Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1996

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1996
Total fertility rate: 2.09
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-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 2.09 children per woman in 1996 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (223 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 458,351 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.09
Births
458,351
Births per 1,000 people
20.0
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
22,895,746
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%0
15-191.60.4%1,362
20-2461.414.4%63,508
25-29222.852.2%262,476
30-34116.827.4%111,677
35-3919.84.6%16,668
40-444.41.0%2,508
45-490.20.0%106
50-540.10.0%44