Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1957

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1957
Total fertility rate: 4.28
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 4.28 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (258 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 436,142 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.28
Births
436,142
Births per 1,000 people
40.2
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.62
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
10,854,685
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%244
15-1943.65.1%34,151
20-24201.923.5%134,803
25-29258.330.1%134,817
30-34191.022.3%81,902
35-39108.712.7%37,021
40-4450.25.8%12,330
45-494.10.5%854
50-540.10.0%25