Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Republic of Korea, 1957

Republic of Korea
1957
Total fertility rate: 6.18
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Republic of Korea was 6.18 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (307 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.2 years old. In total, 1,016,567 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.18
Births
1,016,567
Births per 1,000 people
43.0
Mean age of mothers
31.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
23,660,791
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%71
15-1930.42.5%37,725
20-24241.719.6%253,077
25-29306.824.8%275,358
30-34282.322.8%223,063
35-39217.317.6%142,395
40-44125.410.1%69,607
45-4929.92.4%14,522
50-542.00.2%749