Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1999

Lao People's Democratic Republic
1999
Total fertility rate: 4.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 4.64 children per woman in 1999 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (232 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 182,599 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.64
Births
182,599
Births per 1,000 people
34.2
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
5,340,784
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
10-147.80.8%2,654
15-19101.811.0%28,701
20-24231.725.0%54,687
25-29217.423.4%43,132
30-34176.819.1%29,342
35-39119.612.9%16,302
40-4458.26.3%6,450
45-4913.61.5%1,271
50-540.80.1%63