Fertility & birth rates in Georgia and North Korea

Fertility rate in Georgia vs North Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Georgia was 1.81 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.78 in North Korea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Georgia vs North Korea population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Georgia	North Korea
1960	2.94	3.57
1961	2.94	3.26
1962	2.94	3.41
1963	2.95	3.63
1964	2.89	3.55
1965	2.77	3.56
1966	2.73	3.71
1967	2.74	4.05
1968	2.69	3.87
1969	2.69	3.86
1970	2.7	3.85
1971	2.71	3.74
1972	2.67	3.89
1973	2.62	3.35
1974	2.57	3.14
1975	2.55	3.05
1976	2.51	2.84
1977	2.44	2.77
1978	2.42	2.79
1979	2.38	2.85
1980	2.35	2.84
1981	2.33	2.92
1982	2.31	2.85
1983	2.34	2.78
1984	2.38	2.71
1985	2.4	2.65
1986	2.38	2.59
1987	2.32	2.53
1988	2.32	2.47
1989	2.32	2.41
1990	2.31	2.39
1991	2.21	2.35
1992	2.05	2.29
1993	1.91	2.22
1994	1.84	2.18
1995	1.81	2.15
1996	1.76	2.09
1997	1.73	2.03
1998	1.7	1.99
1999	1.64	1.97
2000	1.61	1.94
2001	1.58	1.94
2002	1.57	1.92
2003	1.55	1.91
2004	1.57	1.9
2005	1.58	1.87
2006	1.62	1.94
2007	1.7	1.94
2008	1.83	1.97
2009	1.99	1.91
2010	1.97	1.89
2011	1.92	1.88
2012	1.93	1.88
2013	1.99	1.88
2014	2.18	1.87
2015	2.21	1.86
2016	2.23	1.86
2017	2.14	1.85
2018	2.09	1.83
2019	2.02	1.83
2020	1.98	1.82
2021	1.98	1.81
2022	1.82	1.8
2023	1.81	1.78
2024	1.8	1.78
2025	1.79	1.77
2026	1.78	1.75
2027	1.77	1.74
2028	1.76	1.73
2029	1.75	1.73
2030	1.75	1.72
2031	1.75	1.72
2032	1.74	1.71
2033	1.74	1.71
2034	1.73	1.71
2035	1.73	1.7
2036	1.73	1.7
2037	1.73	1.7
2038	1.72	1.69
2039	1.72	1.69
2040	1.72	1.69
2041	1.72	1.69
2042	1.72	1.69
2043	1.72	1.69
2044	1.72	1.68
2045	1.71	1.68
2046	1.71	1.68
2047	1.71	1.68
2048	1.71	1.67
2049	1.71	1.67
2050	1.71	1.67

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Georgia	North Korea
1960	28.7%	37.5%
1961	29.3%	37%
1962	29.7%	36.6%
1963	29.9%	36.5%
1964	30%	36.6%
1965	30%	36.7%
1966	30.2%	37.3%
1967	30.5%	38.3%
1968	30.7%	39.2%
1969	30.8%	39.8%
1970	30.5%	40.1%
1971	30%	40.3%
1972	29.5%	40.2%
1973	29%	39.8%
1974	28.4%	39.3%
1975	27.8%	38.8%
1976	27.3%	38.3%
1977	26.7%	37.7%
1978	26.2%	36.9%
1979	25.7%	36%
1980	25.4%	35.1%
1981	25.2%	34.2%
1982	25.1%	33.1%
1983	25.1%	32%
1984	25.1%	30.9%
1985	25.2%	29.9%
1986	25.4%	29%
1987	25.5%	28%
1988	25.5%	27.3%
1989	25.5%	26.8%
1990	25.5%	26.5%
1991	25.6%	26.4%
1992	25.5%	26.3%
1993	25.4%	26.4%
1994	25.2%	26.4%
1995	24.9%	26.4%
1996	24.6%	26.3%
1997	24.1%	26.2%
1998	23.6%	26%
1999	23%	25.8%
2000	22.4%	25.6%
2001	21.7%	25.3%
2002	21%	25%
2003	20.5%	24.6%
2004	19.9%	24.3%
2005	19.3%	23.9%
2006	18.8%	23.4%
2007	18.5%	23%
2008	18.3%	22.5%
2009	18.4%	22.1%
2010	18.6%	21.6%
2011	18.6%	21.2%
2012	18.7%	20.8%
2013	18.8%	20.4%
2014	19%	20.1%
2015	19.4%	19.8%
2016	19.8%	19.6%
2017	20.2%	19.4%
2018	20.5%	19.2%
2019	20.8%	19.1%
2020	21%	19.1%
2021	21.2%	19.1%
2022	21.2%	19%
2023	21%	19%
2024	20.8%	18.9%
2025	20.5%	18.9%
2026	20.2%	18.9%
2027	19.9%	18.8%
2028	19.5%	18.7%
2029	19%	18.6%
2030	18.5%	18.5%
2031	18%	18.3%
2032	17.6%	18.1%
2033	17.2%	17.9%
2034	16.9%	17.6%
2035	16.6%	17.4%
2036	16.4%	17.1%
2037	16.2%	16.8%
2038	16.2%	16.6%
2039	16.1%	16.3%
2040	16.1%	16.1%
2041	16.2%	15.9%
2042	16.2%	15.7%
2043	16.3%	15.5%
2044	16.4%	15.4%
2045	16.4%	15.3%
2046	16.5%	15.2%
2047	16.6%	15.2%
2048	16.7%	15.2%
2049	16.8%	15.2%
2050	16.8%	15.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.8% of the population in Georgia and 18.9% in North Korea in 2024, compared to 25.5% and 26.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Georgia and North Korea compared.

