Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Republic of Korea, 1979

Republic of Korea
1979
Total fertility rate: 2.75
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Republic of Korea was 2.75 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (234 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 823,277 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.75
Births
823,277
Births per 1,000 people
21.8
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.25
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
37,710,899
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
15-1914.52.6%31,379
20-24140.825.6%275,489
25-29234.242.5%329,981
30-34111.020.2%131,859
35-3936.26.6%40,586
40-4411.72.1%12,260
45-491.70.3%1,511
50-540.30.1%201