Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 2001

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
2001
Total fertility rate: 1.94
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 1.94 children per woman in 2001 — 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, 402,348 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.94
Births
402,348
Births per 1,000 people
16.9
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
23,815,358
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%961
20-2447.612.2%39,630
25-29209.953.9%214,539
30-34109.828.2%127,700
35-3917.64.5%16,597
40-443.40.9%2,828
45-490.10.0%60
50-540.10.0%32