Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 2006

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
2006
Total fertility rate: 1.94
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 1.94 children per woman in 2006 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (209 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 343,867 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.94
Births
343,867
Births per 1,000 people
14.0
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
24,524,507
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%721
20-2451.013.4%46,035
25-29209.454.8%172,862
30-34101.426.6%102,701
35-3916.14.2%18,513
40-443.20.8%2,939
45-490.10.0%56
50-540.10.0%41