Fertility & birth rates in North Korea and Yemen

Fertility rate in North Korea vs Yemen 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 4.59 in Yemen in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check North Korea vs Yemen 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	Yemen
1960	3.57	7.99
1961	3.26	8
1962	3.41	8.01
1963	3.63	8.03
1964	3.55	8.07
1965	3.56	8.1
1966	3.71	8.14
1967	4.05	8.17
1968	3.87	8.19
1969	3.86	8.22
1970	3.85	8.23
1971	3.74	8.26
1972	3.89	8.27
1973	3.35	8.29
1974	3.14	8.33
1975	3.05	8.37
1976	2.84	8.42
1977	2.77	8.47
1978	2.79	8.5
1979	2.85	8.67
1980	2.84	8.71
1981	2.92	8.75
1982	2.85	8.79
1983	2.78	8.83
1984	2.71	8.85
1985	2.65	8.86
1986	2.59	8.86
1987	2.53	8.83
1988	2.47	8.79
1989	2.41	8.71
1990	2.39	8.61
1991	2.35	8.46
1992	2.29	8.27
1993	2.22	8.05
1994	2.18	7.8
1995	2.15	7.53
1996	2.09	7
1997	2.03	6.82
1998	1.99	6.64
1999	1.97	6.49
2000	1.94	6.32
2001	1.94	6.14
2002	1.92	5.97
2003	1.91	5.84
2004	1.9	5.71
2005	1.87	5.56
2006	1.94	5.41
2007	1.94	5.26
2008	1.97	5.11
2009	1.91	5
2010	1.89	4.81
2011	1.88	4.63
2012	1.88	4.63
2013	1.88	4.62
2014	1.87	4.62
2015	1.86	4.62
2016	1.86	4.61
2017	1.85	4.61
2018	1.83	4.61
2019	1.83	4.6
2020	1.82	4.6
2021	1.81	4.6
2022	1.8	4.59
2023	1.78	4.59
2024	1.78	4.5
2025	1.77	4.41
2026	1.75	4.33
2027	1.74	4.23
2028	1.73	4.14
2029	1.73	4.06
2030	1.72	3.97
2031	1.72	3.87
2032	1.71	3.8
2033	1.71	3.73
2034	1.71	3.66
2035	1.7	3.59
2036	1.7	3.51
2037	1.7	3.44
2038	1.69	3.38
2039	1.69	3.32
2040	1.69	3.26
2041	1.69	3.21
2042	1.69	3.16
2043	1.69	3.12
2044	1.68	3.07
2045	1.68	3.02
2046	1.68	2.97
2047	1.68	2.93
2048	1.67	2.89
2049	1.67	2.85
2050	1.67	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	North Korea	Yemen
1960	37.5%	40.3%
1961	37%	40.4%
1962	36.6%	40.4%
1963	36.5%	40.6%
1964	36.6%	40.9%
1965	36.7%	41.3%
1966	37.3%	41.8%
1967	38.3%	42.3%
1968	39.2%	42.8%
1969	39.8%	43.3%
1970	40.1%	43.8%
1971	40.3%	44.3%
1972	40.2%	44.8%
1973	39.8%	45.3%
1974	39.3%	45.7%
1975	38.8%	46.2%
1976	38.3%	46.6%
1977	37.7%	47%
1978	36.9%	47.5%
1979	36%	47.9%
1980	35.1%	48.3%
1981	34.2%	48.7%
1982	33.1%	49.1%
1983	32%	49.4%
1984	30.9%	49.7%
1985	29.9%	50%
1986	29%	50.3%
1987	28%	50.5%
1988	27.3%	50.7%
1989	26.8%	50.9%
1990	26.5%	51.1%
1991	26.4%	51.2%
1992	26.3%	51.2%
1993	26.4%	51.2%
1994	26.4%	51.1%
1995	26.4%	50.9%
1996	26.3%	50.6%
1997	26.2%	50.3%
1998	26%	49.9%
1999	25.8%	49.5%
2000	25.6%	49%
2001	25.3%	48.6%
2002	25%	48.1%
2003	24.6%	47.6%
2004	24.3%	47.1%
2005	23.9%	46.5%
2006	23.4%	45.9%
2007	23%	45.3%
2008	22.5%	44.7%
2009	22.1%	44.1%
2010	21.6%	43.5%
2011	21.2%	43%
2012	20.8%	42.7%
2013	20.4%	42.3%
2014	20.1%	42.1%
2015	19.8%	41.8%
2016	19.6%	41.7%
2017	19.4%	41.6%
2018	19.2%	41.5%
2019	19.1%	41.4%
2020	19.1%	41.4%
2021	19.1%	41.4%
2022	19%	41.3%
2023	19%	41.2%
2024	18.9%	41.1%
2025	18.9%	41%
2026	18.9%	40.9%
2027	18.8%	40.8%
2028	18.7%	40.6%
2029	18.6%	40.3%
2030	18.5%	40%
2031	18.3%	39.6%
2032	18.1%	39.2%
2033	17.9%	38.7%
2034	17.6%	38.2%
2035	17.4%	37.7%
2036	17.1%	37.1%
2037	16.8%	36.5%
2038	16.6%	36%
2039	16.3%	35.4%
2040	16.1%	34.8%
2041	15.9%	34.3%
2042	15.7%	33.8%
2043	15.5%	33.4%
2044	15.4%	33%
2045	15.3%	32.6%
2046	15.2%	32.3%
2047	15.2%	32%
2048	15.2%	31.7%
2049	15.2%	31.4%
2050	15.2%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.9% of the population in North Korea and 41.1% in Yemen in 2024, compared to 26.5% and 51.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of North Korea and Yemen compared.

