Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2018

Lao People's Democratic Republic
2018
Total fertility rate: 2.63
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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   2018  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 2.63 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (154 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 168,212 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.63
Births
168,212
Births per 1,000 people
23.6
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
7,128,045
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
10-142.80.5%1,022
15-1984.215.9%30,405
20-24154.129.2%53,447
25-29139.426.4%45,234
30-3485.216.1%24,257
35-3944.18.3%10,310
40-4415.73.0%3,042
45-492.90.5%475
50-540.10.0%19