Japan vs Korea: Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate
Japan
1.2 births per woman
in 2023
Korea
0.722 births per woman
in 2023
Japan rank
31st
Korea rank
34th
Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate over time
- Japan
- Korea
How they compare
Japan currently reports 1.2 births per woman against 0.722 births per woman in Korea, a difference of 0.478 births per woman.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.7 times Korea's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Korea ahead.
Japan ranks 31st and Korea ranks 34th of 34 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.32 births per woman | 1.21 births per woman | 0.1079 births per woman | Japan |
| 2010s | 1.4 births per woman | 1.15 births per woman | 0.2496 births per woman | Japan |
| 2020s | 1.27 births per woman | 0.787 births per woman | 0.4807 births per woman | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate, Japan or Korea?
- Japan, at 1.2 births per woman against 0.722 births per woman in Korea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate between Japan and Korea?
- 0.478 births per woman, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Korea?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Korea rank globally for total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate?
- Japan ranks 31st and Korea ranks 34th of 34 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime if she experienced the fertility rates of a specific year.