Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 2007

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
2007
Total fertility rate: 1.94
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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 1.94 children per woman in 2007 — 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, 341,505 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.94
Births
341,505
Births per 1,000 people
13.9
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.90
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
24,646,384
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
15-190.70.2%685
20-2453.113.8%48,351
25-29208.754.4%174,673
30-34101.026.3%95,033
35-3916.84.4%19,530
40-443.20.8%3,132
45-490.10.0%53
50-540.10.0%47