Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1972

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1972
Total fertility rate: 3.89
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1972  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 3.89 children per woman in 1972 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (297 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 538,059 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.89
Births
538,059
Births per 1,000 people
33.7
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.68
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
15,975,069
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%26
15-1911.91.5%7,949
20-24161.620.5%97,792
25-29296.537.6%214,876
30-34203.525.8%150,642
35-3981.710.4%51,116
40-4429.83.8%14,424
45-492.90.4%1,142
50-540.30.0%92