Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 2027

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
2027
Total fertility rate: 1.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2027  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea is projected at 1.74 children per woman in 2027 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (188 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.8 years old. In total, 321,526 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.74
Births
321,526
Births per 1,000 people
12.0
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
26,686,498
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%376
20-2444.312.7%36,110
25-29188.353.8%172,100
30-34100.628.7%97,750
35-3914.14.0%13,341
40-442.00.6%1,761
45-490.00.0%31
50-540.10.0%55