Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2017

Lao People's Democratic Republic
2017
Total fertility rate: 2.69
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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   2017  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 2.69 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (157 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 169,257 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.69
Births
169,257
Births per 1,000 people
24.1
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.23
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
7,018,147
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
10-142.90.5%1,032
15-1984.115.6%30,456
20-24156.729.0%53,970
25-29142.126.3%45,435
30-3488.016.3%24,269
35-3946.48.6%10,444
40-4416.73.1%3,144
45-493.00.6%486
50-540.10.0%19