Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Republic of Korea, 1978

Republic of Korea
1978
Total fertility rate: 2.70
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Republic of Korea was 2.70 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (230 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 772,737 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.70
Births
772,737
Births per 1,000 people
20.7
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
37,281,935
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%11
15-1914.22.6%31,135
20-24136.325.3%249,967
25-29230.042.6%311,783
30-34109.220.2%125,312
35-3935.26.5%39,990
40-4412.02.2%12,318
45-492.40.4%1,993
50-540.30.1%229