Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1969

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1969
Total fertility rate: 3.86
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Year

-5 -1   1969  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 3.86 children per woman in 1969 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (286 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 534,903 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.86
Births
534,903
Births per 1,000 people
36.2
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.63
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
14,767,616
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%33
15-1918.52.4%10,259
20-24159.620.5%113,899
25-29285.636.6%212,983
30-34198.225.4%138,116
35-3982.910.6%44,793
40-4431.44.0%13,634
45-493.20.4%1,105
50-540.30.0%81