Republic of Korea
19502100
2025
Fertility rate
0.75 children/woman
Birth rate
4.8 per 1,000 people
Total births
245.9K
Mean age at birth
33.4 years
Average number of children per woman over her lifetime
0.75 children per woman
Below replacement level (2.1)
Total births and teen pregnancy trends
TFR, net reproduction rate, and crude birth rate
Average age of mothers at childbirth
Boys per 100 girls at birth
Republic of Korea's fertility rate has fallen dramatically from 6.2 children per woman in 1957 to 0.75 today—now below the 2.1 replacement level. Women are also having children later—mean age at childbearing has risen from 28.1 to 33.4 since 1980.