Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Republic of Korea, 2004

Republic of Korea
2004
Total fertility rate: 1.16
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2004  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Republic of Korea was 1.16 children per woman in 2004 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (104 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 455,459 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.16
Births
455,459
Births per 1,000 people
9.5
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.55
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.2
Population
47,697,076
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
15-192.31.0%3,491
20-2421.39.1%40,396
25-29104.244.6%190,803
30-3483.635.8%176,979
35-3919.18.2%38,067
40-442.51.1%5,305
45-490.20.1%312
50-540.10.0%69