Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Fertility Rate 1991
2.35
−0.04 from 1990
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate was 2.35 in 1991, decreased +0.04 from 2.39 in 1990. This was the 69th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1991▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | San Marino | 1.17 | 0.4% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.28 | 0.7% |
| 3rd | Italy | 1.30 | -2.3% |
| 4th | Germany | 1.33 | -8.3% |
| 5th | Spain | 1.33 | -2.2% |
| 6th | Greece | 1.37 | -1.4% |
| 7th | Andorra | 1.40 | -0.3% |
| 8th | Slovenia | 1.42 | -2.7% |
| 9th | Channel Islands | 1.47 | -2.6% |
| 10th | Liechtenstein | 1.50 | -0.1% |
| 11th | Austria | 1.51 | 3.4% |
| 12th | Croatia | 1.53 | -6.1% |
| 13th | Japan | 1.53 | -0.6% |
| 14th | Portugal | 1.56 | 0.0% |
| 15th | Switzerland | 1.58 | 0.0% |
| 16th | European Union | 1.58 | -3.1% |
| 17th | Romania | 1.59 | -13.1% |
| 18th | Luxembourg | 1.60 | 0.0% |
| 19th | Netherlands | 1.61 | -0.6% |
| 20th | Serbia | 1.61 | -2.2% |
| 21st | Macao SAR, China | 1.62 | -5.5% |
| 22nd | Belgium | 1.66 | 2.5% |
| 23rd | Bulgaria | 1.66 | -8.8% |
| 24th | Cuba | 1.66 | -7.9% |
| 25th | Denmark | 1.68 | 0.6% |
| 26th | Korea | 1.71 | 8.9% |
| 27th | Canada | 1.72 | -6.0% |
| 28th | Singapore | 1.73 | -5.5% |
| 29th | Russian Federation | 1.73 | -8.5% |
| 30th | Bermuda | 1.74 | 2.6% |
| 31st | France | 1.75 | -1.1% |
| 32nd | Ukraine | 1.77 | -3.9% |
| 33rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.78 | -0.2% |
| 34th | Monaco | 1.79 | -3.4% |
| 35th | Finland | 1.79 | 0.6% |
| 36th | Estonia | 1.80 | -12.2% |
| 37th | Belarus | 1.81 | -5.6% |
| 38th | United Kingdom | 1.82 | -0.5% |
| 39th | Barbados | 1.84 | -0.2% |
| 40th | British Virgin Islands | 1.84 | 3.6% |
| 41st | Cayman Islands | 1.85 | 3.5% |
| 42nd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.85 | -0.1% |
| 43rd | Australia | 1.85 | -2.8% |
| 44th | Czechia | 1.86 | -2.1% |
| 45th | Latvia | 1.86 | -7.9% |
| 46th | Hungary | 1.87 | 0.0% |
| 47th | Norway | 1.92 | -0.5% |
| 48th | China | 1.93 | -23.1% |
| 49th | Isle of Man | 1.98 | 1.0% |
| 50th | Malta | 1.99 | -1.5% |
| 51st | Lithuania | 2.01 | -1.0% |
| 52nd | Montenegro | 2.02 | 3.6% |
| 53rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.04 | -9.5% |
| 54th | Thailand | 2.04 | -1.4% |
| 55th | Slovak Republic | 2.05 | -1.9% |
| 56th | United States | 2.06 | -0.9% |
| 57th | Poland | 2.07 | 0.5% |
| 58th | Ireland | 2.08 | -1.4% |
| 59th | New Zealand | 2.09 | -4.1% |
| 60th | Sweden | 2.11 | -0.9% |
| 61st | Iceland | 2.18 | -5.2% |
| 62nd | Georgia | 2.21 | -4.2% |
| 63rd | Moldova | 2.28 | -4.8% |
| 64th | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.29 | -4.3% |
| 65th | Mauritius | 2.30 | -0.9% |
| 66th | Puerto Rico (US) | 2.30 | -3.2% |
| 67th | North Macedonia | 2.31 | 1.8% |
| 68th | Cyprus | 2.34 | -2.6% |
| 69th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 2.35 | -1.5% |
| 70th | Aruba | 2.36 | 0.7% |
| 71st | Curaçao | 2.37 | 3.0% |
| 72nd | Greenland | 2.42 | -0.9% |
| 73rd | Gibraltar | 2.43 | 1.7% |
| 74th | Uruguay | 2.45 | -0.9% |
| 75th | Bahamas, The | 2.51 | -0.4% |
| 76th | Sri Lanka | 2.51 | -1.1% |
