Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Birth Rate 1988
20.2
−0.1 from 1987
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's birth rate was 20.2 in 1988, decreased +0.1 from 20.3 in 1987. This was the 66th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1988▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | San Marino | 9.7 | 1.3% |
| 2nd | Italy | 10.1 | 4.1% |
| 3rd | Greece | 10.7 | 0.9% |
| 4th | Spain | 10.8 | -1.8% |
| 5th | Japan | 10.8 | -2.7% |
| 6th | Germany | 11.4 | 1.8% |
| 7th | Denmark | 11.5 | 4.5% |
| 8th | Austria | 11.6 | 1.8% |
| 9th | Hungary | 11.7 | -1.7% |
| 10th | Belgium | 12.1 | 1.7% |
| 11th | Serbia | 12.2 | -2.9% |
| 12th | Switzerland | 12.2 | 4.3% |
| 13th | Portugal | 12.2 | -0.8% |
| 14th | Croatia | 12.3 | -1.6% |
| 15th | Luxembourg | 12.3 | 7.9% |
| 16th | Isle of Man | 12.4 | 2.5% |
| 17th | Andorra | 12.4 | -1.5% |
| 18th | Channel Islands | 12.5 | 1.6% |
| 19th | European Union | 12.6 | 0.0% |
| 20th | Netherlands | 12.6 | -0.8% |
| 21st | Slovenia | 12.6 | -2.3% |
| 22nd | Czechia | 12.8 | 0.8% |
| 23rd | Finland | 12.8 | 5.8% |
| 24th | Monaco | 12.9 | -2.8% |
| 25th | Bulgaria | 13.1 | 0.8% |
| 26th | Sweden | 13.3 | 6.4% |
| 27th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 13.4 | 6.3% |
| 28th | Norway | 13.7 | 6.2% |
| 29th | France | 13.8 | -1.4% |
| 30th | United Kingdom | 13.8 | 0.7% |
| 31st | Barbados | 14.4 | -2.2% |
| 32nd | Canada | 14.5 | 0.7% |
| 33rd | Ukraine | 14.6 | -3.3% |
| 34th | Australia | 14.9 | -3.2% |
| 35th | Liechtenstein | 14.9 | 12.9% |
| 36th | Bermuda | 14.9 | 5.1% |
| 37th | Korea | 15.1 | 0.7% |
| 38th | Ireland | 15.5 | -6.1% |
| 39th | Lithuania | 15.5 | -5.5% |
| 40th | Latvia | 15.6 | -2.5% |
| 41st | Poland | 15.6 | -3.1% |
| 42nd | Malta | 15.9 | 3.2% |
| 43rd | Slovak Republic | 15.9 | -1.2% |
| 44th | Aruba | 16.0 | -4.6% |
| 45th | Estonia | 16.0 | -1.2% |
| 46th | Russian Federation | 16.0 | -7.0% |
| 47th | United States | 16.0 | 1.9% |
| 48th | Belarus | 16.1 | 0.0% |
| 49th | Cayman Islands | 16.1 | 3.1% |
| 50th | Montenegro | 16.4 | -4.2% |
| 51st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.4 | -2.5% |
| 52nd | Romania | 16.5 | -1.2% |
| 53rd | British Virgin Islands | 16.6 | 0.8% |
| 54th | Gibraltar | 17.0 | -1.0% |
| 55th | New Zealand | 17.4 | 3.7% |
| 56th | Cuba | 18.0 | 3.6% |
| 57th | Uruguay | 18.1 | 0.8% |
| 58th | Faroe Islands | 18.6 | 10.1% |
| 59th | Iceland | 18.7 | 12.7% |
| 60th | North Macedonia | 19.1 | -0.6% |
| 61st | Georgia | 19.2 | -1.7% |
| 62nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 19.3 | -1.0% |
| 63rd | Singapore | 19.8 | 19.3% |
| 64th | Cyprus | 19.9 | 2.5% |
| 65th | Mauritius | 20.1 | 4.1% |
| 66th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 20.2 | -0.4% |
| 67th | Thailand | 20.2 | -2.3% |
| 68th | Sri Lanka | 20.3 | -2.4% |
| 69th | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.6 | 1.3% |
| 70th | Curaçao | 20.7 | -0.5% |
| 71st | Moldova | 21.6 | -7.7% |
| 72nd | Bahamas, The | 21.9 | 1.0% |
| 73rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 22.0 | -1.3% |
| 74th | Palau | 22.0 | 0.0% |
| 75th | Greenland | 22.1 | 8.3% |
| 76th | Argentina | 22.2 | 0.1% |
| 77th | China | 22.4 | -4.1% |
