Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1989

Lao People's Democratic Republic
1989
Total fertility rate: 6.10
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1989  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 6.10 children per woman in 1989 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (283 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 178,594 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.10
Births
178,594
Births per 1,000 people
42.6
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
4,190,974
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
10-148.80.7%2,238
15-19105.08.6%23,076
20-24273.122.4%50,562
25-29282.723.2%42,899
30-34249.720.5%30,747
35-39185.415.2%19,219
40-4494.97.8%8,337
45-4919.91.6%1,449
50-541.10.1%67