Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 2005

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
2005
Total fertility rate: 1.87
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 1.87 children per woman in 2005 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (203 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 339,174 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.87
Births
339,174
Births per 1,000 people
13.9
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
24,396,433
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%737
20-2447.412.8%42,190
25-29202.854.8%168,252
30-34100.327.1%107,480
35-3915.74.2%17,678
40-443.10.8%2,742
45-490.10.0%60
50-540.10.0%34