The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic is projected at 2.03 children per woman in 2039 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (121 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 25.7 years old. In total, 147,578 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2039

Total fertility rate

2.03

Births

147,578

Births per 1,000 people

16.2

Mean age of mothers

25.7

Births to mothers aged 15–19

19.8%

Net reproduction rate

0.96

Boys per 100 girls at birth

105.3

Population

9,097,892

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.

Fertility by age of mother, 2039

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	2.4	0.6%	876
15-19	77.1	19.0%	29,169
20-24	120.7	29.8%	45,764
25-29	112.4	27.7%	40,000
30-34	60.5	14.9%	20,853
35-39	25.0	6.2%	8,421
40-44	6.9	1.7%	2,272
45-49	0.7	0.2%	219
50-54	0.0	0.0%	5

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic by year

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2039

Year

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