Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1973

Lao People's Democratic Republic
1973
Total fertility rate: 6.28
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 6.28 children per woman in 1973 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (299 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 127,240 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.28
Births
127,240
Births per 1,000 people
44.3
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
2,870,573
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
10-146.70.5%1,118
15-1981.56.5%11,972
20-24275.121.9%34,817
25-29298.523.8%32,250
30-34270.321.5%23,952
35-39204.916.3%15,451
40-4498.17.8%6,470
45-4919.61.6%1,153
50-541.10.1%55