Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 2008

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
2008
Total fertility rate: 1.97
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   2008  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 1.97 children per woman in 2008 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (210 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 344,804 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.97
Births
344,804
Births per 1,000 people
13.9
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
24,764,618
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%659
20-2455.714.3%51,234
25-29210.454.0%179,367
30-34102.226.2%89,868
35-3917.74.5%20,249
40-443.20.8%3,315
45-490.10.0%53
50-540.10.0%56