Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Republic of Korea, 1982

Republic of Korea
1982
Total fertility rate: 2.43
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-5 -1   1982  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Republic of Korea was 2.43 children per woman in 1982 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (216 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 868,685 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.43
Births
868,685
Births per 1,000 people
22.1
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.3
Population
39,356,154
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%6
15-1915.33.1%31,713
20-24158.832.3%335,804
25-29216.044.0%376,004
30-3473.415.0%95,185
35-3920.24.1%22,334
40-445.61.1%6,156
45-491.30.3%1,226
50-540.30.1%255