Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1991

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1991
Total fertility rate: 2.35
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1991  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 2.35 children per woman in 1991 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (241 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 441,668 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.35
Births
441,668
Births per 1,000 people
20.6
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
21,428,638
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
15-192.70.6%2,852
20-2467.914.4%80,404
25-29240.851.1%231,637
30-34125.626.6%106,561
35-3928.26.0%16,102
40-445.91.3%3,796
45-490.40.1%248
50-540.10.0%68