Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1968

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1968
Total fertility rate: 3.87
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-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 3.87 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (283 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 532,300 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.87
Births
532,300
Births per 1,000 people
37.1
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.62
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
14,365,596
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
10-140.00.0%35
15-1920.82.7%11,867
20-24161.720.7%117,380
25-29283.036.2%212,874
30-34197.225.2%132,047
35-3983.910.7%43,372
40-4432.34.1%13,545
45-493.30.4%1,107
50-540.30.0%76