Fertility in Republic of Korea, 2005

Republic of Korea
2005
Total fertility rate: 1.12
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Republic of Korea was 1.12 children per woman in 2005 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (94 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 432,815 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.12
Births
432,815
Births per 1,000 people
9.0
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.53
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.8
Population
47,851,644
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%32
15-192.21.0%3,230
20-2419.58.8%35,440
25-2994.242.2%172,976
30-3484.337.7%174,391
35-3920.29.1%41,063
40-442.61.2%5,266
45-490.20.1%323
50-540.10.0%94