Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2002

Lao People's Democratic Republic
2002
Total fertility rate: 4.13
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 4.13 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (216 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 174,948 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.13
Births
174,948
Births per 1,000 people
31.2
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
5,610,888
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
10-147.00.8%2,568
15-1995.511.6%29,600
20-24216.126.2%53,833
25-29197.924.0%41,180
30-34151.718.4%26,481
35-3999.012.0%14,495
40-4447.45.7%5,660
45-4910.91.3%1,075
50-540.70.1%55