Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Republic of Korea, 1993

Republic of Korea
1993
Total fertility rate: 1.68
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1993  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Republic of Korea was 1.68 children per woman in 1993 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (180 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 711,775 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.68
Births
711,775
Births per 1,000 people
15.9
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.76
Boys per 100 girls at birth
115.2
Population
44,887,724
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%10
15-194.31.3%8,400
20-2472.721.6%161,642
25-29179.553.3%371,910
30-3464.619.2%142,759
35-3913.34.0%24,301
40-442.00.6%2,619
45-490.10.0%127
50-540.00.0%7