Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1973

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1973
Total fertility rate: 3.35
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 3.35 children per woman in 1973 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (270 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 460,754 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.35
Births
460,754
Births per 1,000 people
28.2
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.46
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
16,350,366
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%20
15-1910.31.5%7,718
20-24140.620.7%79,345
25-29270.039.7%193,212
30-34170.925.1%126,429
35-3963.19.3%41,470
40-4422.33.3%11,254
45-492.90.4%1,199
50-540.30.0%107