Fertility & birth rates in North Korea and Venezuela

Fertility rate in North Korea vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check North Korea vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	3.57	6.38
1961	3.26	6.3
1962	3.41	6.23
1963	3.63	6.16
1964	3.55	6.07
1965	3.56	5.98
1966	3.71	5.87
1967	4.05	5.75
1968	3.87	5.61
1969	3.86	5.47
1970	3.85	5.32
1971	3.74	5.17
1972	3.89	5.04
1973	3.35	4.91
1974	3.14	4.79
1975	3.05	4.69
1976	2.84	4.59
1977	2.77	4.49
1978	2.79	4.4
1979	2.85	4.3
1980	2.84	4.2
1981	2.92	4.1
1982	2.85	4.01
1983	2.78	3.93
1984	2.71	3.86
1985	2.65	3.79
1986	2.59	3.73
1987	2.53	3.67
1988	2.47	3.6
1989	2.41	3.52
1990	2.39	3.45
1991	2.35	3.37
1992	2.29	3.29
1993	2.22	3.22
1994	2.18	3.15
1995	2.15	3.08
1996	2.09	3.02
1997	2.03	2.97
1998	1.99	2.91
1999	1.97	2.86
2000	1.94	2.79
2001	1.94	2.78
2002	1.92	2.74
2003	1.91	2.7
2004	1.9	2.64
2005	1.87	2.63
2006	1.94	2.6
2007	1.94	2.52
2008	1.97	2.48
2009	1.91	2.42
2010	1.89	2.4
2011	1.88	2.4
2012	1.88	2.38
2013	1.88	2.33
2014	1.87	2.3
2015	1.86	2.25
2016	1.86	2.22
2017	1.85	2.18
2018	1.83	2.15
2019	1.83	2.13
2020	1.82	2.12
2021	1.81	2.11
2022	1.8	2.09
2023	1.78	2.08
2024	1.78	2.08
2025	1.77	2.06
2026	1.75	2.04
2027	1.74	2.03
2028	1.73	2.01
2029	1.73	2
2030	1.72	1.99
2031	1.72	1.98
2032	1.71	1.97
2033	1.71	1.96
2034	1.71	1.95
2035	1.7	1.94
2036	1.7	1.93
2037	1.7	1.92
2038	1.69	1.91
2039	1.69	1.91
2040	1.69	1.9
2041	1.69	1.89
2042	1.69	1.88
2043	1.69	1.87
2044	1.68	1.86
2045	1.68	1.86
2046	1.68	1.85
2047	1.68	1.84
2048	1.67	1.84
2049	1.67	1.83
2050	1.67	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	North Korea	Venezuela
1960	37.5%	46.8%
1961	37%	46.9%
1962	36.6%	47%
1963	36.5%	47%
1964	36.6%	47%
1965	36.7%	46.9%
1966	37.3%	46.8%
1967	38.3%	46.6%
1968	39.2%	46.3%
1969	39.8%	46%
1970	40.1%	45.6%
1971	40.3%	45.2%
1972	40.2%	44.7%
1973	39.8%	44.3%
1974	39.3%	43.8%
1975	38.8%	43.3%
1976	38.3%	42.9%
1977	37.7%	42.5%
1978	36.9%	42.1%
1979	36%	41.7%
1980	35.1%	41.3%
1981	34.2%	41%
1982	33.1%	40.6%
1983	32%	40.3%
1984	30.9%	39.9%
1985	29.9%	39.6%
1986	29%	39.3%
1987	28%	39%
1988	27.3%	38.7%
1989	26.8%	38.4%
1990	26.5%	38.1%
1991	26.4%	37.8%
1992	26.3%	37.4%
1993	26.4%	37%
1994	26.4%	36.6%
1995	26.4%	36.2%
1996	26.3%	35.8%
1997	26.2%	35.3%
1998	26%	34.9%
1999	25.8%	34.5%
2000	25.6%	34%
2001	25.3%	33.6%
2002	25%	33.1%
2003	24.6%	32.7%
2004	24.3%	32.2%
2005	23.9%	31.8%
2006	23.4%	31.4%
2007	23%	31%
2008	22.5%	30.6%
2009	22.1%	30.3%
2010	21.6%	29.9%
2011	21.2%	29.5%
2012	20.8%	29.2%
2013	20.4%	28.9%
2014	20.1%	28.5%
2015	19.8%	28.2%
2016	19.6%	27.9%
2017	19.4%	27.8%
2018	19.2%	27.9%
2019	19.1%	28%
2020	19.1%	27.8%
2021	19.1%	27.4%
2022	19%	26.8%
2023	19%	26.2%
2024	18.9%	25.5%
2025	18.9%	24.9%
2026	18.9%	24.3%
2027	18.8%	23.8%
2028	18.7%	23.2%
2029	18.6%	22.8%
2030	18.5%	22.4%
2031	18.3%	22%
2032	18.1%	21.7%
2033	17.9%	21.5%
2034	17.6%	21.4%
2035	17.4%	21.4%
2036	17.1%	21.4%
2037	16.8%	21.5%
2038	16.6%	21.5%
2039	16.3%	21.4%
2040	16.1%	21.4%
2041	15.9%	21.3%
2042	15.7%	21.2%
2043	15.5%	21.1%
2044	15.4%	20.9%
2045	15.3%	20.7%
2046	15.2%	20.5%
2047	15.2%	20.3%
2048	15.2%	20%
2049	15.2%	19.8%