| 78th | Chile | 22.5 | -0.2% |
| 79th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 22.5 | -2.8% |
| 80th | Israel | 22.6 | -0.4% |
| 81st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 23.4 | -0.8% |
| 82nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 23.6 | -2.7% |
| 83rd | Seychelles | 23.8 | -2.9% |
| 84th | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.9 | -5.7% |
| 85th | Qatar | 24.7 | 0.5% |
| 86th | Macao SAR, China | 25.0 | 1.2% |
| 87th | New Caledonia | 25.1 | 1.6% |
| 88th | Armenia | 25.1 | -2.7% |
| 89th | Northern Mariana Islands | 25.3 | -5.3% |
| 90th | Kazakhstan | 25.7 | -4.8% |
| 91st | Kuwait | 25.7 | -4.8% |
| 92nd | Guam | 26.0 | 0.5% |
| 93rd | United Arab Emirates | 26.0 | -3.6% |
| 94th | Dominica | 26.1 | 0.2% |
| 95th | Albania | 26.2 | -0.2% |
| 96th | Jamaica | 26.3 | -1.0% |
| 97th | Azerbaijan | 26.4 | -1.5% |
| 98th | Brazil | 26.5 | -3.4% |
| 99th | Colombia | 27.2 | -1.1% |
| 100th | Indonesia | 27.3 | -1.1% |
| 101st | Panama | 27.5 | -1.7% |
| 102nd | Türkiye | 27.7 | -2.2% |
| 103rd | Malaysia | 27.8 | -1.8% |
| 104th | Myanmar | 27.9 | -3.6% |
| 105th | Tunisia | 28.2 | -5.4% |
| 106th | Bahrain | 28.3 | -1.2% |
| 107th | Costa Rica | 28.3 | -2.7% |
| 108th | Grenada | 28.4 | -10.5% |
| 109th | Viet Nam | 28.7 | -1.8% |
| 110th | Lebanon | 28.9 | -0.6% |
| 111th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 29.2 | -2.7% |
| 112th | Brunei Darussalam | 29.5 | -1.1% |
| 113th | Libya | 29.7 | -4.4% |
| 114th | St. Lucia | 29.8 | -4.1% |
| 115th | Guyana | 30.1 | -1.5% |
| 116th | Fiji | 30.3 | -1.4% |
| 117th | Ecuador | 30.4 | -1.3% |
| 118th | Mexico | 30.4 | -3.0% |
| 119th | French Polynesia | 31.3 | 3.7% |
| 120th | Dominican Republic | 31.3 | -0.3% |
| 121st | Kyrgyz Republic | 31.5 | -3.7% |
| 122nd | Morocco | 31.6 | -3.3% |
| 123rd | Suriname | 31.9 | -1.5% |
| 124th | Kosovo | 31.9 | -1.6% |
| 125th | Nauru | 32.0 | 0.0% |
| 126th | South Africa | 32.0 | -3.7% |
| 127th | St. Martin (French part) | 32.2 | 0.8% |
| 128th | Peru | 32.4 | -1.6% |
| 129th | Algeria | 32.6 | -4.3% |
| 130th | Tonga | 33.5 | -0.4% |
| 131st | India | 33.9 | -1.6% |
| 132nd | Uzbekistan | 34.4 | -4.5% |
| 133rd | El Salvador | 34.9 | -1.0% |
| 134th | Samoa | 35.1 | -0.9% |
| 135th | American Samoa | 35.2 | 2.4% |
| 136th | Philippines | 35.6 | -0.9% |
| 137th | Paraguay | 35.8 | -1.0% |
| 138th | Botswana | 35.8 | -3.6% |
| 139th | Tuvalu | 36.0 | -2.4% |
| 140th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 36.0 | -1.6% |
| 141st | Mongolia | 36.4 | -2.1% |
| 142nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 36.9 | -1.4% |
| 143rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 36.9 | -0.6% |
| 144th | Bangladesh | 36.9 | -3.4% |
| 145th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 37.0 | -4.6% |
| 146th | Belize | 37.2 | -0.1% |
| 147th | Papua New Guinea | 37.3 | -0.4% |
| 148th | Lesotho | 37.4 | -2.5% |
| 149th | Zimbabwe | 37.7 | -4.7% |
| 150th | Turkmenistan | 37.8 | -2.1% |
| 151st | Kiribati | 38.2 | -1.0% |
| 152nd | Nicaragua | 38.4 | -1.7% |
| 153rd | Gabon | 38.5 | -0.6% |
| 154th | Nepal | 38.7 | -0.5% |
| 155th | Namibia | 38.7 | 0.4% |
| 156th | Djibouti | 38.8 | -0.8% |
