Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1981

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1981
Total fertility rate: 2.92
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-5 -1   1981  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 2.92 children per woman in 1981 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (264 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 385,126 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.92
Births
385,126
Births per 1,000 people
20.8
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.33
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
18,501,295
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%4
15-196.31.1%6,084
20-24101.617.5%87,092
25-29263.745.4%152,590
30-34149.625.8%97,428
35-3944.37.6%31,558
40-4413.52.3%9,640
45-491.10.2%639
50-540.20.0%93