Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1989

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1989
Total fertility rate: 2.41
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1989  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 2.41 children per woman in 1989 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (242 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 420,478 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.41
Births
420,478
Births per 1,000 people
20.2
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
20,804,367
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
15-193.20.7%3,699
20-2469.214.3%77,402
25-29241.950.1%214,465
30-34132.927.5%104,909
35-3927.85.8%14,895
40-446.91.4%4,694
45-490.50.1%329
50-540.10.0%84