Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 2013

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
2013
Total fertility rate: 1.88
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2013 1983, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2013  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 1.88 children per woman in 2013 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (201 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 338,321 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.88
Births
338,321
Births per 1,000 people
13.4
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
25,329,451
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%608
20-2449.613.2%48,391
25-29201.053.6%183,624
30-34106.328.4%89,857
35-3914.94.0%12,999
40-442.40.6%2,715
45-490.10.0%58
50-540.10.0%66