Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1985

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1985
Total fertility rate: 2.65
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1985  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 2.65 children per woman in 1985 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (253 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 399,784 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.65
Births
399,784
Births per 1,000 people
20.4
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
19,620,388
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%2
15-194.50.9%5,254
20-2481.715.4%75,435
25-29252.847.7%208,898
30-34145.527.4%78,731
35-3935.36.7%24,015
40-449.71.8%6,906
45-490.70.1%449
50-540.20.0%97