Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1956

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1956
Total fertility rate: 3.51
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 3.51 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (220 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 349,551 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.51
Births
349,551
Births per 1,000 people
33.0
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
10,600,379
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%248
15-1938.55.5%30,026
20-24174.224.8%111,052
25-29219.531.2%110,928
30-34149.121.2%61,865
35-3980.111.4%26,024
40-4436.15.1%8,443
45-494.40.6%914
50-540.30.0%53