Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Fertility Rate 1986
2.59
−0.05 from 1985
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate was 2.59 in 1986, decreased +0.05 from 2.65 in 1985. This was the 75th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1986▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | San Marino | 1.15 | -2.0% |
| 2nd | Italy | 1.35 | -4.9% |
| 3rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.37 | -8.3% |
| 4th | Andorra | 1.40 | -2.6% |
| 5th | Channel Islands | 1.43 | 2.1% |
| 6th | Germany | 1.43 | 4.4% |
| 7th | Luxembourg | 1.43 | 3.6% |
| 8th | Singapore | 1.43 | -11.2% |
| 9th | Austria | 1.45 | -1.4% |
| 10th | Liechtenstein | 1.48 | -1.1% |
| 11th | Denmark | 1.48 | 2.1% |
| 12th | Switzerland | 1.53 | 0.7% |
| 13th | Belgium | 1.54 | 2.0% |
| 14th | Netherlands | 1.55 | 2.6% |
| 15th | Spain | 1.56 | -4.9% |
| 16th | Korea | 1.58 | -4.8% |
| 17th | Finland | 1.60 | -2.4% |
| 18th | Greece | 1.60 | -4.2% |
| 19th | Portugal | 1.66 | -3.5% |
| 20th | Slovenia | 1.67 | -2.3% |
| 21st | Canada | 1.68 | 0.3% |
| 22nd | Cayman Islands | 1.69 | -3.5% |
| 23rd | Barbados | 1.69 | -4.2% |
| 24th | Norway | 1.71 | 1.8% |
| 25th | European Union | 1.71 | -0.7% |
| 26th | Japan | 1.72 | -2.3% |
| 27th | Bermuda | 1.73 | -2.4% |
| 28th | Croatia | 1.76 | -3.3% |
| 29th | Serbia | 1.78 | -1.2% |
| 30th | Cuba | 1.78 | 0.4% |
| 31st | United Kingdom | 1.78 | -0.6% |
| 32nd | British Virgin Islands | 1.78 | -7.2% |
| 33rd | Sweden | 1.80 | 3.4% |
| 34th | United States | 1.84 | -0.4% |
| 35th | Hungary | 1.84 | -0.5% |
| 36th | France | 1.85 | -0.5% |
| 37th | Australia | 1.87 | -2.9% |
| 38th | Isle of Man | 1.89 | 0.6% |
| 39th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.91 | -2.6% |
| 40th | Czechia | 1.92 | -1.5% |
| 41st | Iceland | 1.92 | -0.5% |
| 42nd | Malta | 1.93 | -1.0% |
| 43rd | New Zealand | 1.96 | 1.6% |
| 44th | Mauritius | 1.99 | -1.5% |
| 45th | Bulgaria | 2.02 | 2.5% |
| 46th | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.03 | -5.5% |
| 47th | Greenland | 2.04 | -8.8% |
| 48th | Belarus | 2.09 | 0.0% |
| 49th | Montenegro | 2.09 | -1.8% |
| 50th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2.10 | -3.6% |
| 51st | Monaco | 2.11 | -1.6% |
| 52nd | Ukraine | 2.12 | 4.1% |
| 53rd | Lithuania | 2.12 | 1.9% |
| 54th | Latvia | 2.12 | 1.9% |
| 55th | Russian Federation | 2.15 | 4.9% |
| 56th | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.17 | 1.4% |
| 57th | Estonia | 2.18 | 2.3% |
| 58th | Macao SAR, China | 2.19 | -2.1% |
| 59th | Slovak Republic | 2.20 | -2.7% |
| 60th | Aruba | 2.21 | 1.1% |
| 61st | Poland | 2.22 | -4.7% |
| 62nd | Curaçao | 2.24 | 0.0% |
| 63rd | North Macedonia | 2.25 | 0.0% |
| 64th | Puerto Rico (US) | 2.36 | 0.2% |
| 65th | Gibraltar | 2.36 | -0.6% |
| 66th | Thailand | 2.36 | -3.8% |
| 67th | Georgia | 2.38 | -0.8% |
| 68th | Romania | 2.39 | 3.5% |
| 69th | Faroe Islands | 2.41 | 5.3% |
| 70th | Ireland | 2.44 | -1.6% |
| 71st | Cyprus | 2.45 | 0.8% |
| 72nd | Uruguay | 2.47 | 0.0% |
| 73rd | Bahamas, The | 2.53 | -0.7% |
| 74th | Chile | 2.59 | -0.1% |
| 75th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 2.59 | -2.0% |
