Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Republic of Korea, 1986

Republic of Korea
1986
Total fertility rate: 1.62
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Year

-5 -1   1986  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Republic of Korea was 1.62 children per woman in 1986 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (161 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 667,624 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.62
Births
667,624
Births per 1,000 people
16.0
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
111.2
Population
41,718,505
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
15-198.52.6%18,631
20-24108.432.8%225,069
25-29160.848.6%342,787
30-3441.412.5%67,095
35-398.52.6%10,817
40-442.00.6%2,198
45-490.80.2%837
50-540.20.1%179