Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2006

Lao People's Democratic Republic
2006
Total fertility rate: 3.56
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 3.56 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (195 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 169,147 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.56
Births
169,147
Births per 1,000 people
28.4
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.53
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
5,963,200
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
10-145.10.7%2,005
15-1989.412.6%31,306
20-24194.827.4%55,085
25-29177.625.0%39,651
30-34124.517.5%23,338
35-3976.410.7%12,122
40-4435.55.0%4,735
45-497.91.1%865
50-540.50.1%42