Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 2023

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
2023
Total fertility rate: 1.78
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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   2023  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 1.78 children per woman in 2023 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (192 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 342,038 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.78
Births
342,038
Births per 1,000 people
12.9
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
26,418,204
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%414
20-2446.413.0%41,912
25-29192.253.6%186,280
30-34102.228.5%98,365
35-3914.64.1%13,165
40-442.20.6%1,793
45-490.00.0%36
50-540.10.0%74