| 2010s | 1.13 children per women | 1.09 children per women | 0.0371 children per women | Korea |
| 2020s | 0.77 children per women | 0.9172 children per women | 0.1472 children per women | Chinese Taipei |
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 Chinese Taipei?
- Chinese Taipei, at 0.8617 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 Chinese Taipei?
- 0.145 children per women, with Chinese Taipei ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Chinese Taipei?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Korea and Chinese Taipei rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Korea ranks 234th and Chinese Taipei ranks 232nd 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).