North Korea vs Montenegro: Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (Fertility World Population)

North Korea
1.78 births per woman
in 2024
Montenegro
1.8 births per woman
in 2024
North Korea rank
120th
Montenegro rank
119th

Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (Fertility World Population) over time

  • North Korea
  • Montenegro
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How they compare

Montenegro currently reports 1.8 births per woman against 1.78 births per woman in North Korea, a difference of 0.02 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was North Korea ahead.

North Korea ranks 120th and Montenegro ranks 119th of 218 countries.

North Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade North Korea Montenegro Difference Ahead
1960s 3.65 births per woman 3.19 births per woman 0.4561 births per woman North Korea
1970s 3.23 births per woman 2.44 births per woman 0.7866 births per woman North Korea
1980s 2.67 births per woman 2.11 births per woman 0.5618 births per woman North Korea
1990s 2.17 births per woman 1.94 births per woman 0.2243 births per woman North Korea
2000s 1.92 births per woman 1.82 births per woman 0.1035 births per woman North Korea
2010s 1.86 births per woman 1.74 births per woman 0.1182 births per woman North Korea
2020s 1.8 births per woman 1.77 births per woman 0.0296 births per woman North Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, North Korea or Montenegro?
Montenegro, at 1.8 births per woman against 1.78 births per woman in North Korea as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between North Korea and Montenegro?
0.02 births per woman, with Montenegro ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Montenegro?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do North Korea and Montenegro rank globally for fertility rate, total?
North Korea ranks 120th and Montenegro ranks 119th 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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Indicator
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Unit
births per woman
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,258 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.