Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1997

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
1997
Total fertility rate: 2.03
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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 2.03 children per woman in 1997 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (217 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 448,200 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.03
Births
448,200
Births per 1,000 people
19.4
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
23,110,830
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
15-191.50.4%1,235
20-2458.414.1%56,171
25-29217.152.5%257,288
30-34113.627.5%115,047
35-3918.54.5%15,750
40-444.01.0%2,583
45-490.10.0%84
50-540.10.0%40