Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1971

Lao People's Democratic Republic
1971
Total fertility rate: 6.30
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1971  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 6.30 children per woman in 1971 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (300 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 121,126 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.30
Births
121,126
Births per 1,000 people
44.3
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
2,734,628
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
10-146.40.5%1,023
15-1978.66.2%11,073
20-24275.621.9%33,180
25-29300.323.9%30,396
30-34272.321.6%22,996
35-39206.516.4%14,924
40-4498.37.8%6,365
45-4919.71.6%1,117
50-541.10.1%53