Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 2021

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
2021
Total fertility rate: 1.81
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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

Year

-5 -1   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 1.81 children per woman in 2021 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (195 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 348,026 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.81
Births
348,026
Births per 1,000 people
13.3
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
26,232,534
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
15-190.50.1%453
20-2447.513.1%44,539
25-29194.653.6%190,989
30-34103.428.5%97,079
35-3914.94.1%13,090
40-442.20.6%1,757
45-490.00.0%39
50-540.10.0%78