Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Fertility Rate 1961
3.26
−0.31 from 1960
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate was 3.26 in 1961, decreased +0.31 from 3.57 in 1960. This was the 44th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1961▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hungary | 1.94 | -4.0% |
| 2nd | Latvia | 1.94 | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Japan | 1.96 | -2.0% |
| 4th | Estonia | 1.98 | 0.0% |
| 5th | Czechia | 2.11 | 1.0% |
| 6th | Greece | 2.13 | -4.5% |
| 7th | Serbia | 2.13 | -1.0% |
| 8th | Romania | 2.17 | -7.3% |
| 9th | Ukraine | 2.20 | -3.9% |
| 10th | Sweden | 2.21 | 1.8% |
| 11th | Croatia | 2.22 | -0.9% |
| 12th | Slovenia | 2.27 | 3.9% |
| 13th | Bulgaria | 2.29 | -0.9% |
| 14th | Channel Islands | 2.41 | 3.0% |
| 15th | Italy | 2.44 | 1.7% |
| 16th | Germany | 2.45 | 3.4% |
| 17th | Russian Federation | 2.45 | -2.8% |
| 18th | Switzerland | 2.52 | 3.3% |
| 19th | Lithuania | 2.53 | -1.2% |
| 20th | Andorra | 2.54 | -0.1% |
| 21st | Denmark | 2.55 | -0.8% |
| 22nd | European Union | 2.57 | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Belarus | 2.59 | -3.0% |
| 24th | Belgium | 2.63 | 3.5% |
| 25th | San Marino | 2.68 | 10.5% |
| 26th | Isle of Man | 2.69 | 0.2% |
| 27th | Finland | 2.72 | 0.0% |
| 28th | Spain | 2.77 | -3.1% |
| 29th | Liechtenstein | 2.78 | 0.0% |
| 30th | Austria | 2.78 | 3.3% |
| 31st | United Kingdom | 2.78 | 3.3% |
| 32nd | Monaco | 2.78 | -1.0% |
| 33rd | Poland | 2.83 | -5.0% |
| 34th | Uruguay | 2.85 | 0.7% |
| 35th | France | 2.87 | 0.7% |
| 36th | Norway | 2.94 | 3.2% |
| 37th | Georgia | 2.94 | 0.0% |
| 38th | Slovak Republic | 2.96 | -2.6% |
| 39th | Argentina | 3.12 | -0.5% |
| 40th | Portugal | 3.21 | 1.6% |
| 41st | Netherlands | 3.22 | 3.2% |
| 42nd | Moldova | 3.23 | -2.6% |
| 43rd | Gibraltar | 3.26 | 5.1% |
| 44th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 3.26 | -8.6% |
| 45th | Malta | 3.27 | -9.7% |
| 46th | Montenegro | 3.49 | -1.3% |
| 47th | Australia | 3.54 | 2.5% |
| 48th | Bermuda | 3.59 | -1.0% |
| 49th | North Macedonia | 3.62 | -5.5% |
| 50th | Cyprus | 3.62 | 6.7% |
| 51st | United States | 3.62 | -0.9% |
| 52nd | Canada | 3.75 | -1.5% |
| 53rd | Faroe Islands | 3.76 | -2.5% |
| 54th | Ireland | 3.78 | 0.0% |
| 55th | Israel | 3.86 | -0.2% |
| 56th | China | 3.86 | -13.2% |
| 57th | Iceland | 3.88 | -9.6% |
| 58th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.89 | -1.9% |
| 59th | Barbados | 4.15 | -11.8% |
| 60th | Cuba | 4.27 | 3.3% |
| 61st | New Zealand | 4.31 | 1.7% |
| 62nd | Aruba | 4.42 | -3.2% |
| 63rd | Kazakhstan | 4.42 | -1.6% |
| 64th | Gabon | 4.50 | 1.9% |
| 65th | Puerto Rico (US) | 4.51 | -6.0% |
| 66th | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.56 | -0.9% |
| 67th | Chile | 4.66 | -0.9% |
| 68th | British Virgin Islands | 4.67 | -3.0% |
| 69th | Armenia | 4.67 | -2.4% |
| 70th | Macao SAR, China | 4.67 | -5.7% |
| 71st | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 4.68 | -1.9% |
| 72nd | Cayman Islands | 4.78 | 1.4% |
| 73rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 4.80 | -6.8% |
| 74th | Curaçao | 5.04 | -1.7% |
