Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Republic of Korea, 1973

Republic of Korea
1973
Total fertility rate: 3.80
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Republic of Korea was 3.80 children per woman in 1973 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (293 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 900,511 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.80
Births
900,511
Births per 1,000 people
26.0
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.68
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
34,625,849
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%18
15-1911.41.5%21,388
20-24149.519.7%208,419
25-29292.938.7%339,412
30-34194.425.7%224,213
35-3979.310.5%82,543
40-4421.72.9%18,753
45-497.51.0%5,326
50-540.80.1%442