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.

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How many babies are born in North Korea?

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

899births per day
37per hour
1per minute
12.3births per 1,000 people
1.75children per woman
26.63 millionpopulation

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in North Korea through history

Estimated annual births in North Korea, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.

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
2024	341K	26.5M	12.9	UN projection
2026	328K	26.6M	12.3	UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in North Korea are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 1967, at about 549K. That is roughly 77 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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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), 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.