Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1988

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1988
Total fertility rate: 2.47
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-5 -1   1988  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 2.47 children per woman in 1988 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (244 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 415,055 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.47
Births
415,055
Births per 1,000 people
20.2
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
20,503,161
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%1
15-193.50.7%4,132
20-2471.914.6%77,404
25-29244.549.6%211,763
30-34137.527.9%100,811
35-3927.85.6%15,266
40-447.51.5%5,216
45-490.50.1%371
50-540.10.0%90