Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1956

Lao People's Democratic Republic
1956
Total fertility rate: 6.27
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 6.27 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (304 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 88,906 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.27
Births
88,906
Births per 1,000 people
45.9
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
1,937,229
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
10-144.80.4%534
15-1962.04.9%5,879
20-24272.121.7%22,444
25-29304.324.3%22,860
30-34278.822.2%18,709
35-39213.217.0%12,590
40-4498.57.9%5,023
45-4919.61.6%828
50-541.10.1%38