| 77th | Chile | 2.56 | -0.8% |
| 78th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 2.60 | -4.7% |
| 79th | Faroe Islands | 2.62 | -6.1% |
| 80th | Armenia | 2.64 | -2.4% |
| 81st | Kazakhstan | 2.68 | -2.5% |
| 82nd | Seychelles | 2.69 | 3.3% |
| 83rd | St. Martin (French part) | 2.71 | -1.3% |
| 84th | Palau | 2.74 | -4.8% |
| 85th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.75 | 0.6% |
| 86th | Israel | 2.76 | -2.2% |
| 87th | Brazil | 2.81 | -3.1% |
| 88th | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.82 | 20.7% |
| 89th | Azerbaijan | 2.87 | 4.7% |
| 90th | Albania | 2.96 | -1.9% |
| 91st | Colombia | 2.98 | -0.4% |
| 92nd | Jamaica | 3.00 | 1.4% |
| 93rd | Panama | 3.00 | -2.4% |
| 94th | Türkiye | 3.00 | -3.3% |
| 95th | Argentina | 3.01 | -0.7% |
| 96th | Guam | 3.03 | 0.4% |
| 97th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3.05 | -4.3% |
| 98th | Indonesia | 3.06 | -1.8% |
| 99th | New Caledonia | 3.07 | -0.9% |
| 100th | Costa Rica | 3.08 | -2.9% |
| 101st | Suriname | 3.09 | -4.1% |
| 102nd | Grenada | 3.11 | 1.6% |
| 103rd | Dominica | 3.15 | 1.7% |
| 104th | Lebanon | 3.16 | -3.2% |
| 105th | Guyana | 3.18 | 0.1% |
| 106th | St. Lucia | 3.19 | -1.5% |
| 107th | Brunei Darussalam | 3.21 | -2.6% |
| 108th | French Polynesia | 3.26 | -5.1% |
| 109th | Tunisia | 3.31 | -3.8% |
| 110th | Malaysia | 3.34 | 1.1% |
| 111th | Dominican Republic | 3.35 | -1.8% |
| 112th | Mexico | 3.36 | -2.4% |
| 113th | Fiji | 3.37 | -0.6% |
| 114th | Kosovo | 3.37 | -8.0% |
| 115th | Virgin Islands (US) | 3.38 | 8.8% |
| 116th | Kuwait | 3.40 | -2.6% |
| 117th | Myanmar | 3.43 | -2.1% |
| 118th | Viet Nam | 3.52 | -2.2% |
| 119th | Kyrgyz Republic | 3.58 | -1.4% |
| 120th | South Africa | 3.62 | -2.8% |
| 121st | Bahrain | 3.63 | -5.0% |
| 122nd | Ecuador | 3.63 | -1.3% |
| 123rd | Tuvalu | 3.79 | 1.0% |
| 124th | Peru | 3.79 | -3.0% |
| 125th | El Salvador | 3.89 | -1.9% |
| 126th | Morocco | 3.95 | -2.8% |
| 127th | India | 3.96 | -2.1% |
| 128th | Qatar | 3.99 | -5.7% |
| 129th | Nauru | 3.99 | -0.7% |
| 130th | Mongolia | 4.00 | -11.1% |
| 131st | Turkmenistan | 4.15 | -3.3% |
| 132nd | Uzbekistan | 4.19 | 1.6% |
| 133rd | United Arab Emirates | 4.25 | -5.7% |
| 134th | Bangladesh | 4.26 | -5.4% |
| 135th | Philippines | 4.27 | -1.1% |
| 136th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 4.32 | -4.4% |
| 137th | Botswana | 4.37 | -3.2% |
| 138th | Algeria | 4.37 | -3.2% |
| 139th | Nicaragua | 4.43 | -3.6% |
| 140th | Libya | 4.46 | -6.6% |
| 141st | Paraguay | 4.48 | -1.8% |
| 142nd | American Samoa | 4.53 | 1.3% |
| 143rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4.57 | -7.4% |
| 144th | Belize | 4.60 | -4.3% |
| 145th | Kiribati | 4.64 | -0.6% |
| 146th | Lesotho | 4.68 | -2.7% |
| 147th | Zimbabwe | 4.72 | -3.3% |
| 148th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.85 | -1.1% |
| 149th | Tonga | 4.85 | -1.6% |
| 150th | Samoa | 4.91 | -1.9% |
| 151st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 4.92 | -2.6% |
| 152nd | Papua New Guinea | 5.11 | -1.4% |
| 153rd | Vanuatu | 5.13 | -0.7% |
| 154th | Eswatini | 5.13 | -3.1% |
| 155th | Nepal | 5.15 | -1.2% |
| 156th | Honduras | 5.19 | -1.5% |
