Fertility rate: North Korea
1.78 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.
Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.78 |
| 2022 | 1.797 |
| 2021 | 1.806 |
| 2020 | 1.821 |
| 2019 | 1.825 |
| 2018 | 1.834 |
| 2017 | 1.848 |
| 2016 | 1.856 |
| 2015 | 1.863 |
| 2014 | 1.874 |
| 2013 | 1.877 |
| 2012 | 1.882 |
| 2011 | 1.883 |
| 2010 | 1.89 |
| 2009 | 1.905 |
| 2008 | 1.97 |
| 2007 | 1.943 |
| 2006 | 1.936 |
| 2005 | 1.872 |
| 2004 | 1.899 |
| 2003 | 1.909 |
| 2002 | 1.919 |
| 2001 | 1.94 |
| 2000 | 1.941 |
| 1999 | 1.966 |
| 1998 | 1.991 |
| 1997 | 2.027 |
| 1996 | 2.093 |
| 1995 | 2.146 |
| 1994 | 2.183 |
| 1993 | 2.218 |
| 1992 | 2.287 |
| 1991 | 2.351 |
| 1990 | 2.388 |
| 1989 | 2.412 |
| 1988 | 2.468 |
| 1987 | 2.529 |
| 1986 | 2.594 |
| 1985 | 2.646 |
| 1984 | 2.708 |
| 1983 | 2.777 |
| 1982 | 2.854 |
| 1981 | 2.921 |
| 1980 | 2.841 |
| 1979 | 2.849 |
| 1978 | 2.793 |
| 1977 | 2.771 |
| 1976 | 2.836 |
| 1975 | 3.047 |
| 1974 | 3.142 |
| 1973 | 3.353 |
| 1972 | 3.889 |
| 1971 | 3.739 |
| 1970 | 3.848 |
| 1969 | 3.86 |
| 1968 | 3.872 |
| 1967 | 4.05 |
| 1966 | 3.709 |
| 1965 | 3.556 |
| 1964 | 3.547 |
| 1963 | 3.626 |
| 1962 | 3.412 |
| 1961 | 3.261 |
| 1960 | 3.568 |
| 1959 | 3.559 |
| 1958 | 4.271 |
| 1957 | 4.281 |
| 1956 | 3.508 |
| 1955 | 3.674 |
| 1954 | 3.496 |
| 1953 | 3.082 |
| 1952 | 2.611 |
| 1951 | 2.597 |
| 1950 | 4.994 |