Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1998

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1998
Total fertility rate: 1.99
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 1.99 children per woman in 1998 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (214 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 439,728 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.99
Births
439,728
Births per 1,000 people
18.9
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
23,311,564
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.00.0%0
15-191.30.3%1,154
20-2455.313.6%49,642
25-29213.852.7%250,313
30-34112.827.8%119,971
35-3918.44.5%15,748
40-443.91.0%2,792
45-490.10.0%69
50-540.10.0%38