Table 1.

Total population, total live births, crude birth rate, total fertility rate, and average age at first marriage for women in South Korea (1960–2022)

Year	Total population	Total live birth	Crude birth rate (per 1,000 people per year)	Total fertility rate	Average age at first marriage for women
1960	25,012,374	-	38.6	6.33	-
1970	32,240,827	1,006,645	31.2	4.53	-
1975	35,280,725	874,030	24.8	3.43	-
1980	38,123,775	862,835	22.6	2.82	-
1981	38,723,248	867,409	22.4	2.57	23.2
1982	39,326,352	848,312	21.6	2.39	-
1983	39,910,403	769,155	19.3	2.06	-
1984	40,405,956	674,793	16.7	1.74	-
1985	40,805,744	655,489	16.1	1.66	24.1
1990	42,869,283	649,738	15.2	1.57	24.8
1995	45,092,991	715,020	15.7	1.63	25.3
2000	47,008,111	640,089	13.5	1.48	26.5
2005	48,184,561	438,707	9.0	1.09	27.7
2010	49,554,112	470,171	9.4	1.23	28.9
2015	51,014,947	438,420	8.6	1.24	30.0
2016	51,217,803	406,243	7.9	1.17	30.1
2017	51,361,911	357,771	7.0	1.05	30.2
2018	51,585,058	326,822	6.4	0.98	30.4
2019	51,764,822	302,676	5.9	0.92	30.6
2020	51,836,239	272,337	5.3	0.84	30.8
2021	51,744,876	260,562	5.1	0.81	31.1
2022	51,628,117	249,186	4.9	0.78	31.3