Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Republic of Korea, 2014

Republic of Korea
2014
Total fertility rate: 1.20
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Republic of Korea was 1.20 children per woman in 2014 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (113 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.6 years old. In total, 427,701 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.20
Births
427,701
Births per 1,000 people
8.5
Mean age of mothers
31.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.58
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
50,539,056
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%27
15-191.80.7%2,824
20-2413.05.4%20,841
25-2963.726.6%98,141
30-34113.347.3%214,034
35-3942.617.8%80,383
40-445.12.1%10,980
45-490.20.1%430
50-540.00.0%40