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South Korea vs Vatican: Birth rate

South Korea
4.57 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Vatican
4.21 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
South Korea rank
235th
Vatican rank
236th

Birth rate over time

  • South Korea
  • Vatican
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How they compare

South Korea currently reports 4.57 births per 1,000 people against 4.21 births per 1,000 people in Vatican, a difference of 0.357 births per 1,000 people.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.1 times Vatican's.

Across all 74 years both countries report, South Korea has been ahead every year.

South Korea ranks 235th and Vatican ranks 236th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Birth rate
Unit
births per 1,000 people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,723 data points, 1751–2023
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The total number of births per 1,000 people in a given year.