Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1987

Lao People's Democratic Republic
1987
Total fertility rate: 6.21
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1987  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 6.21 children per woman in 1987 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (287 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 170,045 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.21
Births
170,045
Births per 1,000 people
43.0
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
105.3
Population
3,957,612
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
10-148.10.7%1,969
15-19105.88.5%21,939
20-24275.822.2%47,813
25-29287.323.1%40,434
30-34255.220.6%29,617
35-39190.615.4%18,664
40-4497.67.9%8,164
45-4920.01.6%1,385
50-541.10.1%64