| 75th | Tuvalu | 5.09 | -1.1% |
| 76th | Bahamas, The | 5.16 | 1.2% |
| 77th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 5.17 | 1.7% |
| 78th | Sri Lanka | 5.24 | -2.1% |
| 79th | Kyrgyz Republic | 5.36 | 1.0% |
| 80th | Nauru | 5.38 | 0.7% |
| 81st | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.41 | 0.0% |
| 82nd | Singapore | 5.41 | -6.1% |
| 83rd | Seychelles | 5.42 | 2.1% |
| 84th | New Caledonia | 5.47 | 0.5% |
| 85th | Viet Nam | 5.48 | -12.7% |
| 86th | Indonesia | 5.52 | 0.3% |
| 87th | Jamaica | 5.60 | 1.1% |
| 88th | Equatorial Guinea | 5.66 | 0.1% |
| 89th | Cameroon | 5.73 | 0.1% |
| 90th | Lesotho | 5.79 | 0.0% |
| 91st | Iraq | 5.80 | 9.4% |
| 92nd | Korea | 5.80 | -3.2% |
| 93rd | Panama | 5.87 | 0.6% |
| 94th | Lebanon | 5.89 | 0.2% |
| 95th | Myanmar | 5.90 | 0.0% |
| 96th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5.91 | -1.4% |
| 97th | Northern Mariana Islands | 5.91 | -0.8% |
| 98th | Guinea-Bissau | 5.93 | 0.2% |
| 99th | Azerbaijan | 5.94 | 1.0% |
| 100th | India | 5.94 | 0.3% |
| 101st | French Polynesia | 5.95 | 0.3% |
| 102nd | Guam | 5.95 | -0.4% |
| 103rd | Central African Republic | 5.96 | 0.2% |
| 104th | Mauritius | 5.98 | 1.4% |
| 105th | Brazil | 6.02 | -0.5% |
| 106th | Papua New Guinea | 6.07 | 0.9% |
| 107th | South Africa | 6.08 | -0.4% |
| 108th | Congo, Republic of | 6.09 | 0.1% |
| 109th | Nepal | 6.09 | 0.4% |
| 110th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.12 | 0.3% |
| 111th | Guinea | 6.13 | 0.2% |
| 112th | Dominica | 6.16 | -0.4% |
| 113th | Haiti | 6.18 | 0.0% |
| 114th | Mauritania | 6.20 | 0.8% |
| 115th | Sierra Leone | 6.21 | 0.5% |
| 116th | Gambia, The | 6.23 | -0.3% |
| 117th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 6.26 | -0.3% |
| 118th | São Tomé and Principe | 6.26 | 0.3% |
| 119th | Chad | 6.27 | 0.3% |
| 120th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 6.27 | -4.1% |
| 121st | Albania | 6.27 | -1.7% |
| 122nd | Timor-Leste | 6.27 | -0.7% |
| 123rd | Fiji | 6.28 | -1.3% |
| 124th | Burkina Faso | 6.29 | 0.6% |
| 125th | Namibia | 6.29 | 0.8% |
| 126th | Cambodia | 6.30 | -0.2% |
| 127th | Lao PDR | 6.31 | 0.3% |
| 128th | Kosovo | 6.31 | -0.7% |
| 129th | Thailand | 6.32 | 0.0% |
| 130th | Guyana | 6.34 | 0.1% |
| 131st | Nigeria | 6.35 | -0.2% |
| 132nd | Tajikistan | 6.35 | 1.9% |
| 133rd | Mozambique | 6.37 | 0.9% |
| 134th | Malaysia | 6.37 | -0.7% |
| 135th | St. Martin (French part) | 6.40 | 0.1% |
| 136th | Benin | 6.40 | 1.9% |
| 137th | Türkiye | 6.42 | 0.6% |
| 138th | Liberia | 6.45 | 0.9% |
| 139th | Eritrea | 6.47 | -0.1% |
| 140th | Kiribati | 6.48 | 0.6% |
| 141st | Belize | 6.48 | -0.3% |
| 142nd | Paraguay | 6.49 | -0.2% |
| 143rd | United Arab Emirates | 6.49 | -0.1% |
| 144th | Qatar | 6.53 | -0.1% |
| 145th | Tanzania | 6.56 | 0.4% |
| 146th | Botswana | 6.56 | -0.5% |
| 147th | American Samoa | 6.58 | 0.0% |
| 148th | Suriname | 6.58 | -0.1% |
| 149th | Tonga | 6.61 | -0.6% |
| 150th | Grenada | 6.63 | -1.7% |
| 151st | El Salvador | 6.64 | 0.4% |
| 152nd | Costa Rica | 6.65 | -0.9% |
| 153rd | Sudan | 6.66 | -0.1% |
| 154th | Turkmenistan | 6.69 | 1.5% |
| 155th | Bhutan | 6.70 | -0.1% |
| 156th | Ecuador | 6.70 | -0.3% |
