Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 2003

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
2003
Total fertility rate: 1.91
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 1.91 children per woman in 2003 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (207 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 369,005 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.91
Births
369,005
Births per 1,000 people
15.3
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
24,090,380
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
15-190.90.2%840
20-2444.511.7%38,256
25-29206.854.2%183,473
30-34108.828.5%125,858
35-3917.04.4%17,792
40-443.20.8%2,698
45-490.10.0%64
50-540.00.0%25