Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1979

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1979
Total fertility rate: 2.85
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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 2.85 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (251 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 363,321 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.85
Births
363,321
Births per 1,000 people
20.2
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
17,983,470
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%6
15-196.91.2%6,207
20-2495.917.1%76,665
25-29251.444.9%136,790
30-34146.026.1%101,513
35-3944.07.9%31,824
40-4414.02.5%9,412
45-491.60.3%805
50-540.20.0%97