Fertility & birth rates in North Korea and Uzbekistan

Fertility rate in North Korea vs Uzbekistan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in North Korea was 1.78 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.5 in Uzbekistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	North Korea	Uzbekistan
1960	3.57	6.61
1961	3.26	6.75
1962	3.41	6.88
1963	3.63	6.81
1964	3.55	6.82
1965	3.56	6.81
1966	3.71	6.66
1967	4.05	6.57
1968	3.87	6.39
1969	3.86	6.34
1970	3.85	6.31
1971	3.74	6.28
1972	3.89	6.25
1973	3.35	6.16
1974	3.14	6.05
1975	3.05	5.92
1976	2.84	5.75
1977	2.77	5.54
1978	2.79	5.28
1979	2.85	5.16
1980	2.84	5.04
1981	2.92	4.91
1982	2.85	4.82
1983	2.78	4.71
1984	2.71	4.73
1985	2.65	4.69
1986	2.59	4.68
1987	2.53	4.53
1988	2.47	4.26
1989	2.41	4.1
1990	2.39	4.12
1991	2.35	4.19
1992	2.29	4.06
1993	2.22	3.86
1994	2.18	3.66
1995	2.15	3.57
1996	2.09	3.39
1997	2.03	3.19
1998	1.99	2.99
1999	1.97	2.83
2000	1.94	2.7
2001	1.94	2.61
2002	1.92	2.58
2003	1.91	2.5
2004	1.9	2.5
2005	1.87	2.44
2006	1.94	2.46
2007	1.94	2.57
2008	1.97	2.64
2009	1.91	2.56
2010	1.89	2.44
2011	1.88	2.35
2012	1.88	2.34
2013	1.88	2.44
2014	1.87	2.55
2015	1.86	2.58
2016	1.86	2.56
2017	1.85	2.57
2018	1.83	2.71
2019	1.83	2.87
2020	1.82	3.06
2021	1.81	3.27
2022	1.8	3.4
2023	1.78	3.5
2024	1.78	3.49
2025	1.77	3.45
2026	1.75	3.4
2027	1.74	3.36
2028	1.73	3.31
2029	1.73	3.27
2030	1.72	3.22
2031	1.72	3.18
2032	1.71	3.13
2033	1.71	3.09
2034	1.71	3.05
2035	1.7	3.01
2036	1.7	2.98
2037	1.7	2.94
2038	1.69	2.91
2039	1.69	2.87
2040	1.69	2.84
2041	1.69	2.81
2042	1.69	2.78
2043	1.69	2.75
2044	1.68	2.72
2045	1.68	2.69
2046	1.68	2.66
2047	1.68	2.63
2048	1.67	2.6
2049	1.67	2.58
2050	1.67	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	North Korea	Uzbekistan
1960	37.5%	39.8%
1961	37%	41.2%
1962	36.6%	42.4%
1963	36.5%	43.4%
1964	36.6%	44.2%
1965	36.7%	44.7%
1966	37.3%	44.8%
1967	38.3%	44.9%
1968	39.2%	44.8%
1969	39.8%	44.7%
1970	40.1%	44.6%
1971	40.3%	44.4%
1972	40.2%	44.3%
1973	39.8%	44%
1974	39.3%	43.7%
1975	38.8%	43.3%
1976	38.3%	42.8%
1977	37.7%	42.3%
1978	36.9%	41.7%
1979	36%	41.2%
1980	35.1%	40.8%
1981	34.2%	40.5%
1982	33.1%	40.3%
1983	32%	40.1%
1984	30.9%	40.1%
1985	29.9%	40.1%
1986	29%	40.1%
1987	28%	40.1%
1988	27.3%	40%
1989	26.8%	39.9%
1990	26.5%	39.9%
1991	26.4%	39.9%
1992	26.3%	39.8%
1993	26.4%	39.8%
1994	26.4%	39.7%
1995	26.4%	39.4%
1996	26.3%	39.2%
1997	26.2%	38.8%
1998	26%	38.2%
1999	25.8%	37.5%
2000	25.6%	36.7%
2001	25.3%	35.8%
2002	25%	34.9%
2003	24.6%	34%
2004	24.3%	33.1%
2005	23.9%	32.3%
2006	23.4%	31.4%
2007	23%	30.6%
2008	22.5%	29.9%
2009	22.1%	29.4%
2010	21.6%	28.9%
2011	21.2%	28.5%
2012	20.8%	28.2%
2013	20.4%	28.1%
2014	20.1%	28.1%
2015	19.8%	28.3%
2016	19.6%	28.5%
2017	19.4%	28.8%
2018	19.2%	29%
2019	19.1%	29.3%
2020	19.1%	29.7%
2021	19.1%	30.2%
2022	19%	30.6%
2023	19%	30.9%
2024	18.9%	31.1%
2025	18.9%	31.3%
2026	18.9%	31.5%
2027	18.8%	31.6%
2028	18.7%	31.6%
2029	18.6%	31.6%
2030	18.5%	31.4%
2031	18.3%	31.3%
2032	18.1%	31.1%
2033	17.9%	30.9%
2034	17.6%	30.6%
2035	17.4%	30.3%
2036	17.1%	29.8%
2037	16.8%	29.3%
2038	16.6%	28.8%
2039	16.3%	28.3%
2040	16.1%	28%
2041	15.9%	27.6%
2042	15.7%	27.4%
2043	15.5%	27.2%
2044	15.4%	27%
2045	15.3%	26.9%
2046	15.2%	26.8%
2047	15.2%	26.8%
2048	15.2%	26.7%
2049	15.2%	26.7%
2050	15.2%	26.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.9% of the population in North Korea and 31.1% in Uzbekistan in 2024, compared to 26.5% and 39.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of North Korea and Uzbekistan compared.

