Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Republic of Korea, 1997

Republic of Korea
1997
Total fertility rate: 1.56
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Republic of Korea was 1.56 children per woman in 1997 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (165 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 653,059 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.56
Births
653,059
Births per 1,000 people
14.2
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.9
Population
45,941,537
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
15-193.11.0%6,025
20-2455.917.8%110,069
25-29164.752.5%354,045
30-3471.122.7%144,696
35-3915.95.1%33,743
40-442.60.8%4,272
45-490.10.0%150
50-540.10.0%52