Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1986

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1986
Total fertility rate: 2.59
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Year

-5 -1   1986  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 2.59 children per woman in 1986 — 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 28.9 years old. In total, 406,272 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.59
Births
406,272
Births per 1,000 people
20.4
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
19,910,855
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
15-194.20.8%4,967
20-2478.615.1%75,914
25-29250.748.0%213,641
30-34145.827.9%83,720
35-3932.76.3%21,118
40-449.11.7%6,387
45-490.60.1%423
50-540.20.0%96