In 2025, Pakistan had the highest crude birth rate among the South Asian countries, with a crude birth rate of **** live births per 1,000 of the population. Comparatively, there were **** live births for every 1,000 of the population in the Maldives in 2025.

The average for 2022 based on 12 countries was 1.93 births per woman. The highest value was in Bolivia: 2.58 births per woman and the lowest value was in Chile: 1.25 births per woman. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

This dataset includes teen birth rates for females by age group, race, and Hispanic origin in the United States since 1960. Data availability varies by race and ethnicity groups. All birth data by race before 1980 are based on race of the child. Since 1980, birth data by race are based on race of the mother. For race, data are available for Black and White births since 1960, and for American Indians/Alaska Native and Asian/Pacific Islander births since 1980. Data on Hispanic origin are available since 1989. Teen birth rates for specific racial and ethnic categories are also available since 1989. From 2003 through 2015, the birth data by race were based on the “bridged” race categories (5). Starting in 2016, the race categories for reporting birth data changed; the new race and Hispanic origin categories are: Non-Hispanic, Single Race White; Non-Hispanic, Single Race Black; Non-Hispanic, Single Race American Indian/Alaska Native; Non-Hispanic, Single Race Asian; and, Non-Hispanic, Single Race Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (5,6). Birth data by the prior, “bridged” race (and Hispanic origin) categories are included through 2018 for comparison. National data on births by Hispanic origin exclude data for Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma in 1989; New Hampshire and Oklahoma in 1990; and New Hampshire in 1991 and 1992. Birth and fertility rates for the Central and South American population includes other and unknown Hispanic. Information on reporting Hispanic origin is detailed in the Technical Appendix for the 1999 public-use natality data file (see ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Dataset_Documentation/DVS/natality/Nat1999doc.pdf). SOURCES NCHS, National Vital Statistics System, birth data (see https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/births.htm); public-use data files (see https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/VitalStatsOnline.htm); and CDC WONDER (see http://wonder.cdc.gov/). REFERENCES National Office of Vital Statistics. Vital Statistics of the United States, 1950, Volume I. 1954. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsus/vsus_1950_1.pdf. Hetzel AM. U.S. vital statistics system: major activities and developments, 1950-95. National Center for Health Statistics. 1997. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/misc/usvss.pdf. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Statistics of the United States, 1967, Volume I–Natality. 1969. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsus/nat67_1.pdf. Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Osterman MJK, et al. Births: Final data for 2015. National vital statistics reports; vol 66 no 1. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2017. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr66/nvsr66_01.pdf. Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Osterman MJK, Driscoll AK, Drake P. Births: Final data for 2016. National Vital Statistics Reports; vol 67 no 1. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2018. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_01.pdf. Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Osterman MJK, Driscoll AK, Births: Final data for 2018. National vital statistics reports; vol 68 no 13. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2019. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_13.pdf.

In 2024, the birth rate in South Korea stood at 0.75 births per woman. The country has long struggled with a declining birth rate, dropping below one birth per woman in 2018.

The average for 2022 based on 11 countries was 1.89 births per woman. The highest value was in Cambodia: 2.62 births per woman and the lowest value was in Singapore: 1.04 births per woman. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

In 2025, the South Korean government allocated about **** trillion South Korean won to address the declining fertility rate, which was a 13 percent increase compared to the previous year's budget. The budget was mainly allocated to support housing and related issues, followed by policies to improve work-family balance.

Actual value and historical data chart for South Asia Fertility Rate Total Births Per Woman

Graph and download economic data for Fertility Rate, Total for the Republic of Korea (SPDYNTFRTINKOR) from 1960 to 2023 about fertility, Korea, and rate.

Historical dataset showing South Sudan birth rate by year from 1950 to 2025.

In 1900, the fertility rate in the region of present-day South Korea was six children per woman, meaning that the average woman born in South Korea in that year could expect to have six children over the course of their reproductive years. This number began to fluctuate in the 1930s, when the Japanese administration (the Korean peninsula had been annexed by Japan in 1910) promoted fertility as part of the war effort, before fertility dropped below 5.2 births per woman in the aftermath of the war. It then increased above 6.3 in the 1950s due to the devastation and mass-displacement caused by the Korean War. As stability returned to the region, South Korea's fertility rate would fall sharply throughout the remainder of the century, as modernization, urbanization, and the implementation of family planning programs would see fertility fall to just over 1.5 children per woman by 1990.

