Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1985

Lao People's Democratic Republic
1985
Total fertility rate: 6.33
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1985  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 6.33 children per woman in 1985 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (293 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 162,579 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.33
Births
162,579
Births per 1,000 people
43.5
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
3,739,984
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%1,717
15-19106.18.4%20,730
20-24279.522.1%45,231
25-29293.023.2%38,455
30-34261.720.7%28,918
35-39196.115.5%18,288
40-4499.97.9%7,841
45-4920.11.6%1,339
50-541.10.1%59