Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1986

Lao People's Democratic Republic
1986
Total fertility rate: 6.25
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1986  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 6.25 children per woman in 1986 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (289 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 165,940 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.25
Births
165,940
Births per 1,000 people
43.1
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
3,846,714
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
10-147.80.6%1,835
15-19106.38.5%21,401
20-24277.022.1%46,408
25-29289.523.1%39,291
30-34257.820.6%29,158
35-39192.915.4%18,446
40-4498.67.9%7,981
45-4920.01.6%1,356
50-541.10.1%61