Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1982

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1982
Total fertility rate: 2.85
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-5 -1   1982  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 2.85 children per woman in 1982 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (261 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 387,442 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.85
Births
387,442
Births per 1,000 people
20.6
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
18,776,357
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
15-195.81.0%5,940
20-2499.617.6%86,434
25-29260.846.1%170,645
30-34143.225.3%84,790
35-3942.47.5%29,947
40-4412.62.2%9,033
45-490.90.2%557
50-540.20.0%91