| 157th | Haiti | 38.8 | -0.2% |
| 158th | Jordan | 38.9 | -1.8% |
| 159th | Solomon Islands | 39.2 | -1.4% |
| 160th | Congo, Republic of | 39.2 | -0.4% |
| 161st | Honduras | 39.3 | -1.4% |
| 162nd | Iraq | 39.4 | 1.0% |
| 163rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 39.4 | -2.3% |
| 164th | Bhutan | 39.8 | -1.8% |
| 165th | Vanuatu | 39.9 | -1.1% |
| 166th | Saudi Arabia | 40.7 | -2.8% |
| 167th | Guatemala | 40.7 | 0.0% |
| 168th | Oman | 40.8 | -5.5% |
| 169th | São Tomé and Principe | 40.9 | -0.1% |
| 170th | Cabo Verde | 41.2 | -1.0% |
| 171st | Ghana | 41.5 | -1.7% |
| 172nd | Mauritania | 41.6 | -0.8% |
| 173rd | Eswatini | 42.2 | -4.0% |
| 174th | Togo | 42.5 | -1.0% |
| 175th | Senegal | 42.7 | -2.4% |
| 176th | Lao PDR | 42.8 | -0.3% |
| 177th | Timor-Leste | 43.1 | -0.5% |
| 178th | Pakistan | 43.8 | -0.5% |
| 179th | Tajikistan | 43.8 | 1.5% |
| 180th | Madagascar | 43.8 | 0.1% |
| 181st | Tanzania | 44.0 | -0.6% |
| 182nd | Sudan | 44.1 | -0.2% |
| 183rd | Maldives | 44.2 | -2.4% |
| 184th | Cameroon | 44.3 | -0.7% |
| 185th | Eritrea | 44.3 | -0.3% |
| 186th | Nigeria | 44.7 | -0.3% |
| 187th | Marshall Islands | 45.0 | -2.7% |
| 188th | Comoros | 45.0 | -1.3% |
| 189th | Kenya | 45.6 | -1.5% |
| 190th | Guinea | 46.2 | -0.1% |
| 191st | Liberia | 46.2 | -1.0% |
| 192nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 46.4 | -0.3% |
| 193rd | Sierra Leone | 46.4 | -0.4% |
| 194th | Rwanda | 46.6 | -2.6% |
| 195th | Benin | 46.6 | -0.7% |
| 196th | Equatorial Guinea | 46.7 | -0.2% |
| 197th | Guinea-Bissau | 46.8 | -0.8% |
| 198th | Côte d'Ivoire | 47.1 | -1.4% |
| 199th | Zambia | 47.1 | -0.4% |
| 200th | Burkina Faso | 47.7 | -1.0% |
| 201st | Central African Republic | 47.8 | -0.3% |
| 202nd | Burundi | 47.9 | -0.2% |
| 203rd | Gambia, The | 48.1 | -0.7% |
| 204th | Mali | 48.2 | -0.3% |
| 205th | Mozambique | 48.6 | -1.7% |
| 206th | Malawi | 48.8 | 0.3% |
| 207th | Cambodia | 48.9 | -1.2% |
| 208th | Angola | 50.7 | -0.1% |
| 209th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 50.8 | 2.9% |
| 210th | Uganda | 51.0 | 0.2% |
| 211th | Chad | 51.5 | 2.1% |
| 212th | Afghanistan | 51.7 | -1.0% |
| 213th | South Sudan | 51.9 | 2.6% |
| 214th | Yemen, Republic of | 52.1 | -0.9% |
| 215th | Niger | 55.5 | -0.8% |
FAQ
What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's birth rate in 1988?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's birth rate in 1988 was 20.2. This ranked 66th globally.
How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's birth rate change in 1988?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's birth rate decreased by 0.4% in 1988 compared to 1987.
Which country had the highest birth rate in 1988?▾
Niger had the highest birth rate in 1988 at 55.5.
What is the birth rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1988?▾
The birth rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1988 was 20.2. This ranked 66th globally.
How does 1988 compare to 1987 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's birth rate?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's birth rate went from 20.3 in 1987 to 20.2 in 1988, a 0.4% decrease.
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