Natural population change in Georgia vs North Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.13% in Georgia and +0.42% in North Korea. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Georgia	North Korea
1960	51,640	277,717
1961	52,284	257,788
1962	51,903	286,534
1963	51,456	321,805
1964	48,429	323,623
1965	43,463	335,587
1966	40,905	363,882
1967	40,070	414,632
1968	37,840	399,837
1969	37,764	404,189
1970	38,731	406,129
1971	38,953	393,220
1972	38,832	411,997
1973	38,259	338,600
1974	38,071	306,902
1975	39,331	288,966
1976	39,964	255,841
1977	40,023	242,870
1978	41,616	243,533
1979	42,863	251,409
1980	44,114	255,206
1981	46,185	273,800
1982	47,363	276,332
1983	48,496	279,046
1984	48,523	282,987
1985	49,786	287,714
1986	48,960	293,227
1987	45,561	296,030
1988	42,810	299,305
1989	41,510	303,078
1990	40,169	312,460
1991	32,932	320,551
1992	24,226	324,002
1993	18,303	320,880
1994	17,279	320,861
1995	17,644	233,381
1996	18,304	226,095
1997	11,862	211,325
1998	9,823	197,589
1999	6,901	181,613
2000	4,681	161,591
2001	3,445	143,321
2002	2,228	119,504
2003	2,482	178,775
2004	283	155,838
2005	1,604	132,765
2006	2,146	129,171
2007	3,551	120,521
2008	7,974	122,015
2009	12,210	111,530
2010	10,501	112,443
2011	8,989	114,798
2012	8,584	118,773
2013	10,145	122,519
2014	13,089	127,078
2015	13,105	127,365
2016	11,346	125,048
2017	8,391	120,181
2018	8,407	113,164
2019	5,606	106,208
2020	335	95,920
2021	-9,127	99,710
2022	-2,224	96,495
2023	-1,282	86,203

Maternal mortality chart: Georgia vs North Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 20 deaths per 100,000 live births in Georgia, compared to 67 deaths in North Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Georgia	North Korea
1985	34	76
1986	34	68
1987	32	62
1988	33	55
1989	36	49
1990	34	43
1991	36	38
1992	38	37
1993	40	46
1994	40	57
1995	41	127
1996	35	128
1997	45	128
1998	43	129
1999	41	129
2000	43	129
2001	45	130
2002	46	131
2003	42	76
2004	43	77
2005	53	78
2006	45	80
2007	52	80
2008	54	79
2009	56	78
2010	41	77
2011	37	76
2012	35	76
2013	34	75
2014	32	73
2015	30	72
2016	28	71
2017	27	70
2018	24	69
2019	22	66
2020	30	66
2021	60	72
2022	22	67
2023	20	67

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.92% in Georgia and 1.8% in North Korea. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Georgia	North Korea
1960	-	11.6%
1961	-	11.2%
1962	-	10.8%
1963	-	10.4%
1964	-	9.92%
1965	-	9.46%
1966	-	8.96%
1967	-	8.45%
1968	-	7.94%
1969	-	7.45%
1970	-	6.99%
1971	-	6.58%
1972	-	6.2%
1973	-	5.86%
1974	-	5.56%
1975	7.12%	5.28%
1976	6.86%	5.03%
1977	6.61%	4.8%
1978	6.36%	4.59%
1979	6.13%	4.4%
1980	5.9%	4.22%
1981	5.69%	4.05%
1982	5.49%	3.91%
1983	5.31%	3.8%
1984	5.16%	3.71%
1985	5.04%	3.68%
1986	4.94%	3.68%
1987	4.87%	3.78%
1988	4.82%	3.83%
1989	4.78%	3.95%
1990	4.75%	4.07%
1991	4.72%	4.18%
1992	4.68%	4.25%
1993	4.63%	4.27%
1994	4.56%	4.25%
1995	4.47%	10.8%
1996	4.36%	10.6%
1997	4.22%	10.5%
1998	4.05%	10.3%
1999	3.85%	10.2%
2000	3.63%	10%
2001	3.39%	9.9%
2002	3.13%	9.78%
2003	2.87%	3.45%
2004	2.6%	3.38%
2005	2.35%	3.33%
2006	2.12%	3.28%
2007	1.9%	3.24%
2008	1.72%	3.1%
2009	1.55%	3%
2010	1.41%	2.87%
2011	1.3%	2.72%
2012	1.21%	2.57%
2013	1.14%	2.41%
2014	1.09%	2.26%
2015	1.05%	2.14%
2016	1.02%	2.06%
2017	1%	1.91%
2018	0.98%	1.84%
2019	0.97%	1.77%
2020	0.96%	1.74%
2021	0.95%	1.74%
2022	0.93%	1.77%
2023	0.92%	1.8%