Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1983

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1983
Total fertility rate: 2.78
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-5 -1   1983  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 2.78 children per woman in 1983 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (258 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 390,150 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.78
Births
390,150
Births per 1,000 people
20.5
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.27
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
19,054,034
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%3
15-195.31.0%5,724
20-2492.716.9%80,691
25-29257.547.1%190,010
30-34139.725.5%77,224
35-3939.67.2%27,678
40-4411.42.1%8,194
45-490.80.2%529
50-540.20.0%94