Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Birth Rate 2020
13.4
−0.0 from 2019
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's birth rate was 13.4 in 2020, decreased +0.0 from 13.4 in 2019. This was the 100th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2020▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Korea | 5.3 | -10.2% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 5.8 | -17.1% |
| 3rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 6.0 | -6.3% |
| 4th | San Marino | 6.4 | -4.5% |
| 5th | Italy | 6.8 | -2.9% |
| 6th | Japan | 6.8 | -2.9% |
| 7th | Andorra | 6.8 | -2.3% |
| 8th | Spain | 7.2 | -5.3% |
| 9th | Ukraine | 7.6 | -3.4% |
| 10th | Greece | 7.9 | 1.3% |
| 11th | Macao SAR, China | 8.1 | -9.0% |
| 12th | Portugal | 8.1 | -3.6% |
| 13th | British Virgin Islands | 8.2 | 1.3% |
| 14th | Channel Islands | 8.2 | -1.2% |
| 15th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.4 | -2.4% |
| 16th | Finland | 8.4 | 1.2% |
| 17th | Lithuania | 8.4 | -5.6% |
| 18th | Singapore | 8.5 | -3.4% |
| 19th | China | 8.5 | -18.2% |
| 20th | Malta | 8.6 | 0.0% |
| 21st | Bermuda | 8.7 | 3.6% |
| 22nd | Isle of Man | 8.7 | -1.6% |
| 23rd | Curaçao | 8.7 | -13.9% |
| 24th | Thailand | 8.8 | -2.9% |
| 25th | Belarus | 8.9 | -4.5% |
| 26th | Croatia | 8.9 | 0.0% |
| 27th | Serbia | 8.9 | -4.3% |
| 28th | Slovenia | 8.9 | -4.3% |
| 29th | Bulgaria | 9.0 | -3.2% |
| 30th | Liechtenstein | 9.1 | -1.1% |
| 31st | European Union | 9.1 | -2.3% |
| 32nd | Latvia | 9.2 | -6.1% |
| 33rd | North Macedonia | 9.2 | -4.2% |
| 34th | Cuba | 9.3 | -4.3% |
| 35th | Germany | 9.3 | -1.1% |
| 36th | Austria | 9.4 | -2.1% |
| 37th | Canada | 9.5 | -4.0% |
| 38th | Poland | 9.5 | -4.0% |
| 39th | Aruba | 9.7 | -10.6% |
| 40th | Hungary | 9.7 | 1.0% |
| 41st | Netherlands | 9.7 | -1.0% |
| 42nd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 9.7 | -2.8% |
| 43rd | Monaco | 9.7 | -2.2% |
| 44th | Norway | 9.8 | -3.9% |
| 45th | Russian Federation | 9.8 | -3.0% |
| 46th | Belgium | 9.9 | -2.9% |
| 47th | Switzerland | 9.9 | -1.0% |
| 48th | Estonia | 9.9 | -6.6% |
| 49th | Qatar | 10.0 | 0.7% |
| 50th | Chile | 10.1 | -7.7% |
| 51st | Luxembourg | 10.2 | 2.0% |
| 52nd | United Kingdom | 10.2 | -4.1% |
| 53rd | Czechia | 10.3 | -1.9% |
| 54th | Romania | 10.3 | 0.0% |
| 55th | Denmark | 10.4 | -1.0% |
| 56th | Slovak Republic | 10.4 | -1.0% |
| 57th | Uruguay | 10.4 | -4.4% |
| 58th | United Arab Emirates | 10.5 | 3.7% |
| 59th | Albania | 10.5 | -2.1% |
| 60th | Mauritius | 10.6 | 3.9% |
| 61st | France | 10.9 | -2.7% |
| 62nd | Sweden | 10.9 | -1.8% |
| 63rd | United States | 10.9 | -4.4% |
| 64th | Ireland | 11.1 | -6.7% |
| 65th | Bahamas, The | 11.1 | -0.7% |
| 66th | Cyprus | 11.1 | 1.2% |
| 67th | Montenegro | 11.3 | -1.7% |
| 68th | New Zealand | 11.3 | -5.4% |
| 69th | Barbados | 11.3 | -1.0% |
| 70th | Costa Rica | 11.4 | -10.2% |
| 71st | Dominica | 11.4 | -0.9% |
| 72nd | Australia | 11.5 | -5.0% |
| 73rd | Palau | 11.6 | -2.5% |
| 74th | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.6 | -3.6% |
| 75th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.7 | -3.3% |
| 76th | Kuwait | 11.7 | -3.1% |
| 77th | St. Lucia | 11.7 | -1.2% |
