Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1959

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1959
Total fertility rate: 3.56
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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-5 -1   1959  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 3.56 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (233 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 393,801 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.56
Births
393,801
Births per 1,000 people
34.4
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.38
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
11,452,990
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%242
15-1932.64.6%25,180
20-24169.723.8%123,311
25-29233.232.7%132,130
30-34158.322.2%72,457
35-3979.911.2%29,637
40-4435.34.9%9,824
45-494.50.6%957
50-540.30.0%63