Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2015

Lao People's Democratic Republic
2015
Total fertility rate: 2.80
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2015  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 2.80 children per woman in 2015 — 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, 169,785 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.80
Births
169,785
Births per 1,000 people
25.0
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.27
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
6,801,645
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
10-143.10.6%1,116
15-1984.815.1%30,457
20-24161.828.9%54,901
25-29146.826.2%45,179
30-3492.316.5%23,775
35-3949.78.9%10,490
40-4418.43.3%3,286
45-493.60.6%556
50-540.20.0%23