Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1988

Lao People's Democratic Republic
1988
Total fertility rate: 6.16
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1988  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 6.16 children per woman in 1988 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (285 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 174,398 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.16
Births
174,398
Births per 1,000 people
42.8
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
4,072,601
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
10-148.50.7%2,108
15-19105.58.6%22,510
20-24274.622.3%49,234
25-29285.223.1%41,680
30-34252.620.5%30,160
35-39188.315.3%18,914
40-4496.47.8%8,308
45-4919.91.6%1,416
50-541.10.1%66