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Fertility in North Korea sits at 1.75 children per woman in 2026, below the replacement level of 2.1. Over the preceding five years it has fallen by 0.05 children per woman. About 328K babies are born a year, a crude birth rate of 12.3 per 1,000. Its net reproduction rate sits at 0.82, just under the 1.0 that marks generational replacement. Women are having children at a mean age of 28.8 years. By 2100, projections put it at 1.64 children per woman.
Fertility rate
1.75 children/woman
Birth rate
12.3 per 1,000 people
Total births
328.5K
Mean age at birth
28.8 years
North Korea's fertility rate has fallen dramatically from 5.0 children per woman in 1950 to 1.75 today, below the 2.1 replacement level.