Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Republic of Korea, 2006

Republic of Korea
2006
Total fertility rate: 1.14
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Republic of Korea was 1.14 children per woman in 2006 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (91 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 440,301 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.14
Births
440,301
Births per 1,000 people
9.2
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.55
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.4
Population
48,006,518
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%30
15-192.21.0%3,231
20-2419.28.4%33,089
25-2991.239.9%170,263
30-3490.639.6%181,043
35-3922.69.9%46,840
40-442.71.2%5,353
45-490.20.1%322
50-540.10.0%129