Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 2002

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
2002
Total fertility rate: 1.92
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 1.92 children per woman in 2002 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (208 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 384,303 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.92
Births
384,303
Births per 1,000 people
16.1
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.80
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
23,943,973
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
15-191.00.3%895
20-2445.511.8%38,398
25-29207.954.1%197,409
30-34109.028.4%127,577
35-3917.24.5%17,201
40-443.30.9%2,733
45-490.10.0%62
50-540.00.0%26