Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Republic of Korea, 1996

Republic of Korea
1996
Total fertility rate: 1.60
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Republic of Korea was 1.60 children per woman in 1996 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (172 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 672,524 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.60
Births
672,524
Births per 1,000 people
14.7
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
111.5
Population
45,638,700
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
15-193.31.0%6,340
20-2459.818.6%122,943
25-29171.853.3%363,842
30-3469.221.5%143,370
35-3915.44.8%31,951
40-442.50.8%3,905
45-490.10.0%133
50-540.00.0%31