Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Republic of Korea, 2007

Republic of Korea
2007
Total fertility rate: 1.22
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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Republic of Korea was 1.22 children per woman in 2007 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (99 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.3 years old. In total, 462,242 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.22
Births
462,242
Births per 1,000 people
9.6
Mean age of mothers
30.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.58
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.4
Population
48,178,118
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%20
15-192.10.9%3,172
20-2419.88.1%32,323
25-2992.438.1%174,093
30-3499.140.8%191,583
35-3926.010.7%54,579
40-443.01.2%6,016
45-490.20.1%318
50-540.10.0%143