Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Republic of Korea, 2002

Republic of Korea
2002
Total fertility rate: 1.23
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Republic of Korea was 1.23 children per woman in 2002 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (117 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 489,165 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.23
Births
489,165
Births per 1,000 people
10.3
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.58
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.7
Population
47,299,120
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%36
15-192.71.1%4,371
20-2426.110.6%50,285
25-29117.347.8%226,327
30-3479.532.4%168,142
35-3917.17.0%34,224
40-442.61.1%5,448
45-490.20.1%284
50-540.00.0%49