Preliminary Results of Birth and Death Statistics in
2016
In 2016, the number of live births was 406.3 thousand persons, which
dropped by 32.1 thousand persons (-7.3%) from 2015.
○ The number of live births declined by 32.1 thousand persons (-7.3%) from 438.4
thousand persons in 2015 to 406.3 thousand persons in 2016.
○ The crude birth rate (the number of live births per 1,000 population) stood at 7.9
persons in 2016, which fell by 8.1 percent from 2015.
○ The total fertility rate (the number of births that a woman would have if she
experienced the current age specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years)
marked 1.17 persons in 2016, which fell by 0.07 (-5.6%) from 1.24 persons in
2015.
○ The fertility rates for women aged 34 or less showed a drop. The fertility rates
for women aged 35 or more showed a rise.
○ The average age of mothers was 32.4 years. Old mothers aged 35 or more occupied
26.3 percent of the total mothers.
○ The sex ratio at birth (number of male live births per 100 female live births) marked
105.0 persons. The sex ratio at birth for the third child or more recoded 107.4
persons.
○ As for total fertility rates by province, Sejong (1.82 persons), Jeonnam (1.47 persons)
and Jeju (1.43 persons) marked high figures. In the meantime, Seoul (0.94 person)
and Busan (1.10 persons) marked low figures.
In 2016, the number of deaths was 281 thousand persons, which rose
by 5.1 thousand persons (1.8%) from 2015.
○ In 2016, the number of deaths was 281 thousand persons, which recorded the
highest figure after the beginning of the production of causes of death statistics
in 1983.
○ The crude death rate (the number of deaths per 1,000 population) rose by 1.5
percent to 5.5 persons in 2016.
○ Compared to 2015, the age group aged 80 or more showed the highest increase
in the number of deaths.
○ As for age-standardized death rates (the number of deaths per 1,000 standard
population) by province, Chungbuk (3.7 persons) and Gangwon (3.7 persons)
showed high figures. Seoul (3.0 persons) and Gyeonggi (3.2 persons) showed low
figures.
The natural increase in the population marked 125.3 thousand persons
in 2016, which fell by 37.2 thousand persons (-22.9%) from 2015.
○ The natural increase in the population marked 125.3 thousand persons in 2016,
which recorded the highest figure after the beginning of the production of death
statistics in 1970.
○ As for natural increase by province, Gyeonggi and Seoul showed high figures.
Whereas, Jeonnam and Jeonbuk showed low figures.
Birth Statistics in 2016
Number of live births and total fertility rate (1970-2016p)
* p: preliminary
Number of live births by age group (2015-2016p)
Age-specific fertility rate (2005, 2007, 2016p)
Number of live births by birth order (2015-2016p)
Average age of birth mothers (1996-2016p)
Total fertility rate by province (2016p)
Death Statistics in 2016
Number of deaths and crude death rate (1983-2016p)
Number of deaths by sex and age group (2016p)
Share of deaths by age group (2006, 2015, 2016p)
Age-standardized death rate by province (2016p)
Natural increase (Birth - Death) (1995-2016p)
Natural increase by province (2016p)