Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Fertility Rate 1968
3.87
−0.18 from 1967
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate was 3.87 in 1968, decreased +0.18 from 4.05 in 1967. This was the 69th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1968▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Latvia | 1.83 | 1.7% |
| 2nd | Czechia | 1.84 | -3.7% |
| 3rd | Russian Federation | 1.99 | -2.5% |
| 4th | Serbia | 2.01 | -0.7% |
| 5th | Croatia | 2.03 | -3.6% |
| 6th | Estonia | 2.03 | 6.8% |
| 7th | Ukraine | 2.03 | -0.4% |
| 8th | Hungary | 2.06 | 2.5% |
| 9th | Sweden | 2.07 | -9.2% |
| 10th | Denmark | 2.12 | -9.8% |
| 11th | Luxembourg | 2.12 | -5.4% |
| 12th | Malta | 2.12 | -5.4% |
| 13th | Japan | 2.13 | -4.5% |
| 14th | Finland | 2.14 | -7.8% |
| 15th | Channel Islands | 2.21 | -3.1% |
| 16th | Liechtenstein | 2.22 | -10.5% |
| 17th | Belarus | 2.22 | -1.8% |
| 18th | Lithuania | 2.24 | 0.4% |
| 19th | Poland | 2.24 | -3.9% |
| 20th | Slovenia | 2.25 | -4.9% |
| 21st | Bulgaria | 2.27 | 12.4% |
| 22nd | Switzerland | 2.29 | -4.2% |
| 23rd | San Marino | 2.30 | -0.3% |
| 24th | Belgium | 2.31 | -4.1% |
| 25th | Germany | 2.38 | -4.0% |
| 26th | Canada | 2.39 | -5.6% |
| 27th | Slovak Republic | 2.39 | -3.6% |
| 28th | Greece | 2.42 | -1.2% |
| 29th | Isle of Man | 2.45 | 0.0% |
| 30th | Bermuda | 2.45 | -4.5% |
| 31st | Italy | 2.46 | -1.6% |
| 32nd | United States | 2.46 | -3.7% |
| 33rd | European Union | 2.52 | -2.4% |
| 34th | Monaco | 2.57 | -1.0% |
| 35th | Austria | 2.58 | -1.5% |
| 36th | Moldova | 2.59 | -1.0% |
| 37th | United Kingdom | 2.60 | -3.0% |
| 38th | Macao SAR, China | 2.61 | -13.5% |
| 39th | Georgia | 2.69 | -2.0% |
| 40th | France | 2.69 | -2.2% |
| 41st | Netherlands | 2.72 | -3.2% |
| 42nd | Norway | 2.75 | -2.1% |
| 43rd | Andorra | 2.77 | -0.4% |
| 44th | Uruguay | 2.77 | -0.5% |
| 45th | Montenegro | 2.80 | -4.0% |
| 46th | Spain | 2.87 | -2.4% |
| 47th | Australia | 2.89 | 1.4% |
| 48th | Gibraltar | 2.98 | -6.4% |
| 49th | Argentina | 3.01 | 1.0% |
| 50th | Iceland | 3.06 | -6.7% |
| 51st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.08 | -4.4% |
| 52nd | Portugal | 3.12 | -1.3% |
| 53rd | North Macedonia | 3.22 | -3.4% |
| 54th | Cyprus | 3.27 | -1.7% |
| 55th | Aruba | 3.28 | -5.1% |
| 56th | New Zealand | 3.34 | -0.3% |
| 57th | Puerto Rico (US) | 3.38 | -5.3% |
| 58th | Singapore | 3.53 | -9.7% |
| 59th | Barbados | 3.57 | -0.7% |
| 60th | Armenia | 3.62 | -2.9% |
| 61st | Kazakhstan | 3.63 | -3.7% |
| 62nd | Romania | 3.63 | -0.8% |
| 63rd | Ireland | 3.77 | -1.8% |
| 64th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 3.78 | -8.2% |
| 65th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 3.78 | -4.0% |
| 66th | Israel | 3.79 | -0.1% |
| 67th | Curaçao | 3.83 | -5.7% |
| 68th | Faroe Islands | 3.86 | -3.1% |
| 69th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 3.87 | -4.4% |
| 70th | British Virgin Islands | 3.88 | -0.9% |
| 71st | Cayman Islands | 3.99 | -1.3% |
| 72nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.01 | -3.9% |
| 73rd | Chile | 4.03 | -2.9% |
| 74th | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.11 | -5.6% |
| 75th | Cuba | 4.19 | -2.3% |
