Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 2000

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
2000
Total fertility rate: 1.94
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 1.94 children per woman in 2000 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (210 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 414,658 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.94
Births
414,658
Births per 1,000 people
17.5
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.81
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
23,665,910
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
15-191.10.3%1,018
20-2449.812.7%41,775
25-29210.053.5%227,386
30-34110.128.0%125,416
35-3917.94.6%16,134
40-443.50.9%2,834
45-490.10.0%62
50-540.10.0%35