Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1957

Lao People's Democratic Republic
1957
Total fertility rate: 6.27
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 6.27 children per woman in 1957 — 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, 90,257 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.27
Births
90,257
Births per 1,000 people
45.5
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
1,982,134
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
10-144.90.4%560
15-1962.75.0%6,079
20-24272.021.7%22,861
25-29304.024.2%23,019
30-34278.422.2%18,974
35-39212.817.0%12,758
40-4498.37.8%5,114
45-4919.61.6%851
50-541.10.1%38