| 76th | Guam | 4.35 | -6.5% |
| 77th | Tuvalu | 4.36 | -3.0% |
| 78th | Korea | 4.51 | -2.3% |
| 79th | Bahamas, The | 4.56 | -2.8% |
| 80th | Mauritius | 4.60 | -0.6% |
| 81st | Sri Lanka | 4.66 | -2.7% |
| 82nd | Grenada | 4.84 | -4.1% |
| 83rd | Greenland | 4.93 | -11.1% |
| 84th | Virgin Islands (US) | 4.95 | -4.7% |
| 85th | Gabon | 4.98 | 1.3% |
| 86th | Costa Rica | 5.03 | -7.2% |
| 87th | New Caledonia | 5.06 | -1.8% |
| 88th | Fiji | 5.11 | -4.1% |
| 89th | Nauru | 5.14 | -2.9% |
| 90th | Brazil | 5.17 | -3.2% |
| 91st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 5.17 | -5.4% |
| 92nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 5.18 | -1.4% |
| 93rd | Azerbaijan | 5.22 | -2.9% |
| 94th | Malaysia | 5.29 | -2.6% |
| 95th | Albania | 5.32 | 0.1% |
| 96th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5.40 | 0.0% |
| 97th | Panama | 5.41 | -2.2% |
| 98th | Lebanon | 5.45 | -2.2% |
| 99th | Indonesia | 5.57 | -0.3% |
| 100th | Jamaica | 5.58 | -1.6% |
| 101st | Dominica | 5.59 | -2.6% |
| 102nd | Seychelles | 5.61 | -4.8% |
| 103rd | Lesotho | 5.73 | -0.3% |
| 104th | Colombia | 5.74 | -3.7% |
| 105th | Guyana | 5.75 | -2.3% |
| 106th | India | 5.76 | -1.1% |
| 107th | South Africa | 5.78 | -1.2% |
| 108th | Timor-Leste | 5.79 | -1.2% |
| 109th | Equatorial Guinea | 5.79 | 0.3% |
| 110th | Myanmar | 5.80 | -0.8% |
| 111th | Kosovo | 5.81 | -1.1% |
| 112th | Suriname | 5.86 | -2.9% |
| 113th | French Polynesia | 5.90 | -0.9% |
| 114th | Thailand | 5.93 | -2.5% |
| 115th | Nepal | 5.94 | -0.2% |
| 116th | Türkiye | 5.96 | -1.6% |
| 117th | Paraguay | 5.97 | -2.1% |
| 118th | Kiribati | 5.98 | -2.1% |
| 119th | Guinea-Bissau | 6.01 | 0.2% |
| 120th | Haiti | 6.01 | -0.7% |
| 121st | Viet Nam | 6.03 | 2.5% |
| 122nd | Cameroon | 6.04 | 1.5% |
| 123rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 6.10 | -0.5% |
| 124th | Central African Republic | 6.10 | 0.4% |
| 125th | Cambodia | 6.17 | -0.6% |
| 126th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 6.19 | -0.9% |
| 127th | Brunei Darussalam | 6.20 | -2.6% |
| 128th | Guinea | 6.21 | 0.2% |
| 129th | Gambia, The | 6.22 | 0.2% |
| 130th | Tonga | 6.23 | -1.1% |
| 131st | Papua New Guinea | 6.25 | 0.2% |
| 132nd | St. Martin (French part) | 6.26 | -0.6% |
| 133rd | American Samoa | 6.28 | -2.8% |
| 134th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.29 | 0.3% |
| 135th | Lao PDR | 6.30 | -0.1% |
| 136th | Congo, Republic of | 6.33 | 0.6% |
| 137th | Belize | 6.34 | -0.3% |
| 138th | Ecuador | 6.35 | -1.3% |
| 139th | Sierra Leone | 6.39 | 0.0% |
| 140th | El Salvador | 6.39 | -1.6% |
| 141st | St. Lucia | 6.39 | -1.9% |
| 142nd | Qatar | 6.39 | -1.1% |
| 143rd | Uzbekistan | 6.39 | -2.6% |
| 144th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.42 | -1.8% |
| 145th | São Tomé and Principe | 6.42 | 0.4% |
| 146th | Nigeria | 6.42 | 0.3% |
| 147th | Chad | 6.43 | 0.6% |
| 148th | Philippines | 6.45 | -1.9% |
| 149th | Vanuatu | 6.46 | -0.7% |
| 150th | Namibia | 6.50 | 0.3% |
| 151st | Eritrea | 6.50 | 0.0% |
| 152nd | China | 6.51 | 12.1% |
| 153rd | Peru | 6.51 | -1.3% |
| 154th | United Arab Emirates | 6.53 | 0.3% |
| 155th | Dominican Republic | 6.55 | -3.1% |