| 76th | Armenia | 2.66 | 0.7% |
| 77th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 2.68 | -4.9% |
| 78th | China | 2.72 | 3.3% |
| 79th | Moldova | 2.74 | 2.4% |
| 80th | Virgin Islands (US) | 2.74 | -3.2% |
| 81st | Sri Lanka | 2.74 | -5.3% |
| 82nd | St. Martin (French part) | 2.90 | -1.9% |
| 83rd | Azerbaijan | 2.90 | -0.3% |
| 84th | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.90 | -2.8% |
| 85th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.92 | -5.1% |
| 86th | Guam | 2.93 | 1.0% |
| 87th | Palau | 2.98 | -1.1% |
| 88th | Israel | 3.03 | -0.8% |
| 89th | Argentina | 3.05 | -0.4% |
| 90th | Seychelles | 3.07 | -0.5% |
| 91st | New Caledonia | 3.08 | 1.1% |
| 92nd | Dominica | 3.08 | -1.0% |
| 93rd | Jamaica | 3.11 | -3.3% |
| 94th | Albania | 3.14 | -2.3% |
| 95th | Colombia | 3.15 | -2.4% |
| 96th | Kazakhstan | 3.19 | -0.6% |
| 97th | Panama | 3.34 | -2.6% |
| 98th | Brazil | 3.36 | -3.4% |
| 99th | Guyana | 3.38 | -2.6% |
| 100th | Costa Rica | 3.45 | -1.6% |
| 101st | Lebanon | 3.47 | -1.9% |
| 102nd | Indonesia | 3.53 | -5.2% |
| 103rd | Fiji | 3.54 | -3.5% |
| 104th | Brunei Darussalam | 3.55 | -1.7% |
| 105th | Grenada | 3.58 | 3.0% |
| 106th | Dominican Republic | 3.60 | -2.3% |
| 107th | Suriname | 3.61 | -2.7% |
| 108th | Türkiye | 3.66 | -3.2% |
| 109th | Malaysia | 3.70 | -2.8% |
| 110th | French Polynesia | 3.71 | -3.8% |
| 111th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3.79 | -3.0% |
| 112th | St. Lucia | 3.80 | -4.3% |
| 113th | Viet Nam | 3.96 | -6.0% |
| 114th | Mexico | 3.97 | -2.8% |
| 115th | Tuvalu | 3.97 | 0.0% |
| 116th | Ecuador | 4.00 | -3.5% |
| 117th | Kuwait | 4.00 | -5.1% |
| 118th | Myanmar | 4.08 | -5.4% |
| 119th | Kosovo | 4.12 | -2.0% |
| 120th | Nauru | 4.15 | 0.1% |
| 121st | El Salvador | 4.19 | -2.8% |
| 122nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 4.22 | 0.4% |
| 123rd | Bahrain | 4.25 | -0.6% |
| 124th | American Samoa | 4.28 | 0.5% |
| 125th | Peru | 4.35 | -2.4% |
| 126th | Tunisia | 4.36 | -3.5% |
| 127th | India | 4.40 | -0.7% |
| 128th | South Africa | 4.41 | -1.9% |
| 129th | Philippines | 4.56 | -2.2% |
| 130th | Qatar | 4.57 | -1.7% |
| 131st | Uzbekistan | 4.68 | -0.3% |
| 132nd | Morocco | 4.77 | -4.3% |
| 133rd | Kiribati | 4.87 | -0.8% |
| 134th | Paraguay | 4.93 | -0.9% |
| 135th | Turkmenistan | 4.94 | -0.6% |
| 136th | Belize | 4.94 | -1.2% |
| 137th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 5.00 | -2.3% |
| 138th | United Arab Emirates | 5.00 | -2.5% |
| 139th | Mongolia | 5.03 | -4.4% |
| 140th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.12 | -0.7% |
| 141st | Nicaragua | 5.22 | -2.6% |
| 142nd | Tonga | 5.27 | -1.3% |
| 143rd | Bangladesh | 5.30 | -4.3% |
| 144th | Lesotho | 5.32 | -1.6% |
| 145th | Botswana | 5.33 | -2.7% |
| 146th | Vanuatu | 5.38 | -0.9% |
| 147th | Nepal | 5.40 | -1.0% |
| 148th | Papua New Guinea | 5.42 | -1.0% |
| 149th | Samoa | 5.42 | -1.2% |
| 150th | Haiti | 5.48 | -0.3% |
| 151st | Congo, Republic of | 5.51 | -1.3% |
| 152nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 5.61 | -2.4% |
| 153rd | Algeria | 5.65 | -6.5% |
| 154th | Guatemala | 5.66 | -1.2% |
| 155th | Timor-Leste | 5.67 | 0.4% |
