Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1979

Lao People's Democratic Republic
1979
Total fertility rate: 6.31
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 6.31 children per woman in 1979 — 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, 140,562 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.31
Births
140,562
Births per 1,000 people
43.5
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
3,228,202
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
10-147.40.6%1,440
15-1992.27.3%15,211
20-24277.822.0%38,183
25-29296.423.5%34,551
30-34266.821.1%26,377
35-39201.616.0%16,561
40-4499.47.9%6,978
45-4919.71.6%1,203
50-541.10.1%57