Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2014

Lao People's Democratic Republic
2014
Total fertility rate: 2.80
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 2.80 children per woman in 2014 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (162 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 167,909 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.80
Births
167,909
Births per 1,000 people
25.0
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.27
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
6,703,172
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
10-143.20.6%1,156
15-1984.415.0%30,372
20-24161.828.8%55,033
25-29146.626.1%44,192
30-3492.516.4%22,929
35-3950.49.0%10,280
40-4419.23.4%3,318
45-494.00.7%605
50-540.20.0%26