Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 2004

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
2004
Total fertility rate: 1.90
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2004  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 1.90 children per woman in 2004 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (206 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 354,091 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.90
Births
354,091
Births per 1,000 people
14.6
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
24,254,943
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
15-190.80.2%789
20-2446.312.3%40,518
25-29205.954.6%175,297
30-34104.527.7%117,165
35-3916.14.3%17,514
40-443.20.8%2,718
45-490.10.0%62
50-540.10.0%29