| 78th | French Polynesia | 11.8 | -1.3% |
| 79th | Argentina | 11.8 | -15.1% |
| 80th | Gibraltar | 12.0 | 0.1% |
| 81st | Jamaica | 12.0 | -1.3% |
| 82nd | Moldova | 12.1 | -4.4% |
| 83rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 12.1 | -1.6% |
| 84th | Maldives | 12.1 | -3.9% |
| 85th | Antigua and Barbuda | 12.2 | 5.9% |
| 86th | Armenia | 12.3 | 0.8% |
| 87th | Iceland | 12.3 | 0.0% |
| 88th | Grenada | 12.3 | -1.1% |
| 89th | Kosovo | 12.3 | -2.2% |
| 90th | Azerbaijan | 12.5 | -11.3% |
| 91st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 12.6 | -2.2% |
| 92nd | Cayman Islands | 12.7 | 2.3% |
| 93rd | Bahrain | 12.8 | -3.8% |
| 94th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.8 | -3.2% |
| 95th | Bhutan | 13.0 | 4.3% |
| 96th | Brazil | 13.0 | -4.1% |
| 97th | Georgia | 13.1 | -3.9% |
| 98th | Faroe Islands | 13.1 | -1.5% |
| 99th | Cabo Verde | 13.1 | -8.0% |
| 100th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 13.4 | -0.1% |
| 101st | Malaysia | 13.4 | -5.9% |
| 102nd | Türkiye | 13.4 | -6.9% |
| 103rd | Sri Lanka | 13.8 | -5.5% |
| 104th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 14.0 | -6.1% |
| 105th | Colombia | 14.1 | -0.8% |
| 106th | Brunei Darussalam | 14.3 | -2.0% |
| 107th | Greenland | 14.8 | -2.0% |
| 108th | New Caledonia | 14.9 | -1.8% |
| 109th | Viet Nam | 15.2 | -1.8% |
| 110th | Northern Mariana Islands | 15.5 | -3.4% |
| 111th | American Samoa | 15.7 | -4.0% |
| 112th | Tunisia | 15.8 | -6.1% |
| 113th | Seychelles | 15.8 | -3.7% |
| 114th | El Salvador | 16.3 | -1.6% |
| 115th | Ecuador | 16.4 | -3.1% |
| 116th | Mexico | 16.6 | -1.8% |
| 117th | Peru | 16.6 | -1.4% |
| 118th | Saudi Arabia | 16.6 | -8.0% |
| 119th | Indonesia | 16.7 | -1.4% |
| 120th | Panama | 16.7 | -4.8% |
| 121st | India | 16.7 | -3.6% |
| 122nd | Lebanon | 16.9 | -4.0% |
| 123rd | Philippines | 17.0 | -6.0% |
| 124th | Myanmar | 17.5 | -1.8% |
| 125th | St. Martin (French part) | 17.6 | -7.1% |
| 126th | Suriname | 17.7 | -1.0% |
| 127th | Morocco | 17.9 | -2.2% |
| 128th | Belize | 18.4 | -5.1% |
| 129th | Guam | 18.6 | -3.3% |
| 130th | Libya | 18.7 | -2.6% |
| 131st | Fiji | 18.8 | -2.1% |
| 132nd | Oman | 18.9 | 0.0% |
| 133rd | Dominican Republic | 19.0 | -2.4% |
| 134th | Israel | 19.2 | -4.5% |
| 135th | South Africa | 19.5 | -0.9% |
| 136th | Nepal | 20.2 | -2.3% |
| 137th | Bangladesh | 20.3 | 0.8% |
| 138th | Nicaragua | 20.5 | -1.7% |
| 139th | Syrian Arab Republic | 20.6 | 4.7% |
| 140th | Paraguay | 21.0 | -1.8% |
| 141st | Guyana | 21.3 | -3.1% |
| 142nd | Djibouti | 21.6 | -1.5% |
| 143rd | Jordan | 21.7 | -2.3% |
| 144th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 22.0 | -1.2% |
| 145th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 22.0 | -1.2% |
| 146th | Guatemala | 22.0 | -4.5% |
| 147th | Cambodia | 22.4 | -2.5% |
| 148th | Algeria | 22.4 | -4.1% |
| 149th | Kazakhstan | 22.6 | 5.3% |
| 150th | Lao PDR | 22.6 | -2.3% |
| 151st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.7 | -0.9% |
| 152nd | Honduras | 22.8 | -1.3% |
| 153rd | Haiti | 23.3 | -1.8% |
| 154th | Timor-Leste | 23.4 | -2.1% |
| 155th | Mongolia | 23.4 | -4.1% |
| 156th | Marshall Islands | 23.4 | -1.3% |
| 157th | Tonga | 23.6 | -0.9% |
