Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1968

Lao People's Democratic Republic
1968
Total fertility rate: 6.30
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 6.30 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (302 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 112,524 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.30
Births
112,524
Births per 1,000 people
44.2
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.01
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
2,546,377
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
10-145.80.5%875
15-1973.55.8%9,589
20-24275.021.9%30,812
25-29301.924.0%27,860
30-34274.421.8%21,676
35-39208.116.5%14,454
40-4498.77.8%6,145
45-4919.61.6%1,062
50-541.10.1%50