Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 2017

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
2017
Total fertility rate: 1.85
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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   2017  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 1.85 children per woman in 2017 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (198 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 347,855 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.85
Births
347,855
Births per 1,000 people
13.5
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
25,817,709
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%539
20-2448.813.2%47,968
25-29198.353.5%190,008
30-34105.328.4%94,403
35-3915.54.2%12,768
40-442.20.6%2,041
45-490.00.0%52
50-540.10.0%77