Fertility in Republic of Korea, 1959

Republic of Korea
1959
Total fertility rate: 6.10
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1959  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Republic of Korea was 6.10 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (312 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.1 years old. In total, 1,080,156 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.10
Births
1,080,156
Births per 1,000 people
42.7
Mean age of mothers
31.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
25,298,233
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
15-1930.22.5%38,201
20-24236.019.3%269,143
25-29311.725.5%301,073
30-34277.422.7%232,219
35-39212.117.4%152,803
40-44121.610.0%70,782
45-4929.52.4%15,052
50-541.90.2%813