Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 2016

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
2016
Total fertility rate: 1.86
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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   2016  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 1.86 children per woman in 2016 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (199 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 345,838 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.86
Births
345,838
Births per 1,000 people
13.5
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
25,698,326
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%559
20-2449.113.2%48,495
25-29199.053.5%188,201
30-34105.628.4%93,704
35-3915.54.2%12,540
40-442.20.6%2,208
45-490.00.0%54
50-540.10.0%74