Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Fertility Rate 1979
2.85
+0.06 from 1978
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate was 2.85 in 1979, increased +0.06 from 2.79 in 1978. This was the 71st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1979▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Germany | 1.38 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Channel Islands | 1.47 | 0.7% |
| 3rd | Luxembourg | 1.48 | 0.0% |
| 4th | Switzerland | 1.52 | 0.7% |
| 5th | Netherlands | 1.56 | -1.3% |
| 6th | Macao SAR, China | 1.58 | 10.9% |
| 7th | Austria | 1.60 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Denmark | 1.60 | -4.2% |
| 9th | San Marino | 1.63 | -7.7% |
| 10th | Finland | 1.64 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Sweden | 1.66 | 3.7% |
| 12th | Bermuda | 1.66 | -7.6% |
| 13th | Liechtenstein | 1.67 | -11.9% |
| 14th | Belgium | 1.69 | 0.0% |
| 15th | Italy | 1.73 | -6.0% |
| 16th | Norway | 1.75 | -1.1% |
| 17th | Canada | 1.75 | -0.8% |
| 18th | Japan | 1.77 | -1.1% |
| 19th | Cuba | 1.77 | -6.0% |
| 20th | Singapore | 1.79 | 0.0% |
| 21st | Andorra | 1.80 | -4.7% |
| 22nd | United States | 1.81 | 2.7% |
| 23rd | United Kingdom | 1.86 | 6.3% |
| 24th | Barbados | 1.86 | 1.3% |
| 25th | France | 1.87 | -1.1% |
| 26th | Latvia | 1.87 | 0.0% |
| 27th | Serbia | 1.88 | -0.7% |
| 28th | Russian Federation | 1.90 | -1.0% |
| 29th | European Union | 1.90 | -1.9% |
| 30th | Australia | 1.91 | -2.2% |
| 31st | Croatia | 1.95 | -0.4% |
| 32nd | Ukraine | 1.96 | -0.6% |
| 33rd | Isle of Man | 1.96 | -1.4% |
| 34th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.99 | -4.2% |
| 35th | Estonia | 2.00 | -1.0% |
| 36th | Hungary | 2.01 | -2.4% |
| 37th | Belarus | 2.05 | -0.5% |
| 38th | Lithuania | 2.05 | -1.4% |
| 39th | Malta | 2.10 | 2.4% |
| 40th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 2.12 | -6.7% |
| 41st | New Zealand | 2.12 | 2.4% |
| 42nd | Cyprus | 2.14 | 2.7% |
| 43rd | Bulgaria | 2.16 | 0.5% |
| 44th | Greenland | 2.19 | -0.5% |
| 45th | Montenegro | 2.20 | -2.2% |
| 46th | Slovenia | 2.22 | 0.9% |
| 47th | Aruba | 2.26 | -2.4% |
| 48th | Greece | 2.26 | -0.9% |
| 49th | Monaco | 2.26 | -0.9% |
| 50th | Czechia | 2.27 | -2.6% |
| 51st | Poland | 2.28 | 3.2% |
| 52nd | Portugal | 2.31 | -5.7% |
| 53rd | Curaçao | 2.31 | -2.9% |
| 54th | Cayman Islands | 2.37 | 0.1% |
| 55th | Spain | 2.37 | -6.7% |
| 56th | Georgia | 2.38 | -1.4% |
| 57th | Moldova | 2.38 | -0.1% |
| 58th | North Macedonia | 2.40 | -0.6% |
| 59th | Slovak Republic | 2.45 | -0.8% |
| 60th | Iceland | 2.49 | 6.0% |
| 61st | Romania | 2.49 | -1.2% |
| 62nd | Gibraltar | 2.52 | 1.5% |
| 63rd | Armenia | 2.53 | -3.3% |
| 64th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2.63 | -2.0% |
| 65th | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.63 | 2.3% |
| 66th | Faroe Islands | 2.70 | 3.8% |
| 67th | Uruguay | 2.71 | -4.2% |
| 68th | China | 2.75 | 1.1% |
| 69th | Chile | 2.81 | -2.8% |
| 70th | Puerto Rico (US) | 2.85 | -1.9% |
| 71st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 2.85 | 2.0% |
| 72nd | Korea | 2.90 | 9.8% |
| 73rd | Mauritius | 2.91 | -3.2% |
| 74th | Bahamas, The | 2.94 | -3.8% |
