Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Fertility Rate 1990
2.39
−0.02 from 1989
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate was 2.39 in 1990, decreased +0.02 from 2.41 in 1989. This was the 68th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1990▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | San Marino | 1.16 | 1.5% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.27 | -1.9% |
| 3rd | Italy | 1.33 | 0.0% |
| 4th | Spain | 1.36 | -2.9% |
| 5th | Greece | 1.39 | -0.7% |
| 6th | Andorra | 1.40 | 0.4% |
| 7th | Germany | 1.45 | 2.1% |
| 8th | Austria | 1.46 | 0.7% |
| 9th | Slovenia | 1.46 | -3.9% |
| 10th | Liechtenstein | 1.50 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Channel Islands | 1.51 | 1.3% |
| 12th | Japan | 1.54 | -1.9% |
| 13th | Portugal | 1.56 | -0.6% |
| 14th | Korea | 1.57 | 0.6% |
| 15th | Switzerland | 1.58 | 1.3% |
| 16th | Luxembourg | 1.60 | 5.3% |
| 17th | Belgium | 1.62 | 2.5% |
| 18th | Netherlands | 1.62 | 4.5% |
| 19th | Croatia | 1.63 | 0.0% |
| 20th | European Union | 1.64 | -1.0% |
| 21st | Serbia | 1.65 | -2.1% |
| 22nd | Denmark | 1.67 | 3.1% |
| 23rd | Bermuda | 1.70 | -3.5% |
| 24th | Macao SAR, China | 1.71 | -5.6% |
| 25th | France | 1.77 | -1.1% |
| 26th | British Virgin Islands | 1.78 | 0.6% |
| 27th | Finland | 1.78 | 4.1% |
| 28th | Cayman Islands | 1.78 | 1.6% |
| 29th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.79 | -0.3% |
| 30th | Cuba | 1.81 | -1.4% |
| 31st | Bulgaria | 1.82 | -4.2% |
| 32nd | Canada | 1.83 | 3.4% |
| 33rd | United Kingdom | 1.83 | 2.2% |
| 34th | Romania | 1.83 | -17.6% |
| 35th | Singapore | 1.83 | 4.6% |
| 36th | Barbados | 1.84 | 12.5% |
| 37th | Ukraine | 1.85 | -4.3% |
| 38th | Monaco | 1.85 | -4.4% |
| 39th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.85 | -2.8% |
| 40th | Hungary | 1.87 | 2.7% |
| 41st | Russian Federation | 1.89 | -5.9% |
| 42nd | Czechia | 1.90 | 1.6% |
| 43rd | Australia | 1.90 | 3.5% |
| 44th | Belarus | 1.91 | -5.6% |
| 45th | Norway | 1.93 | 2.1% |
| 46th | Montenegro | 1.95 | 0.4% |
| 47th | Isle of Man | 1.96 | 1.7% |
| 48th | Latvia | 2.02 | -1.5% |
| 49th | Malta | 2.02 | -3.8% |
| 50th | Lithuania | 2.03 | 2.5% |
| 51st | Estonia | 2.05 | -7.7% |
| 52nd | Poland | 2.06 | -1.0% |
| 53rd | Thailand | 2.07 | -3.3% |
| 54th | United States | 2.08 | 3.3% |
| 55th | Slovak Republic | 2.09 | 1.0% |
| 56th | Ireland | 2.11 | 1.4% |
| 57th | Sweden | 2.13 | 6.0% |
| 58th | New Zealand | 2.18 | 2.8% |
| 59th | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.25 | 2.3% |
| 60th | North Macedonia | 2.27 | 0.8% |
| 61st | Iceland | 2.30 | 5.0% |
| 62nd | Curaçao | 2.30 | 1.5% |
| 63rd | Georgia | 2.31 | -0.7% |
| 64th | Mauritius | 2.32 | 4.0% |
| 65th | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.34 | 16.0% |
| 66th | Aruba | 2.35 | 1.7% |
| 67th | Puerto Rico (US) | 2.38 | -0.3% |
| 68th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 2.39 | -1.0% |
| 69th | Gibraltar | 2.39 | 1.6% |
| 70th | Moldova | 2.39 | -2.9% |
| 71st | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.39 | -5.2% |
| 72nd | Cyprus | 2.40 | 1.4% |
| 73rd | Greenland | 2.44 | 6.3% |
| 74th | Uruguay | 2.48 | -0.8% |