Natural population change in North Korea vs Yemen by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.42% in North Korea and +3.02% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	277,717	122,994
1961	257,788	129,787
1962	286,534	131,262
1963	321,805	133,781
1964	323,623	147,299
1965	335,587	155,398
1966	363,882	164,091
1967	414,632	173,637
1968	399,837	182,518
1969	404,189	196,305
1970	406,129	207,613
1971	393,220	219,095
1972	411,997	229,322
1973	338,600	240,235
1974	306,902	252,737
1975	288,966	266,815
1976	255,841	281,078
1977	242,870	296,115
1978	243,533	312,439
1979	251,409	336,378
1980	255,206	355,767
1981	273,800	374,482
1982	276,332	392,302
1983	279,046	414,823
1984	282,987	434,674
1985	287,714	455,576
1986	293,227	464,665
1987	296,030	493,337
1988	299,305	513,296
1989	303,078	530,464
1990	312,460	549,654
1991	320,551	565,837
1992	324,002	582,072
1993	320,880	595,459
1994	320,861	602,363
1995	233,381	607,966
1996	226,095	588,786
1997	211,325	604,443
1998	197,589	615,488
1999	181,613	633,166
2000	161,591	646,694
2001	143,321	658,704
2002	119,504	672,494
2003	178,775	694,457
2004	155,838	710,493
2005	132,765	726,708
2006	129,171	750,082
2007	120,521	764,780
2008	122,015	779,123
2009	111,530	798,911
2010	112,443	803,246
2011	114,798	806,359
2012	118,773	845,645
2013	122,519	884,929
2014	127,078	920,330
2015	127,365	939,922
2016	125,048	975,697
2017	120,181	1,006,725
2018	113,164	1,020,238
2019	106,208	1,056,432
2020	95,920	1,086,322
2021	99,710	1,103,622
2022	96,495	1,153,375
2023	86,203	1,198,150

Maternal mortality chart: North Korea vs Yemen

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 118 deaths in Yemen.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	North Korea	Yemen
1985	76	430
1986	68	430
1987	62	400
1988	55	388
1989	49	371
1990	43	359
1991	38	341
1992	37	330
1993	46	319
1994	57	311
1995	127	296
1996	128	282
1997	128	271
1998	129	260
1999	129	250
2000	129	241
2001	130	231
2002	131	218
2003	76	205
2004	77	194
2005	78	181
2006	80	171
2007	80	161
2008	79	153
2009	78	149
2010	77	144
2011	76	140
2012	76	137
2013	75	135
2014	73	134
2015	72	135
2016	71	134
2017	70	142
2018	69	134
2019	66	131
2020	66	135
2021	72	156
2022	67	125
2023	67	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.8% in North Korea and 3.93% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	11.6%	42.9%
1961	11.2%	42.2%
1962	10.8%	41.5%
1963	10.4%	40.8%
1964	9.92%	40%
1965	9.46%	39%
1966	8.96%	38%
1967	8.45%	36.8%
1968	7.94%	35.6%
1969	7.45%	34.3%
1970	6.99%	33%
1971	6.58%	31.8%
1972	6.2%	30.6%
1973	5.86%	29.5%
1974	5.56%	28.4%
1975	5.28%	27.2%
1976	5.03%	26%
1977	4.8%	24.7%
1978	4.59%	23.4%
1979	4.4%	22.1%
1980	4.22%	20.8%
1981	4.05%	19.6%
1982	3.91%	18.4%
1983	3.8%	17.2%
1984	3.71%	16.2%
1985	3.68%	15.3%
1986	3.68%	14.6%
1987	3.78%	14%
1988	3.83%	13.4%
1989	3.95%	12.9%
1990	4.07%	12.5%
1991	4.18%	12.1%
1992	4.25%	11.8%
1993	4.27%	11.6%
1994	4.25%	11.3%
1995	10.8%	11.1%
1996	10.6%	10.8%
1997	10.5%	10.5%
1998	10.3%	10.2%
1999	10.2%	9.77%
2000	10%	9.32%
2001	9.9%	8.84%
2002	9.78%	8.36%
2003	3.45%	7.9%
2004	3.38%	7.47%
2005	3.33%	7.06%
2006	3.28%	6.68%
2007	3.24%	6.33%
2008	3.1%	6.02%
2009	3%	5.74%
2010	2.87%	5.49%
2011	2.72%	5.3%
2012	2.57%	5.14%
2013	2.41%	4.95%
2014	2.26%	4.84%
2015	2.14%	4.9%
2016	2.06%	4.77%
2017	1.91%	4.66%
2018	1.84%	4.7%
2019	1.77%	4.59%
2020	1.74%	4.32%
2021	1.74%	4.24%
2022	1.77%	4.08%
2023	1.8%	3.93%