Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2000

Lao People's Democratic Republic
2000
Total fertility rate: 4.43
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 4.43 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (225 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 178,694 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.43
Births
178,694
Births per 1,000 people
32.9
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
5,431,212
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
10-147.70.9%2,674
15-19101.111.4%29,392
20-24225.425.5%53,941
25-29208.423.5%41,971
30-34166.218.8%28,041
35-39110.212.5%15,398
40-4452.96.0%6,004
45-4912.71.4%1,212
50-540.80.1%60