Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1950

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1950
Total fertility rate: 4.99
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1950
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Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1950  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 4.99 children per woman in 1950 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (256 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 451,526 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.99
Births
451,526
Births per 1,000 people
40.6
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
11,116,736
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
10-140.30.0%241
15-1977.87.8%53,694
20-24245.324.6%143,140
25-29256.425.7%123,352
30-34202.620.3%74,636
35-39141.214.1%38,166
40-4471.77.2%17,469
45-493.80.4%827
50-540.00.0%0