Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1987

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1987
Total fertility rate: 2.53
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-5 -1   1987  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 2.53 children per woman in 1987 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (248 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 410,607 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.53
Births
410,607
Births per 1,000 people
20.3
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
20,205,483
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
15-193.80.8%4,563
20-2475.514.9%77,306
25-29247.849.0%213,799
30-34140.927.8%91,560
35-3929.15.8%17,132
40-448.21.6%5,742
45-490.60.1%409
50-540.20.0%94