Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1954

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1954
Total fertility rate: 3.50
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 3.50 children per woman in 1954 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (211 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 329,176 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.50
Births
329,176
Births per 1,000 people
32.1
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
10,242,802
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%250
15-1942.76.1%32,100
20-24178.425.5%105,801
25-29211.330.2%101,719
30-34144.220.6%56,313
35-3981.111.6%23,818
40-4436.85.3%8,235
45-494.30.6%894
50-540.20.0%44