| 156th | Turkmenistan | 6.56 | -1.1% |
| 157th | Botswana | 6.58 | -0.2% |
| 158th | Mauritania | 6.60 | 0.5% |
| 159th | Burkina Faso | 6.65 | 0.9% |
| 160th | Mozambique | 6.65 | 0.6% |
| 161st | Liberia | 6.66 | 0.1% |
| 162nd | Bhutan | 6.66 | -0.1% |
| 163rd | Benin | 6.67 | 0.4% |
| 164th | Guatemala | 6.70 | -0.8% |
| 165th | Mexico | 6.71 | -0.7% |
| 166th | Bahrain | 6.71 | -2.0% |
| 167th | Palau | 6.71 | -1.8% |
| 168th | Eswatini | 6.76 | -0.1% |
| 169th | Morocco | 6.79 | -0.9% |
| 170th | Bangladesh | 6.79 | 0.0% |
| 171st | Pakistan | 6.80 | 0.0% |
| 172nd | Tunisia | 6.81 | -2.1% |
| 173rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 6.84 | 0.4% |
| 174th | Djibouti | 6.88 | 0.1% |
| 175th | Nicaragua | 6.89 | -0.8% |
| 176th | Ghana | 6.89 | 0.0% |
| 177th | Tanzania | 6.90 | 0.5% |
| 178th | Tajikistan | 6.91 | 0.4% |
| 179th | Sudan | 6.95 | 0.5% |
| 180th | Solomon Islands | 6.95 | -0.4% |
| 181st | Cabo Verde | 6.97 | -0.2% |
| 182nd | Togo | 6.97 | 0.2% |
| 183rd | Comoros | 7.05 | 0.4% |
| 184th | Iraq | 7.06 | 0.4% |
| 185th | Zimbabwe | 7.11 | -0.6% |
| 186th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 7.12 | -1.0% |
| 187th | Uganda | 7.13 | 0.4% |
| 188th | Madagascar | 7.13 | -0.2% |
| 189th | Mali | 7.16 | 0.3% |
| 190th | Burundi | 7.18 | 0.3% |
| 191st | Zambia | 7.18 | 0.4% |
| 192nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.23 | -0.2% |
| 193rd | Senegal | 7.25 | 0.2% |
| 194th | Malawi | 7.26 | 0.7% |
| 195th | South Sudan | 7.26 | 0.1% |
| 196th | Kuwait | 7.28 | -0.7% |
| 197th | Maldives | 7.28 | 0.7% |
| 198th | Honduras | 7.30 | -0.9% |
| 199th | Angola | 7.33 | 0.9% |
| 200th | Afghanistan | 7.36 | 0.3% |
| 201st | Mongolia | 7.37 | -0.2% |
| 202nd | Oman | 7.46 | 0.3% |
| 203rd | Niger | 7.50 | 0.1% |
| 204th | Samoa | 7.50 | -0.7% |
| 205th | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.57 | 0.2% |
| 206th | Saudi Arabia | 7.63 | -0.4% |
| 207th | Algeria | 7.71 | 0.0% |
| 208th | Northern Mariana Islands | 7.74 | 35.8% |
| 209th | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.91 | 0.2% |
| 210th | Kenya | 7.95 | -0.1% |
| 211th | Libya | 7.97 | 0.5% |
| 212th | Jordan | 8.14 | 0.9% |
| 213th | Marshall Islands | 8.14 | -0.3% |
| 214th | Rwanda | 8.19 | -0.3% |
| 215th | Yemen, Republic of | 8.19 | 0.2% |
FAQ
What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate in 1968?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate in 1968 was 3.87. This ranked 69th globally.
How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate change in 1968?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate decreased by 4.4% in 1968 compared to 1967.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1968?▾
Yemen, Republic of had the highest fertility rate in 1968 at 8.19.
What is the fertility rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1968?▾
The fertility rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1968 was 3.87. This ranked 69th globally.
How does 1968 compare to 1967 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate went from 4.05 in 1967 to 3.87 in 1968, a 4.4% decrease.
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