Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1980

Lao People's Democratic Republic
1980
Total fertility rate: 6.33
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 6.33 children per woman in 1980 — 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, 142,853 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.33
Births
142,853
Births per 1,000 people
43.4
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
3,292,574
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
10-147.50.6%1,501
15-1994.57.5%15,958
20-24278.622.0%38,825
25-29296.423.4%34,919
30-34266.521.1%26,482
35-39201.415.9%16,824
40-4499.67.9%7,069
45-4919.81.6%1,216
50-541.10.1%57