Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1952

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1952
Total fertility rate: 2.61
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1952  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 2.61 children per woman in 1952 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (162 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 243,715 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.61
Births
243,715
Births per 1,000 people
23.8
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
10,253,642
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%249
15-1937.57.2%26,662
20-24144.727.7%82,891
25-29162.531.1%76,937
30-3498.318.8%36,857
35-3951.79.9%13,991
40-4421.84.2%4,964
45-495.31.0%1,092
50-540.40.1%73