Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1978

Lao People's Democratic Republic
1978
Total fertility rate: 6.30
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 6.30 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (296 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 138,845 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.30
Births
138,845
Births per 1,000 people
43.8
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
3,171,740
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
10-147.20.6%1,362
15-1990.17.2%14,558
20-24277.022.0%37,788
25-29296.423.5%34,228
30-34267.221.2%26,367
35-39201.816.0%16,396
40-4499.27.9%6,894
45-4919.61.6%1,195
50-541.10.1%57