Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1966

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1966
Total fertility rate: 3.71
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1966  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 3.71 children per woman in 1966 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (267 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 496,542 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.71
Births
496,542
Births per 1,000 people
36.6
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.53
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
13,569,094
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%43
15-1921.22.8%14,331
20-24160.821.5%119,365
25-29267.235.7%199,656
30-34183.524.5%111,331
35-3979.810.7%38,151
40-4431.64.2%12,333
45-494.10.6%1,250
50-540.40.0%79