By items 2005 2006 2007

Live births(persons) 435,031 448,153 493,189

Deaths(persons) 243,883 242,266 244,874
Natural increase(persons) 191,148 205,887 248,315
Crude birth rate(per 1,000 population) 8.9 9.2 10.0
Crude death rate(per 1,000 population) 5.0 5.0 5.0
Natural increase rate(per 1,000 population) 3.9 4.2 5.1
Total fertility rate(persons) 1.076 1.123 1.250
Masculinity of birth(persons) 107.8 107.5 106.2
Infant mortality rate(per 1,000 live births) 4.2 3.8 3.5
Marriages(cases) 314,304 330,634 343,559
Crude marriage rate(per 1,000 population) 6.5 6.8 7.0
Divorces(cases) 128,035 124,524 124,072
Crude divorce rate(per 1,000 population) 2.6 2.5 2.5
Life expectancy at birth-total(age) 78.2 78.8 79.2
Life expectancy at birth-male(age) 74.9 75.4 75.9
Life expectancy at birth-female(age) 81.6 82.1 82.5
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
465,892 444,849 470,171 471,265 484,550 436,455 435,435
246,113 246,942 255,405 257,396 267,221 266,257 267,692
219,779 197,907 214,766 213,869 217,329 170,198 167,743
9.4 9.0 9.4 9.4 9.6 8.6 8.6
5.0 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.3 5.3 5.3
4.4 4.0 4.3 4.3 4.3 3.4 3.3
1.192 1.149 1.226 1.244 1.297 1.187 1.205
106.4 106.4 106.9 105.7 105.7 105.3 105.3
3.4 3.2 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.0
327,715 309,759 326,104 329,087 327,073 322,807 305,507
6.6 6.2 6.5 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.0
116,535 123,999 116,858 114,284 114,316 115,292 115,510
2.4 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3
79.6 80.0 80.2 80.6 80.9 81.4 81.8
76.2 76.7 76.8 77.3 77.6 78.1 78.6
83.0 83.4 83.6 84.0 84.2 84.6 85.0
2015 2016
438,420 406,300
275,895 281,000
162,525 125,300
8.6 7.9
5.4 5.5
3.2 2.5
1.239 1.170
105.3 105.0
2.7 -
302,828 281,635
5.9 5.5
109,153 107,328
2.1 2.1
82.1 -
79.0 -
85.2 -
○ Table ID DT_1B8000F
○ Table N Vital Statistics of Korea
○ Term Annual 1970 ~ 2016
○ Source Source : STATISTICS KOREA, Vital Statistics
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