Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1998

Lao People's Democratic Republic
1998
Total fertility rate: 4.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 4.79 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (235 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 184,168 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.79
Births
184,168
Births per 1,000 people
35.1
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
5,248,266
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
10-147.90.8%2,585
15-19101.610.6%27,836
20-24234.924.5%54,656
25-29225.123.5%43,968
30-34185.619.4%30,246
35-39126.213.2%16,766
40-4461.86.4%6,703
45-4914.71.5%1,335
50-540.90.1%68