Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 2009

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
2009
Total fertility rate: 1.90
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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   2009  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 1.90 children per woman in 2009 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (204 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 333,438 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.90
Births
333,438
Births per 1,000 people
13.4
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
24,878,332
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
15-190.60.2%643
20-2453.214.1%49,447
25-29203.854.0%176,942
30-34100.726.7%84,988
35-3916.34.3%18,145
40-442.90.8%3,160
45-490.10.0%55
50-540.10.0%58