Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Republic of Korea, 1983

Republic of Korea
1983
Total fertility rate: 2.10
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Year

-5 -1   1983  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Republic of Korea was 2.10 children per woman in 1983 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (189 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 790,777 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.10
Births
790,777
Births per 1,000 people
19.8
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.7
Population
40,000,941
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%4
15-1913.53.2%27,743
20-24146.834.5%315,515
25-29188.844.4%349,357
30-3456.513.3%75,623
35-3914.63.4%16,563
40-444.00.9%4,505
45-491.20.3%1,209
50-540.30.1%255