Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1983

Lao People's Democratic Republic
1983
Total fertility rate: 6.38
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1983  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 6.38 children per woman in 1983 — 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 29.6 years old. In total, 154,168 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.38
Births
154,168
Births per 1,000 people
43.5
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.27
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
3,541,001
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
10-147.30.6%1,585
15-19102.08.0%18,759
20-24281.022.0%42,443
25-29296.523.3%36,715
30-34266.020.9%27,800
35-39200.315.7%18,015
40-44100.77.9%7,501
45-4920.11.6%1,290
50-541.00.1%58