Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2020

Lao People's Democratic Republic
2020
Total fertility rate: 2.54
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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   2020  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic was 2.54 children per woman in 2020 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (149 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.4 years old. In total, 166,166 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.54
Births
166,166
Births per 1,000 people
22.6
Mean age of mothers
26.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
7,346,532
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
10-142.80.6%1,049
15-1983.516.4%29,857
20-24149.129.3%52,613
25-29134.426.4%44,556
30-3480.915.9%24,333
35-3941.18.1%10,339
40-4414.42.8%2,978
45-492.50.5%429
50-540.10.0%17