Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1991

Lao People's Democratic Republic
1991
Total fertility rate: 5.99
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1991  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 5.99 children per woman in 1991 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (277 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 187,186 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.99
Births
187,186
Births per 1,000 people
42.2
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
4,435,118
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
10-149.30.8%2,465
15-19108.29.0%25,137
20-24268.422.4%52,808
25-29277.323.2%45,197
30-34243.020.3%31,993
35-39178.614.9%19,520
40-4492.17.7%8,479
45-4919.61.6%1,519
50-541.10.1%69