Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2019

Lao People's Democratic Republic
2019
Total fertility rate: 2.59
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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   2019  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 2.59 children per woman in 2019 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (151 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 167,556 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.59
Births
167,556
Births per 1,000 people
23.2
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
7,237,636
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%1,036
15-1984.016.2%30,195
20-24151.329.1%52,919
25-29136.826.3%44,885
30-3483.616.1%24,495
35-3943.38.3%10,500
40-4415.43.0%3,074
45-492.60.5%436
50-540.10.0%17