Sex-selective abortion and gender ratios Abortion was illegal in South Korea between 1953 and 2020, although it was permitted in some cases from 1973 onward. Despite this, these laws were rarely enforced, and sex-selective abortion became widespread following advancements in ultrasound technology. In many Asian societies, it was often preferred to have male children as they were viewed as being better long-term providers for their parents and they would carry on the family name. In South Korea in the early 1990s, the practice of sex-selective abortion became so widespread that the gender ratio at birth was 114 males for every 100 females (reportedly as high as 125 in some cities), compared to the historical and natural average of approximately 105 males per 100 females. The government then prohibited doctors from revealing the gender of unborn babies to the parents in 1987, and introduced more severe penalties in 1994, in an attempt to revert this trend. The gender imbalance then reduced in the following decades, and has been at 106 males per 100 females since the 2010s (roughly the natural average). Abortion rights in South Korea were expanded in 2021.

Lowest in the world? Despite government initiatives aimed at increasing fertility, including financial incentives, South Korea's fertility rate has continued to fall in recent years, and today is at around half of replacement level. In 2020, it is estimated that the average woman born in South Korea will have just over one child over the course of their reproductive years. Some critics cite economic factors, such as high education and housing costs, for the reason that young couples are postponing marriage and having families; today, South Korea has the lowest adolescent fertility rate, and the lowest overall fertility rate in the Asia Pacific region. Due to the current trajectory of South Korea's fertility rate, in January 2021, it was announced that the South Korean population experienced a natural decline for the first time in it's history.

Brazil Crude Birth Rate: per 1000 Population: South: Santa Catarina data was reported at 12.723 % in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 12.916 % for 2014. Brazil Crude Birth Rate: per 1000 Population: South: Santa Catarina data is updated yearly, averaging 14.452 % from Sep 2000 (Median) to 2015, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17.810 % in 2000 and a record low of 12.723 % in 2015. Brazil Crude Birth Rate: per 1000 Population: South: Santa Catarina data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Socio and Demographic – Table BR.GAE003: Crude Birth Rate. Information relating to the year 2011 will be updated by the source (IBGE) until July 2013.

This scatter chart displays fertility rate (births per woman) against birth rate (per 1,000 people) in South Sudan. The data is about countries per year.

Graph and download economic data for Crude Birth Rate for South Africa (SPDYNCBRTINZAF) from 1960 to 2023 about birth, South Africa, crude, and rate.

This dataset is about countries in Southern Asia. It has 9 rows. It features 3 columns: birth rate, and fertility rate.

Graph and download economic data for Fertility Rate, Total for the Republic of South Sudan (SPDYNTFRTINSSD) from 1960 to 2023 about South Sudan, fertility, and rate.

Graph and download economic data for Crude Birth Rate for the Republic of South Sudan (SPDYNCBRTINSSD) from 1960 to 2023 about South Sudan, birth, crude, and rate.

Actual value and historical data chart for South Africa Birth Rate Crude Per 1 000 People

Historical dataset showing South Korea birth rate by year from 1950 to 2025.

Crude Birth Rate for South Asia was 18.39416 Births per 1,000 People in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Crude Birth Rate for South Asia reached a record high of 43.88620 in January of 1950 and a record low of 18.39416 in January of 2023. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Crude Birth Rate for South Asia - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on November of 2025.

South Korea: The number of crude births per 1000 people, per year: The latest value from 2023 is 4.5 births per 1000 people, a decline from 4.9 births per 1000 people in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 17.86 births per 1000 people, based on data from 196 countries. Historically, the average for South Korea from 1960 to 2023 is 17.92 births per 1000 people. The minimum value, 4.5 births per 1000 people, was reached in 2023 while the maximum of 42.07 births per 1000 people was recorded in 1960.