Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 2014

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
2014
Total fertility rate: 1.87
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 1.87 children per woman in 2014 — 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, 341,330 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.87
Births
341,330
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
25,451,262
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%594
20-2449.213.1%48,446
25-29200.753.6%185,200
30-34106.828.5%91,957
35-3915.04.0%12,504
40-442.30.6%2,500
45-490.10.0%57
50-540.10.0%71