Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1965

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1965
Total fertility rate: 3.56
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1965  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 3.56 children per woman in 1965 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (256 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 467,906 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.56
Births
467,906
Births per 1,000 people
35.4
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.45
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
13,219,368
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
10-140.10.0%70
15-1921.23.0%15,109
20-24157.822.0%118,336
25-29255.735.6%187,365
30-34172.424.0%99,681
35-3975.310.5%34,717
40-4430.14.2%11,291
45-494.40.6%1,262
50-540.40.1%79