Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Republic of Korea, 1958

Republic of Korea
1958
Total fertility rate: 6.15
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Republic of Korea was 6.15 children per woman in 1958 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (310 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.1 years old. In total, 1,051,167 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.15
Births
1,051,167
Births per 1,000 people
43.0
Mean age of mothers
31.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
24,473,927
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%70
15-1930.52.5%38,422
20-24240.219.5%262,424
25-29309.525.1%288,181
30-34280.322.8%227,959
35-39215.417.5%148,293
40-44123.910.1%70,232
45-4929.72.4%14,802
50-542.00.2%786