Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2016

Lao People's Democratic Republic
2016
Total fertility rate: 2.74
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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   2016  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 2.74 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (160 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 169,731 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.74
Births
169,731
Births per 1,000 people
24.6
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.25
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
6,908,802
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
10-143.00.5%1,064
15-1984.115.3%30,403
20-24159.529.0%54,551
25-29144.826.3%45,499
30-3490.316.4%24,070
35-3947.98.7%10,425
40-4417.33.2%3,179
45-493.30.6%519
50-540.20.0%21