2050	15.2%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.9% of the population in North Korea and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 26.5% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of North Korea and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in North Korea vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.42% in North Korea and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	277,717	285,105
1961	257,788	292,109
1962	286,534	299,345
1963	321,805	307,279
1964	323,623	314,397
1965	335,587	321,695
1966	363,882	329,697
1967	414,632	335,813
1968	399,837	340,973
1969	404,189	343,596
1970	406,129	350,709
1971	393,220	355,212
1972	411,997	360,749
1973	338,600	367,612
1974	306,902	375,678
1975	288,966	385,045
1976	255,841	395,344
1977	242,870	405,315
1978	243,533	414,032
1979	251,409	421,256
1980	255,206	425,613
1981	273,800	432,059
1982	276,332	436,564
1983	279,046	443,569
1984	282,987	449,186
1985	287,714	455,517
1986	293,227	468,252
1987	296,030	474,204
1988	299,305	477,569
1989	303,078	478,053
1990	312,460	478,168
1991	320,551	477,917
1992	324,002	474,824
1993	320,880	473,189
1994	320,861	469,178
1995	233,381	469,267
1996	226,095	468,653
1997	211,325	472,002
1998	197,589	469,123
1999	181,613	463,787
2000	161,591	459,802
2001	143,321	451,487
2002	119,504	466,821
2003	178,775	456,902
2004	155,838	455,881
2005	132,765	463,260
2006	129,171	460,152
2007	120,521	452,482
2008	122,015	435,870
2009	111,530	427,257
2010	112,443	425,397
2011	114,798	425,958
2012	118,773	420,758
2013	122,519	408,930
2014	127,078	395,088
2015	127,365	384,560
2016	125,048	359,651
2017	120,181	340,222
2018	113,164	317,302
2019	106,208	274,826
2020	95,920	237,223
2021	99,710	207,746
2022	96,495	216,619
2023	86,203	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: North Korea vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	North Korea	Venezuela
1985	76	83
1986	68	81
1987	62	81
1988	55	80
1989	49	80
1990	43	83
1991	38	80
1992	37	82
1993	46	82
1994	57	84
1995	127	84
1996	128	86
1997	128	82
1998	129	82
1999	129	88
2000	129	86
2001	130	101
2002	131	87
2003	76	97
2004	77	94
2005	78	93
2006	80	96
2007	80	92
2008	79	103
2009	78	109
2010	77	110
2011	76	104
2012	76	113
2013	75	123
2014	73	133
2015	72	136
2016	71	162
2017	70	195
2018	69	205
2019	66	202
2020	66	207
2021	72	251
2022	67	219
2023	67	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.8% in North Korea and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	11.6%	7.97%
1961	11.2%	7.72%
1962	10.8%	7.49%
1963	10.4%	7.3%
1964	9.92%	7.14%
1965	9.46%	7%
1966	8.96%	6.87%
1967	8.45%	6.75%
1968	7.94%	6.61%
1969	7.45%	6.47%
1970	6.99%	6.3%
1971	6.58%	6.12%
1972	6.2%	5.94%
1973	5.86%	5.75%
1974	5.56%	5.57%
1975	5.28%	5.38%
1976	5.03%	5.2%
1977	4.8%	5.01%
1978	4.59%	4.82%
1979	4.4%	4.62%
1980	4.22%	4.42%
1981	4.05%	4.24%
1982	3.91%	4.07%
1983	3.8%	3.91%
1984	3.71%	3.77%
1985	3.68%	3.64%
1986	3.68%	3.5%
1987	3.78%	3.37%
1988	3.83%	3.23%
1989	3.95%	3.09%
1990	4.07%	2.96%
1991	4.18%	2.86%
1992	4.25%	2.78%
1993	4.27%	2.73%
1994	4.25%	2.68%
1995	10.8%	2.63%
1996	10.6%	2.55%
1997	10.5%	2.45%
1998	10.3%	2.34%
1999	10.2%	2.24%
2000	10%	2.15%
2001	9.9%	2.09%
2002	9.78%	2.03%
2003	3.45%	1.98%
2004	3.38%	1.91%
2005	3.33%	1.85%
2006	3.28%	1.79%
2007	3.24%	1.74%
2008	3.1%	1.72%
2009	3%	1.71%
2010	2.87%	1.72%
2011	2.72%	1.73%
2012	2.57%	1.76%
2013	2.41%	1.79%
2014	2.26%	1.83%
2015	2.14%	1.92%
2016	2.06%	2.43%
2017	1.91%	2.43%
2018	1.84%	2.43%
2019	1.77%	2.43%
2020	1.74%	2.43%
2021	1.74%	2.43%
2022	1.77%	2.43%
2023	1.8%	2.43%