Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Republic of Korea, 2028

Republic of Korea
2028
Total fertility rate: 0.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2028  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Republic of Korea is projected at 0.79 children per woman in 2028 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (74 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 33.4 years old. In total, 256,007 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
0.79
Births
256,007
Births per 1,000 people
5.0
Mean age of mothers
33.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.38
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
51,423,430
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%6
15-190.60.4%648
20-243.92.5%4,813
25-2925.616.1%37,416
30-3474.446.7%124,190
35-3946.429.1%75,291
40-448.15.1%13,004
45-490.30.2%641
50-540.00.0%0