Natural population change in North Korea vs Uzbekistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.42% in North Korea and +1.87% in Uzbekistan. 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
	North Korea	Uzbekistan
1960	277,717	267,165
1961	257,788	279,841
1962	286,534	292,788
1963	321,805	293,432
1964	323,623	298,790
1965	335,587	302,264
1966	363,882	297,844
1967	414,632	298,350
1968	399,837	295,651
1969	404,189	302,833
1970	406,129	313,216
1971	393,220	323,171
1972	411,997	333,230
1973	338,600	341,807
1974	306,902	350,422
1975	288,966	357,382
1976	255,841	363,110
1977	242,870	369,572
1978	243,533	372,068
1979	251,409	387,754
1980	255,206	401,557
1981	273,800	413,897
1982	276,332	431,389
1983	279,046	454,464
1984	282,987	485,617
1985	287,714	508,893
1986	293,227	533,234
1987	296,030	537,292
1988	299,305	525,126
1989	303,078	522,323
1990	312,460	540,581
1991	320,551	557,886
1992	324,002	548,793
1993	320,880	527,557
1994	320,861	502,279
1995	233,381	493,966
1996	226,095	471,010
1997	211,325	441,631
1998	197,589	408,532
1999	181,613	385,448
2000	161,591	365,138
2001	143,321	356,483
2002	119,504	359,231
2003	178,775	355,098
2004	155,838	363,994
2005	132,765	363,462
2006	129,171	383,265
2007	120,521	426,880
2008	122,015	461,665
2009	111,530	471,839
2010	112,443	461,293
2011	114,798	454,858
2012	118,773	463,333
2013	122,519	501,742
2014	127,078	536,881
2015	127,365	552,781
2016	125,048	549,045
2017	120,181	548,372
2018	113,164	585,119
2019	106,208	618,154
2020	95,920	643,750
2021	99,710	689,325
2022	96,495	715,410
2023	86,203	722,280

Maternal mortality chart: North Korea vs Uzbekistan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 67 deaths per 100,000 live births in North Korea, compared to 26 deaths in Uzbekistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	North Korea	Uzbekistan
1985	76	72
1986	68	69
1987	62	63
1988	55	58
1989	49	53
1990	43	50
1991	38	47
1992	37	46
1993	46	47
1994	57	49
1995	127	46
1996	128	44
1997	128	42
1998	129	42
1999	129	43
2000	129	42
2001	130	42
2002	131	41
2003	76	40
2004	77	39
2005	78	39
2006	80	38
2007	80	37
2008	79	35
2009	78	34
2010	77	34
2011	76	33
2012	76	33
2013	75	32
2014	73	32
2015	72	31
2016	71	31
2017	70	30
2018	69	29
2019	66	29
2020	66	29
2021	72	28
2022	67	27
2023	67	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.8% in North Korea and 1.33% in Uzbekistan. 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
	North Korea	Uzbekistan
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	5.28%	-
1976	5.03%	-
1977	4.8%	-
1978	4.59%	-
1979	4.4%	12.5%
1980	4.22%	11.7%
1981	4.05%	10.9%
1982	3.91%	10.2%
1983	3.8%	9.5%
1984	3.71%	8.91%
1985	3.68%	8.4%
1986	3.68%	7.96%
1987	3.78%	7.59%
1988	3.83%	7.31%
1989	3.95%	7.13%
1990	4.07%	7.04%
1991	4.18%	7.01%
1992	4.25%	7.01%
1993	4.27%	6.99%
1994	4.25%	6.95%
1995	10.8%	6.91%
1996	10.6%	6.83%
1997	10.5%	6.72%
1998	10.3%	6.57%
1999	10.2%	6.38%
2000	10%	6.15%
2001	9.9%	5.88%
2002	9.78%	5.57%
2003	3.45%	5.25%
2004	3.38%	4.92%
2005	3.33%	4.57%
2006	3.28%	4.24%
2007	3.24%	3.9%
2008	3.1%	3.59%
2009	3%	3.29%
2010	2.87%	3.01%
2011	2.72%	2.75%
2012	2.57%	2.52%
2013	2.41%	2.32%
2014	2.26%	2.14%
2015	2.14%	1.98%
2016	2.06%	1.85%
2017	1.91%	1.73%
2018	1.84%	1.64%
2019	1.77%	1.56%
2020	1.74%	1.5%
2021	1.74%	1.44%
2022	1.77%	1.38%
2023	1.8%	1.33%