Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Republic of Korea, 1991

Republic of Korea
1991
Total fertility rate: 1.70
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-5 -1   1991  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Republic of Korea was 1.70 children per woman in 1991 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (181 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.4 years old. In total, 729,680 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.70
Births
729,680
Births per 1,000 people
16.4
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
113.0
Population
44,439,150
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%8
15-194.31.3%9,237
20-2483.324.5%181,575
25-29181.353.3%394,027
30-3458.617.2%125,179
35-3910.73.2%17,537
40-441.60.5%1,954
45-490.10.0%159
50-540.00.0%7