Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1996

Lao People's Democratic Republic
1996
Total fertility rate: 5.15
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 5.15 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (242 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 187,855 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.15
Births
187,855
Births per 1,000 people
37.2
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
5,045,678
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
10-148.20.8%2,526
15-19105.710.3%27,542
20-24241.623.5%54,135
25-29241.823.5%45,424
30-34203.919.8%31,672
35-39141.213.7%17,710
40-4470.46.8%7,331
45-4916.51.6%1,444
50-541.00.1%72