Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1962

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1962
Total fertility rate: 3.41
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1962  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 3.41 children per woman in 1962 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (237 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 416,782 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.41
Births
416,782
Births per 1,000 people
34.0
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.36
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
12,262,882
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%173
15-1925.13.7%18,791
20-24158.823.1%121,938
25-29237.234.5%154,651
30-34157.022.9%79,772
35-3972.610.6%30,229
40-4430.24.4%9,952
45-495.10.7%1,198
50-540.40.1%80