Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1974

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1974
Total fertility rate: 3.14
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Year

-5 -1   1974  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 3.14 children per woman in 1974 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (260 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 426,207 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.14
Births
426,207
Births per 1,000 people
25.6
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.38
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
16,673,121
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%16
15-199.51.5%7,678
20-24125.419.8%68,940
25-29260.041.1%183,039
30-34158.825.1%116,533
35-3956.28.9%38,455
40-4419.33.1%10,240
45-492.80.4%1,193
50-540.30.1%111