The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic is projected at 1.89 children per woman in 2049 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (111 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 25.7 years old. In total, 136,638 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2049

Total fertility rate

1.89

Births

136,638

Births per 1,000 people

14.1

Mean age of mothers

25.7

Births to mothers aged 15–19

18.7%

Net reproduction rate

0.91

Boys per 100 girls at birth

105.3

Population

9,709,614

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, 2049

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	1.9	0.5%	675
15-19	71.6	18.9%	25,537
20-24	111.2	29.4%	40,195
25-29	108.6	28.7%	39,512
30-34	57.4	15.1%	21,018
35-39	22.3	5.9%	7,709
40-44	5.5	1.4%	1,839
45-49	0.5	0.1%	151
50-54	0.0	0.0%	3

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic by year

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2049

Year

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