| 75th | Dominica | 2.96 | 0.2% |
| 76th | Guam | 3.03 | -2.3% |
| 77th | Virgin Islands (US) | 3.04 | -8.0% |
| 78th | British Virgin Islands | 3.07 | -1.5% |
| 79th | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.13 | -0.1% |
| 80th | Kazakhstan | 3.14 | -0.6% |
| 81st | Ireland | 3.21 | 0.0% |
| 82nd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 3.23 | -1.7% |
| 83rd | Israel | 3.30 | -1.7% |
| 84th | Argentina | 3.34 | -0.6% |
| 85th | Grenada | 3.34 | -0.2% |
| 86th | Thailand | 3.45 | -4.6% |
| 87th | Palau | 3.49 | -6.8% |
| 88th | Azerbaijan | 3.61 | -3.4% |
| 89th | Tuvalu | 3.65 | 1.5% |
| 90th | Costa Rica | 3.65 | -0.3% |
| 91st | Seychelles | 3.66 | -6.6% |
| 92nd | Jamaica | 3.72 | -3.1% |
| 93rd | New Caledonia | 3.75 | -3.3% |
| 94th | Albania | 3.78 | -5.4% |
| 95th | Sri Lanka | 3.82 | 0.3% |
| 96th | Nauru | 3.85 | 0.1% |
| 97th | Guyana | 3.86 | -2.7% |
| 98th | Panama | 3.88 | -2.5% |
| 99th | Colombia | 3.89 | -2.8% |
| 100th | Suriname | 3.93 | -3.8% |
| 101st | French Polynesia | 3.94 | -2.6% |
| 102nd | Northern Mariana Islands | 4.05 | -8.7% |
| 103rd | Lebanon | 4.08 | -2.4% |
| 104th | Fiji | 4.08 | -0.5% |
| 105th | Malaysia | 4.09 | -2.1% |
| 106th | St. Martin (French part) | 4.11 | -4.8% |
| 107th | Brazil | 4.12 | -1.8% |
| 108th | Brunei Darussalam | 4.22 | -3.9% |
| 109th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.29 | -5.8% |
| 110th | Kyrgyz Republic | 4.38 | -3.3% |
| 111th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.43 | -1.2% |
| 112th | Dominican Republic | 4.47 | -3.7% |
| 113th | Cambodia | 4.56 | 36.5% |
| 114th | Türkiye | 4.58 | -2.4% |
| 115th | St. Lucia | 4.58 | -5.0% |
| 116th | Indonesia | 4.63 | -2.3% |
| 117th | Kosovo | 4.70 | -2.8% |
| 118th | American Samoa | 4.76 | -2.4% |
| 119th | India | 4.81 | -1.6% |
| 120th | South Africa | 4.82 | -0.7% |
| 121st | Ecuador | 4.86 | -2.7% |
| 122nd | Myanmar | 4.90 | -1.8% |
| 123rd | Bahrain | 4.94 | -3.6% |
| 124th | Viet Nam | 4.94 | -3.2% |
| 125th | Mexico | 4.96 | -4.6% |
| 126th | Kiribati | 4.97 | -0.1% |
| 127th | Paraguay | 5.06 | 0.5% |
| 128th | Timor-Leste | 5.14 | 0.9% |
| 129th | Uzbekistan | 5.16 | -2.3% |
| 130th | Peru | 5.17 | -2.5% |
| 131st | Tunisia | 5.18 | -4.0% |
| 132nd | El Salvador | 5.23 | -2.3% |
| 133rd | Philippines | 5.26 | -2.6% |
| 134th | Kuwait | 5.33 | -3.4% |
| 135th | Turkmenistan | 5.46 | -2.7% |
| 136th | Qatar | 5.46 | -2.1% |
| 137th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.54 | -1.2% |
| 138th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 5.57 | -1.1% |
| 139th | Haiti | 5.59 | -0.9% |
| 140th | Gabon | 5.61 | 0.7% |
| 141st | Nepal | 5.64 | -0.6% |
| 142nd | Tonga | 5.65 | -0.7% |
| 143rd | Vanuatu | 5.73 | -0.6% |
| 144th | Papua New Guinea | 5.79 | -1.6% |
| 145th | Lesotho | 5.79 | -0.6% |
| 146th | Equatorial Guinea | 5.82 | 0.2% |
| 147th | Morocco | 5.85 | -1.0% |
| 148th | Samoa | 5.99 | -2.5% |
| 149th | Belize | 5.99 | -1.9% |
| 150th | United Arab Emirates | 6.06 | -1.5% |
| 151st | Nicaragua | 6.07 | -1.5% |
| 152nd | Central African Republic | 6.09 | 0.8% |
| 153rd | Congo, Republic of | 6.14 | -1.1% |
| 154th | Guatemala | 6.22 | -0.7% |
| 155th | Tajikistan | 6.31 | -1.4% |
