Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Republic of Korea, 1953

Republic of Korea
1953
Total fertility rate: 6.17
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1953  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Republic of Korea was 6.17 children per woman in 1953 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (301 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.2 years old. In total, 879,007 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.17
Births
879,007
Births per 1,000 people
42.3
Mean age of mothers
31.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
20,775,325
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
10-140.10.0%69
15-1931.12.5%33,278
20-24237.219.2%212,785
25-29300.824.4%237,112
30-34284.323.0%192,531
35-39219.317.8%124,245
40-44129.210.5%65,654
45-4930.82.5%12,731
50-541.80.1%602