Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1982

Lao People's Democratic Republic
1982
Total fertility rate: 6.37
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1982  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 6.37 children per woman in 1982 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (297 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 149,837 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.37
Births
149,837
Births per 1,000 people
43.4
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.25
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
3,450,026
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%1,569
15-1999.57.8%17,761
20-24280.522.0%41,021
25-29296.823.3%35,928
30-34266.520.9%27,280
35-39201.115.8%17,627
40-44100.37.9%7,331
45-4920.11.6%1,262
50-541.10.1%58