| 156th | Lao PDR | 6.31 | 0.3% |
| 157th | Namibia | 6.31 | -1.1% |
| 158th | Botswana | 6.40 | -1.3% |
| 159th | Guinea-Bissau | 6.40 | 1.3% |
| 160th | Gambia, The | 6.41 | -0.2% |
| 161st | Bangladesh | 6.42 | -1.4% |
| 162nd | Mongolia | 6.42 | -3.0% |
| 163rd | São Tomé and Principe | 6.43 | -0.6% |
| 164th | Guinea | 6.45 | 0.2% |
| 165th | Cabo Verde | 6.47 | -1.4% |
| 166th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.48 | 0.2% |
| 167th | Ghana | 6.51 | -0.8% |
| 168th | Djibouti | 6.52 | -1.0% |
| 169th | Honduras | 6.53 | -1.6% |
| 170th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 6.55 | -1.6% |
| 171st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.55 | 3.2% |
| 172nd | Bhutan | 6.55 | -0.5% |
| 173rd | Mozambique | 6.56 | -0.4% |
| 174th | Cameroon | 6.58 | 0.6% |
| 175th | Sierra Leone | 6.58 | -0.1% |
| 176th | Zimbabwe | 6.59 | -1.0% |
| 177th | Eswatini | 6.61 | -0.6% |
| 178th | Eritrea | 6.62 | 0.2% |
| 179th | Sudan | 6.65 | -1.0% |
| 180th | Iraq | 6.66 | -1.0% |
| 181st | Mauritania | 6.70 | -0.4% |
| 182nd | Pakistan | 6.76 | -0.3% |
| 183rd | Solomon Islands | 6.82 | -0.7% |
| 184th | Madagascar | 6.87 | -0.5% |
| 185th | Nigeria | 6.89 | -0.5% |
| 186th | Benin | 6.91 | 1.2% |
| 187th | Chad | 6.91 | 0.2% |
| 188th | Liberia | 6.92 | 0.5% |
| 189th | Togo | 6.94 | -0.7% |
| 190th | Tanzania | 7.04 | -0.2% |
| 191st | Algeria | 7.12 | -1.3% |
| 192nd | Uganda | 7.14 | -0.3% |
| 193rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.16 | 0.4% |
| 194th | Comoros | 7.16 | 0.1% |
| 195th | Burkina Faso | 7.19 | 0.6% |
| 196th | Zambia | 7.22 | -1.0% |
| 197th | Saudi Arabia | 7.23 | -0.5% |
| 198th | Maldives | 7.23 | 0.1% |
| 199th | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.25 | -1.3% |
| 200th | Senegal | 7.29 | 0.2% |
| 201st | Burundi | 7.31 | 0.7% |
| 202nd | South Sudan | 7.32 | -0.1% |
| 203rd | Mali | 7.35 | 0.4% |
| 204th | Jordan | 7.45 | -1.9% |
| 205th | Angola | 7.46 | -0.1% |
| 206th | Malawi | 7.47 | 0.4% |
| 207th | Marshall Islands | 7.47 | -1.4% |
| 208th | Kenya | 7.60 | -0.9% |
| 209th | Afghanistan | 7.61 | 0.2% |
| 210th | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.63 | -0.6% |
| 211th | Libya | 7.68 | -1.4% |
| 212th | Niger | 7.72 | 0.8% |
| 213th | Oman | 7.85 | 0.4% |
| 214th | Rwanda | 8.13 | -0.3% |
| 215th | Yemen, Republic of | 8.67 | 2.0% |
FAQ
What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate in 1979?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate in 1979 was 2.85. This ranked 71st globally.
How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate change in 1979?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate increased by 2.0% in 1979 compared to 1978.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1979?▾
Yemen, Republic of had the highest fertility rate in 1979 at 8.67.
What is the fertility rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1979?▾
The fertility rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1979 was 2.85. This ranked 71st globally.
How does 1979 compare to 1978 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate went from 2.79 in 1978 to 2.85 in 1979, a 2.0% increase.
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