Total fertility rate in North Korea in 2024 — 1.78 births. Ranked 120 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 50%.
1960–2024 · births per woman
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North Korea
| Year | births | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.78 | +0 | +0.22% |
| 2023 | 1.78 | −0.02 | −0.95% |
| 2022 | 1.8 | −0.01 | −0.5% |
| 2021 | 1.81 | −0.01 | −0.82% |
| 2020 | 1.82 | −0 | −0.22% |
| 2019 | 1.83 | −0.01 | −0.49% |
| 2018 | 1.83 | −0.01 | −0.76% |
| 2017 | 1.85 | −0.01 | −0.43% |
| 2016 | 1.86 | −0.01 | −0.38% |
| 2015 | 1.86 | −0.01 | −0.59% |
| 2014 | 1.87 | −0 | −0.16% |
| 2013 | 1.88 | −0 | −0.27% |
| 2012 | 1.88 | −0 | −0.05% |
| 2011 | 1.88 | −0.01 | −0.37% |
| 2010 | 1.89 | −0.02 | −0.79% |
| 2009 | 1.91 | −0.07 | −3.3% |
| 2008 | 1.97 | +0.03 | +1.39% |
| 2007 | 1.94 | +0.01 | +0.36% |
| 2006 | 1.94 | +0.06 | +3.42% |
| 2005 | 1.87 | −0.03 | −1.42% |
| 2004 | 1.9 | −0.01 | −0.52% |
| 2003 | 1.91 | −0.01 | −0.52% |
| 2002 | 1.92 | −0.02 | −1.08% |
| 2001 | 1.94 | −0 | −0.05% |
| 2000 | 1.94 | −0.02 | −1.27% |
| 1999 | 1.97 | −0.03 | −1.26% |
| 1998 | 1.99 | −0.04 | −1.78% |
| 1997 | 2.03 | −0.07 | −3.15% |
| 1996 | 2.09 | −0.05 | −2.47% |
| 1995 | 2.15 | −0.04 | −1.69% |
| 1994 | 2.18 | −0.04 | −1.58% |
| 1993 | 2.22 | −0.07 | −3.02% |
| 1992 | 2.29 | −0.06 | −2.72% |
| 1991 | 2.35 | −0.04 | −1.55% |
| 1990 | 2.39 | −0.02 | −1% |
| 1989 | 2.41 | −0.06 | −2.27% |
| 1988 | 2.47 | −0.06 | −2.41% |
| 1987 | 2.53 | −0.07 | −2.51% |
| 1986 | 2.59 | −0.05 | −1.97% |
| 1985 | 2.65 | −0.06 | −2.29% |
| 1984 | 2.71 | −0.07 | −2.48% |
| 1983 | 2.78 | −0.08 | −2.7% |
| 1982 | 2.85 | −0.07 | −2.29% |
| 1981 | 2.92 | +0.08 | +2.82% |
| 1980 | 2.84 | −0.01 | −0.28% |
| 1979 | 2.85 | +0.06 | +2.01% |
| 1978 | 2.79 | +0.02 | +0.79% |
| 1977 | 2.77 | −0.07 | −2.29% |
| 1976 | 2.84 | −0.21 | −6.92% |
| 1975 | 3.05 | −0.09 | −3.02% |
| 1974 | 3.14 | −0.21 | −6.29% |
| 1973 | 3.35 | −0.54 | −13.78% |
| 1972 | 3.89 | +0.15 | +4.01% |
| 1971 | 3.74 | −0.11 | −2.83% |
| 1970 | 3.85 | −0.01 | −0.31% |
| 1969 | 3.86 | −0.01 | −0.31% |
| 1968 | 3.87 | −0.18 | −4.4% |
| 1967 | 4.05 | +0.34 | +9.19% |
| 1966 | 3.71 | +0.15 | +4.3% |
| 1965 | 3.56 | +0.01 | +0.25% |
| 1964 | 3.55 | −0.08 | −2.18% |
| 1963 | 3.63 | +0.21 | +6.27% |
| 1962 | 3.41 | +0.15 | +4.63% |
| 1961 | 3.26 | −0.31 | −8.6% |
| 1960 | 3.57 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.
Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
How many births there are per thousand girls aged 15–19 during a year.
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