| 158th | Kyrgyz Republic | 24.0 | -10.8% |
| 159th | Turkmenistan | 24.1 | -2.9% |
| 160th | Tuvalu | 24.6 | -0.9% |
| 161st | Eswatini | 25.4 | -1.9% |
| 162nd | Botswana | 25.5 | -0.9% |
| 163rd | Lesotho | 25.6 | -3.1% |
| 164th | Uzbekistan | 25.6 | 3.7% |
| 165th | Papua New Guinea | 26.1 | -1.4% |
| 166th | Iraq | 26.8 | -1.5% |
| 167th | Kiribati | 27.4 | -1.7% |
| 168th | Ghana | 27.4 | -1.7% |
| 169th | Samoa | 27.5 | -1.8% |
| 170th | Namibia | 27.7 | -2.5% |
| 171st | Kenya | 27.8 | -1.6% |
| 172nd | Solomon Islands | 28.0 | -1.6% |
| 173rd | Tajikistan | 28.4 | -2.8% |
| 174th | Pakistan | 28.6 | -1.2% |
| 175th | São Tomé and Principe | 28.6 | -2.0% |
| 176th | Nauru | 28.7 | -3.1% |
| 177th | Eritrea | 28.9 | -0.8% |
| 178th | West Bank and Gaza | 28.9 | -2.8% |
| 179th | South Sudan | 29.4 | 0.1% |
| 180th | Gabon | 29.5 | -2.0% |
| 181st | Senegal | 29.9 | -1.6% |
| 182nd | Vanuatu | 29.9 | -2.5% |
| 183rd | Comoros | 30.0 | -1.5% |
| 184th | Rwanda | 30.0 | -2.1% |
| 185th | Zimbabwe | 31.0 | -0.4% |
| 186th | Equatorial Guinea | 31.4 | -1.4% |
| 187th | Guinea-Bissau | 31.4 | -1.4% |
| 188th | Gambia, The | 31.5 | -1.2% |
| 189th | Congo, Republic of | 31.7 | -1.4% |
| 190th | Liberia | 31.9 | -1.6% |
| 191st | Sierra Leone | 32.2 | -1.9% |
| 192nd | Togo | 32.5 | -1.4% |
| 193rd | Malawi | 32.5 | -1.1% |
| 194th | Burkina Faso | 32.7 | -4.6% |
| 195th | Madagascar | 33.3 | -0.8% |
| 196th | Côte d'Ivoire | 33.7 | -1.9% |
| 197th | Nigeria | 33.7 | -2.7% |
| 198th | Zambia | 34.4 | -1.7% |
| 199th | Sudan | 34.5 | -1.2% |
| 200th | Benin | 35.3 | -2.0% |
| 201st | Cameroon | 35.4 | -2.1% |
| 202nd | Guinea | 35.5 | -1.2% |
| 203rd | Mauritania | 35.7 | -1.3% |
| 204th | Burundi | 35.9 | -2.0% |
| 205th | Yemen, Republic of | 35.9 | -0.1% |
| 206th | Tanzania | 36.4 | -1.2% |
| 207th | Afghanistan | 36.6 | -1.4% |
| 208th | Uganda | 36.8 | -1.1% |
| 209th | Mozambique | 38.7 | -1.0% |
| 210th | Angola | 39.1 | -1.0% |
| 211th | Mali | 41.0 | -0.4% |
| 212th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 42.2 | -0.8% |
| 213th | Niger | 42.6 | -1.8% |
| 214th | Chad | 43.8 | -1.3% |
| 215th | Central African Republic | 44.5 | 0.8% |
| 216th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 44.5 | -1.3% |
FAQ
What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's birth rate in 2020?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's birth rate in 2020 was 13.4. This ranked 100th globally.
How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's birth rate change in 2020?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's birth rate decreased by 0.1% in 2020 compared to 2019.
Which country had the highest birth rate in 2020?▾
Somalia, Fed. Rep. had the highest birth rate in 2020 at 44.5.
What is the birth rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2020?▾
The birth rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2020 was 13.4. This ranked 100th globally.
How does 2020 compare to 2019 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's birth rate?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's birth rate went from 13.4 in 2019 to 13.4 in 2020, a 0.1% decrease.
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