Brunei vs North Korea: Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (Fertility World Population)
Brunei
1.73 births per woman
in 2024
North Korea
1.78 births per woman
in 2024
Brunei rank
123rd
North Korea rank
120th
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (Fertility World Population) over time
- Brunei
- North Korea
How they compare
North Korea currently reports 1.78 births per woman against 1.73 births per woman in Brunei, a difference of 0.05 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Brunei ahead.
Brunei ranks 123rd and North Korea ranks 120th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brunei averaged higher in 6 and North Korea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brunei | North Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.69 births per woman | 3.65 births per woman | 3.05 births per woman | Brunei |
| 1970s | 5.04 births per woman | 3.23 births per woman | 1.82 births per woman | Brunei |
| 1980s | 3.67 births per woman | 2.67 births per woman | 0.9983 births per woman | Brunei |
| 1990s | 2.86 births per woman | 2.17 births per woman | 0.6927 births per woman | Brunei |
| 2000s | 2.11 births per woman | 1.92 births per woman | 0.1819 births per woman | Brunei |
| 2010s | 1.92 births per woman | 1.86 births per woman | 0.0592 births per woman | Brunei |
| 2020s | 1.76 births per woman | 1.8 births per woman | 0.0344 births per woman | North Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Brunei or North Korea?
- North Korea, at 1.78 births per woman against 1.73 births per woman in Brunei as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Brunei and North Korea?
- 0.05 births per woman, with North Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and North Korea?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Brunei and North Korea rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Brunei ranks 123rd and North Korea ranks 120th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.