| 157th | Colombia | 6.71 | -0.3% |
| 158th | Vanuatu | 6.73 | -0.8% |
| 159th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 6.74 | 0.0% |
| 160th | Uzbekistan | 6.75 | 2.1% |
| 161st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 6.76 | -0.5% |
| 162nd | Eswatini | 6.77 | 0.3% |
| 163rd | Mexico | 6.78 | 0.2% |
| 164th | Bangladesh | 6.78 | 0.6% |
| 165th | Greenland | 6.78 | 1.4% |
| 166th | Angola | 6.79 | 1.2% |
| 167th | Maldives | 6.79 | 1.2% |
| 168th | Pakistan | 6.80 | 0.0% |
| 169th | Togo | 6.82 | 0.4% |
| 170th | St. Lucia | 6.84 | 1.0% |
| 171st | Djibouti | 6.85 | 0.0% |
| 172nd | Comoros | 6.85 | 0.8% |
| 173rd | Ghana | 6.91 | 0.3% |
| 174th | Cabo Verde | 6.92 | 0.5% |
| 175th | Peru | 6.92 | -0.3% |
| 176th | Uganda | 6.93 | 0.3% |
| 177th | Mongolia | 6.96 | 2.1% |
| 178th | Morocco | 6.97 | 1.2% |
| 179th | Guatemala | 6.98 | -0.3% |
| 180th | Zambia | 6.98 | 0.5% |
| 181st | Philippines | 6.99 | 0.0% |
| 182nd | Burundi | 7.02 | 0.3% |
| 183rd | Mali | 7.03 | 0.2% |
| 184th | Senegal | 7.04 | 0.6% |
| 185th | Solomon Islands | 7.05 | -0.2% |
| 186th | Malawi | 7.07 | 0.4% |
| 187th | Nicaragua | 7.11 | -0.7% |
| 188th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.16 | -1.2% |
| 189th | Tunisia | 7.16 | 0.0% |
| 190th | Palau | 7.17 | -0.2% |
| 191st | South Sudan | 7.18 | 0.2% |
| 192nd | Brunei Darussalam | 7.19 | -1.9% |
| 193rd | Zimbabwe | 7.21 | 0.2% |
| 194th | Bahrain | 7.23 | -0.4% |
| 195th | Kuwait | 7.25 | 0.3% |
| 196th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.25 | 0.0% |
| 197th | Afghanistan | 7.28 | 0.0% |
| 198th | Oman | 7.29 | 0.1% |
| 199th | Madagascar | 7.30 | -0.6% |
| 200th | Honduras | 7.45 | -0.1% |
| 201st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 7.46 | -0.8% |
| 202nd | Dominican Republic | 7.49 | -0.9% |
| 203rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.50 | 0.0% |
| 204th | Niger | 7.51 | -0.2% |
| 205th | Libya | 7.56 | 0.6% |
| 206th | Algeria | 7.56 | 0.8% |
| 207th | Saudi Arabia | 7.63 | 0.1% |
| 208th | Jordan | 7.70 | 1.3% |
| 209th | Kenya | 7.72 | 0.8% |
| 210th | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.72 | 0.4% |
| 211th | Samoa | 7.77 | -0.1% |
| 212th | Yemen, Republic of | 8.00 | 0.2% |
| 213th | Marshall Islands | 8.12 | 0.5% |
| 214th | Rwanda | 8.28 | 0.0% |
FAQ
What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate in 1961?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate in 1961 was 3.26. This ranked 44th globally.
How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate change in 1961?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate decreased by 8.6% in 1961 compared to 1960.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1961?▾
Rwanda had the highest fertility rate in 1961 at 8.28.
What is the fertility rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1961?▾
The fertility rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1961 was 3.26. This ranked 44th globally.
How does 1961 compare to 1960 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate went from 3.57 in 1960 to 3.26 in 1961, a 8.6% decrease.
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