Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1974

Lao People's Democratic Republic
1974
Total fertility rate: 6.29
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1974  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 6.29 children per woman in 1974 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (298 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 130,668 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.29
Births
130,668
Births per 1,000 people
44.4
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
2,939,761
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%1,157
15-1983.36.6%12,487
20-24276.021.9%35,959
25-29298.223.7%32,930
30-34270.021.5%24,584
35-39204.416.3%15,765
40-4498.47.8%6,557
45-4919.61.6%1,170
50-541.10.1%56