| 75th | China | 2.51 | -0.2% |
| 76th | Bahamas, The | 2.52 | -0.1% |
| 77th | Sri Lanka | 2.54 | -1.4% |
| 78th | Chile | 2.58 | -0.4% |
| 79th | Seychelles | 2.61 | -2.4% |
| 80th | Armenia | 2.71 | 0.1% |
| 81st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 2.73 | 1.3% |
| 82nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.73 | 0.0% |
| 83rd | Azerbaijan | 2.74 | -2.1% |
| 84th | Kazakhstan | 2.75 | -4.2% |
| 85th | St. Martin (French part) | 2.75 | -1.5% |
| 86th | Faroe Islands | 2.80 | 3.3% |
| 87th | Israel | 2.82 | -2.1% |
| 88th | Palau | 2.88 | -1.2% |
| 89th | Brazil | 2.90 | -3.7% |
| 90th | Jamaica | 2.96 | 0.9% |
| 91st | Colombia | 3.00 | -0.6% |
| 92nd | Albania | 3.01 | -0.5% |
| 93rd | Guam | 3.02 | 0.5% |
| 94th | Argentina | 3.03 | 0.4% |
| 95th | Grenada | 3.06 | -5.4% |
| 96th | Panama | 3.07 | -1.6% |
| 97th | Dominica | 3.09 | 1.1% |
| 98th | New Caledonia | 3.10 | 1.4% |
| 99th | Virgin Islands (US) | 3.11 | 2.7% |
| 100th | Türkiye | 3.11 | -6.9% |
| 101st | Indonesia | 3.11 | -4.1% |
| 102nd | Costa Rica | 3.17 | -2.2% |
| 103rd | Guyana | 3.18 | -0.2% |
| 104th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3.19 | -4.4% |
| 105th | Suriname | 3.23 | -4.8% |
| 106th | St. Lucia | 3.24 | -2.3% |
| 107th | Lebanon | 3.27 | -2.8% |
| 108th | Brunei Darussalam | 3.29 | -2.2% |
| 109th | Malaysia | 3.30 | -0.3% |
| 110th | Fiji | 3.39 | -0.4% |
| 111th | Dominican Republic | 3.41 | -1.8% |
| 112th | French Polynesia | 3.43 | -1.6% |
| 113th | Tunisia | 3.44 | -3.6% |
| 114th | Mexico | 3.44 | -2.5% |
| 115th | Kuwait | 3.49 | -3.0% |
| 116th | Myanmar | 3.50 | -2.5% |
| 117th | Viet Nam | 3.60 | -1.1% |
| 118th | Kyrgyz Republic | 3.63 | -6.3% |
| 119th | Kosovo | 3.67 | -0.2% |
| 120th | Ecuador | 3.68 | -1.5% |
| 121st | South Africa | 3.72 | -6.5% |
| 122nd | Tuvalu | 3.75 | -1.2% |
| 123rd | Bahrain | 3.82 | -3.5% |
| 124th | Peru | 3.91 | -2.8% |
| 125th | El Salvador | 3.96 | -1.7% |
| 126th | Nauru | 4.02 | -1.2% |
| 127th | India | 4.05 | -2.1% |
| 128th | Morocco | 4.06 | -3.7% |
| 129th | Uzbekistan | 4.12 | 0.5% |
| 130th | Qatar | 4.23 | -4.1% |
| 131st | Turkmenistan | 4.29 | -3.9% |
| 132nd | Philippines | 4.32 | -1.0% |
| 133rd | American Samoa | 4.47 | 1.4% |
| 134th | Mongolia | 4.50 | 1.8% |
| 135th | United Arab Emirates | 4.51 | -3.1% |
| 136th | Bangladesh | 4.51 | -4.0% |
| 137th | Botswana | 4.51 | -3.4% |
| 138th | Algeria | 4.51 | -5.3% |
| 139th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 4.51 | -3.5% |
| 140th | Paraguay | 4.57 | -2.5% |
| 141st | Nicaragua | 4.60 | -3.5% |
| 142nd | Kiribati | 4.67 | -0.5% |
| 143rd | Libya | 4.78 | -6.2% |
| 144th | Belize | 4.80 | -1.3% |
| 145th | Lesotho | 4.81 | -3.0% |
| 146th | Zimbabwe | 4.88 | -3.9% |
| 147th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.90 | -1.3% |
| 148th | Tonga | 4.93 | -1.5% |
| 149th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4.93 | -4.6% |
| 150th | Samoa | 5.01 | -2.0% |
| 151st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 5.05 | -2.6% |
| 152nd | Vanuatu | 5.17 | -0.9% |
| 153rd | Papua New Guinea | 5.18 | -1.2% |
| 154th | Nepal | 5.21 | -0.9% |
| 155th | Congo, Republic of | 5.27 | -1.1% |
