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How many babies are born in North Korea?

328 thousand babies born in North Korea in 2026. That is 0.25% of all births worldwide, and the 68th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in North Korea: history and projections

10K100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside North Korea’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~4.3K ~100K 42.6 Modelled estimate
1000 ~37K ~900K 41.5 Modelled estimate
1500 ~60K ~1.4M 41.7 Modelled estimate
1800 ~184K ~4.35M 42.4 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~230K ~5.43M 42.4 Historical reconstruction
1950 452K 11.1M 40.6 UN estimate
2000 415K 23.7M 17.5 UN estimate
2023 342K 26.4M 13.0 UN estimate
2026 328K 26.6M 12.3 UN projection
2050 264K 25.8M 10.3 UN projection
2075 203K 22.8M 8.9 UN projection
2100 158K 19.5M 8.1 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in North Korea among estimates through 2023 were in 1967, at about 549K. That is roughly 128 times the estimated ~4.27K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.75 children per woman, fertility in North Korea is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in North Korea each year?

An estimated 328 thousand babies are born in North Korea in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 899 a day and 0.25% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in North Korea?

North Korea has an estimated 12.3 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.75 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.