Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Republic of Korea, 2003

Republic of Korea
2003
Total fertility rate: 1.20
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Republic of Korea was 1.20 children per woman in 2003 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (113 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 472,791 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.20
Births
472,791
Births per 1,000 people
10.0
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.57
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.8
Population
47,514,160
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%41
15-192.51.1%3,894
20-2423.59.8%45,436
25-29112.746.9%210,240
30-3480.933.7%172,491
35-3917.67.3%34,927
40-442.61.1%5,414
45-490.20.1%298
50-540.00.0%49