Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1978

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1978
Total fertility rate: 2.79
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 2.79 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (246 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 355,964 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.79
Births
355,964
Births per 1,000 people
20.1
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.25
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
17,735,995
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%7
15-197.31.3%6,433
20-2494.017.1%69,889
25-29246.444.8%137,491
30-34142.325.9%100,543
35-3943.37.9%31,609
40-4413.92.5%8,986
45-491.80.3%907
50-540.30.0%102