| 156th | Gabon | 5.69 | -0.4% |
| 157th | Zimbabwe | 5.69 | -3.1% |
| 158th | Honduras | 5.70 | -2.0% |
| 159th | Namibia | 5.79 | -1.4% |
| 160th | Cabo Verde | 5.81 | -1.9% |
| 161st | Tajikistan | 5.91 | -0.6% |
| 162nd | Equatorial Guinea | 5.96 | 0.3% |
| 163rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.01 | -3.7% |
| 164th | Libya | 6.02 | -4.8% |
| 165th | São Tomé and Principe | 6.05 | -0.9% |
| 166th | Ghana | 6.08 | -0.6% |
| 167th | Bhutan | 6.10 | -1.2% |
| 168th | Central African Republic | 6.11 | -0.2% |
| 169th | Eswatini | 6.11 | -2.8% |
| 170th | Djibouti | 6.14 | -0.9% |
| 171st | Iraq | 6.18 | -1.0% |
| 172nd | Sudan | 6.23 | -0.9% |
| 173rd | Cambodia | 6.23 | -1.4% |
| 174th | Lao PDR | 6.26 | -1.2% |
| 175th | Solomon Islands | 6.26 | -1.8% |
| 176th | Madagascar | 6.34 | -1.8% |
| 177th | Mauritania | 6.34 | -1.2% |
| 178th | Gambia, The | 6.34 | -0.2% |
| 179th | Syrian Arab Republic | 6.37 | -1.8% |
| 180th | Togo | 6.38 | -1.2% |
| 181st | Jordan | 6.39 | -2.2% |
| 182nd | Mozambique | 6.41 | -0.3% |
| 183rd | Tanzania | 6.49 | -1.7% |
| 184th | Saudi Arabia | 6.52 | -2.0% |
| 185th | Guinea | 6.55 | 0.3% |
| 186th | Pakistan | 6.55 | -0.5% |
| 187th | Eritrea | 6.56 | -0.5% |
| 188th | Nigeria | 6.56 | -0.9% |
| 189th | Cameroon | 6.57 | 0.1% |
| 190th | Sierra Leone | 6.60 | 0.1% |
| 191st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.63 | 0.3% |
| 192nd | Liberia | 6.64 | -0.8% |
| 193rd | Marshall Islands | 6.73 | -2.0% |
| 194th | Guinea-Bissau | 6.73 | -0.1% |
| 195th | Kenya | 6.84 | -1.7% |
| 196th | Maldives | 6.85 | -1.3% |
| 197th | Zambia | 6.87 | -0.9% |
| 198th | Senegal | 6.90 | -1.6% |
| 199th | Comoros | 6.95 | -1.0% |
| 200th | Benin | 6.96 | -0.6% |
| 201st | Chad | 7.07 | 0.4% |
| 202nd | Malawi | 7.07 | -1.4% |
| 203rd | Uganda | 7.08 | 0.7% |
| 204th | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.19 | -1.2% |
| 205th | Burkina Faso | 7.22 | -0.3% |
| 206th | Mali | 7.31 | 0.7% |
| 207th | Burundi | 7.32 | 0.4% |
| 208th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.35 | 0.3% |
| 209th | Oman | 7.35 | -2.1% |
| 210th | South Sudan | 7.38 | 0.3% |
| 211th | Angola | 7.44 | -0.2% |
| 212th | Afghanistan | 7.55 | 0.0% |
| 213th | Rwanda | 7.61 | -2.2% |
| 214th | Niger | 7.90 | -0.4% |
| 215th | Yemen, Republic of | 8.86 | -0.1% |
FAQ
What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate in 1986?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate in 1986 was 2.59. This ranked 75th globally.
How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate change in 1986?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate decreased by 2.0% in 1986 compared to 1985.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1986?▾
Yemen, Republic of had the highest fertility rate in 1986 at 8.86.
What is the fertility rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1986?▾
The fertility rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1986 was 2.59. This ranked 75th globally.
How does 1986 compare to 1985 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate went from 2.65 in 1985 to 2.59 in 1986, a 2.0% decrease.
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