| 156th | Honduras | 5.27 | -1.6% |
| 157th | Eswatini | 5.30 | -3.4% |
| 158th | Cabo Verde | 5.36 | -1.7% |
| 159th | Namibia | 5.40 | -2.2% |
| 160th | Haiti | 5.41 | -0.6% |
| 161st | Tajikistan | 5.46 | -2.7% |
| 162nd | Gabon | 5.46 | -1.6% |
| 163rd | Guatemala | 5.48 | -1.4% |
| 164th | Jordan | 5.54 | -4.4% |
| 165th | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.56 | -3.7% |
| 166th | Bhutan | 5.60 | -2.7% |
| 167th | Cambodia | 5.64 | -0.7% |
| 168th | Ghana | 5.74 | -1.4% |
| 169th | Solomon Islands | 5.74 | -2.2% |
| 170th | Saudi Arabia | 5.80 | -2.9% |
| 171st | Timor-Leste | 5.81 | 0.9% |
| 172nd | São Tomé and Principe | 5.83 | -1.0% |
| 173rd | Iraq | 5.93 | -1.0% |
| 174th | Djibouti | 5.93 | -0.7% |
| 175th | Marshall Islands | 5.97 | -3.4% |
| 176th | Equatorial Guinea | 5.99 | 0.0% |
| 177th | Central African Republic | 6.05 | -0.4% |
| 178th | Lao PDR | 6.06 | -0.7% |
| 179th | Togo | 6.07 | -1.3% |
| 180th | Sudan | 6.07 | -0.5% |
| 181st | Maldives | 6.13 | -4.0% |
| 182nd | Kenya | 6.14 | -3.1% |
| 183rd | Madagascar | 6.14 | -0.1% |
| 184th | Mauritania | 6.18 | -0.3% |
| 185th | Tanzania | 6.20 | -1.6% |
| 186th | Gambia, The | 6.25 | -0.1% |
| 187th | Mozambique | 6.32 | -0.5% |
| 188th | Eritrea | 6.34 | -1.2% |
| 189th | Cameroon | 6.36 | -0.8% |
| 190th | Pakistan | 6.36 | -0.9% |
| 191st | Liberia | 6.37 | -1.0% |
| 192nd | Senegal | 6.40 | -1.3% |
| 193rd | Oman | 6.46 | -3.9% |
| 194th | Nigeria | 6.46 | -0.5% |
| 195th | Guinea-Bissau | 6.50 | -2.4% |
| 196th | Comoros | 6.51 | -2.1% |
| 197th | Guinea | 6.52 | -0.5% |
| 198th | Sierra Leone | 6.57 | -0.1% |
| 199th | Zambia | 6.57 | -1.0% |
| 200th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.65 | 0.0% |
| 201st | Côte d'Ivoire | 6.72 | -1.9% |
| 202nd | Malawi | 6.74 | -0.9% |
| 203rd | Benin | 6.74 | -1.1% |
| 204th | Rwanda | 6.80 | -3.2% |
| 205th | West Bank and Gaza | 6.81 | - |
| 206th | Burkina Faso | 7.01 | -0.5% |
| 207th | Uganda | 7.01 | -0.4% |
| 208th | Chad | 7.22 | 0.5% |
| 209th | Angola | 7.27 | -0.8% |
| 210th | Mali | 7.31 | -0.3% |
| 211th | Burundi | 7.37 | -0.3% |
| 212th | South Sudan | 7.38 | 0.0% |
| 213th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.44 | 0.2% |
| 214th | Afghanistan | 7.58 | 0.2% |
| 215th | Niger | 7.81 | -0.2% |
| 216th | Yemen, Republic of | 8.61 | -1.2% |
FAQ
What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate in 1990?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate in 1990 was 2.39. This ranked 68th globally.
How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate change in 1990?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate decreased by 1.0% in 1990 compared to 1989.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1990?▾
Yemen, Republic of had the highest fertility rate in 1990 at 8.61.
What is the fertility rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1990?▾
The fertility rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1990 was 2.39. This ranked 68th globally.
How does 1990 compare to 1989 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate went from 2.41 in 1989 to 2.39 in 1990, a 1.0% decrease.
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