Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 2020

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
2020
Total fertility rate: 1.82
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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   2020  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 1.82 children per woman in 2020 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (196 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 349,983 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.82
Births
349,983
Births per 1,000 people
13.4
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
26,136,312
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%477
20-2447.913.1%45,660
25-29196.153.6%192,503
30-34104.028.4%96,377
35-3915.04.1%13,068
40-442.20.6%1,778
45-490.00.0%42
50-540.10.0%79