Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Republic of Korea, 1998

Republic of Korea
1998
Total fertility rate: 1.50
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Republic of Korea was 1.50 children per woman in 1998 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (157 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 624,901 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.50
Births
624,901
Births per 1,000 people
13.5
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.70
Boys per 100 girls at birth
110.0
Population
46,230,878
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%11
15-192.91.0%5,686
20-2449.716.5%94,236
25-29156.651.9%338,609
30-3473.724.5%147,955
35-3915.85.2%33,686
40-442.60.8%4,491
45-490.10.0%167
50-540.10.0%55