Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1951

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1951
Total fertility rate: 2.60
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1951
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-5 -1   1951  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 2.60 children per woman in 1951 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (159 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 242,897 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.60
Births
242,897
Births per 1,000 people
23.0
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.52
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
10,583,568
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
10-140.30.1%245
15-1939.97.7%27,803
20-24145.728.0%83,762
25-29158.530.5%75,355
30-3496.218.5%35,673
35-3951.59.9%13,739
40-4422.04.2%5,158
45-495.21.0%1,090
50-540.40.1%70