| 157th | Congo, Republic of | 5.22 | -0.9% |
| 158th | Cabo Verde | 5.26 | -1.8% |
| 159th | Tajikistan | 5.28 | -3.3% |
| 160th | Namibia | 5.29 | -2.0% |
| 161st | Haiti | 5.32 | -1.8% |
| 162nd | Jordan | 5.33 | -3.9% |
| 163rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.34 | -3.9% |
| 164th | Gabon | 5.37 | -1.6% |
| 165th | Guatemala | 5.38 | -1.9% |
| 166th | Bhutan | 5.45 | -2.7% |
| 167th | Cambodia | 5.59 | -1.0% |
| 168th | Solomon Islands | 5.62 | -2.1% |
| 169th | Ghana | 5.63 | -1.9% |
| 170th | Saudi Arabia | 5.64 | -2.8% |
| 171st | Marshall Islands | 5.76 | -3.6% |
| 172nd | São Tomé and Principe | 5.77 | -1.0% |
| 173rd | Maldives | 5.80 | -5.4% |
| 174th | Iraq | 5.83 | -1.6% |
| 175th | Timor-Leste | 5.84 | 0.4% |
| 176th | Djibouti | 5.86 | -1.3% |
| 177th | Kenya | 5.94 | -3.2% |
| 178th | Equatorial Guinea | 5.99 | 0.0% |
| 179th | Lao PDR | 5.99 | -1.2% |
| 180th | Togo | 5.99 | -1.3% |
| 181st | Central African Republic | 6.03 | -0.3% |
| 182nd | Sudan | 6.05 | -0.4% |
| 183rd | Madagascar | 6.12 | -0.4% |
| 184th | Tanzania | 6.14 | -1.1% |
| 185th | Mauritania | 6.16 | -0.3% |
| 186th | Gambia, The | 6.19 | -0.9% |
| 187th | Oman | 6.20 | -4.0% |
| 188th | Eritrea | 6.24 | -1.5% |
| 189th | Senegal | 6.27 | -2.0% |
| 190th | Mozambique | 6.28 | -0.7% |
| 191st | Pakistan | 6.29 | -1.1% |
| 192nd | Liberia | 6.32 | -0.7% |
| 193rd | Cameroon | 6.32 | -0.6% |
| 194th | Comoros | 6.35 | -2.3% |
| 195th | Nigeria | 6.43 | -0.5% |
| 196th | Zambia | 6.46 | -1.7% |
| 197th | Guinea-Bissau | 6.47 | -0.4% |
| 198th | Guinea | 6.48 | -0.5% |
| 199th | Sierra Leone | 6.55 | -0.2% |
| 200th | Côte d'Ivoire | 6.59 | -2.0% |
| 201st | Rwanda | 6.62 | -2.7% |
| 202nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.65 | -0.1% |
| 203rd | Benin | 6.67 | -1.1% |
| 204th | Malawi | 6.68 | -0.9% |
| 205th | West Bank and Gaza | 6.75 | -0.9% |
| 206th | Uganda | 6.94 | -1.0% |
| 207th | Burkina Faso | 6.97 | -0.5% |
| 208th | Angola | 7.21 | -0.9% |
| 209th | Chad | 7.26 | 0.6% |
| 210th | Mali | 7.28 | -0.4% |
| 211th | Burundi | 7.34 | -0.4% |
| 212th | South Sudan | 7.38 | 0.0% |
| 213th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.47 | 0.4% |
| 214th | Afghanistan | 7.63 | 0.7% |
| 215th | Niger | 7.80 | -0.1% |
| 216th | Yemen, Republic of | 8.46 | -1.7% |
FAQ
What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate in 1991?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate in 1991 was 2.35. This ranked 69th globally.
How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate change in 1991?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate decreased by 1.5% in 1991 compared to 1990.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1991?▾
Yemen, Republic of had the highest fertility rate in 1991 at 8.46.
What is the fertility rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1991?▾
The fertility rate of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1991 was 2.35. This ranked 69th globally.
How does 1991 compare to 1990 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's fertility rate went from 2.39 in 1990 to 2.35 in 1991, a 1.5% decrease.
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