The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic is projected at 1.86 children per woman in 2054 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (109 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 25.7 years old. In total, 130,970 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2054

Total fertility rate

1.86

Births

130,970

Births per 1,000 people

13.2

Mean age of mothers

25.7

Births to mothers aged 15–19

18.2%

Net reproduction rate

0.89

Boys per 100 girls at birth

105.3

Population

9,923,709

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, 2054

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	1.7	0.5%	591
15-19	68.5	18.5%	23,886
20-24	107.8	29.0%	37,699
25-29	108.5	29.2%	38,434
30-34	57.4	15.5%	20,612
35-39	21.7	5.8%	7,865
40-44	5.1	1.4%	1,747
45-49	0.4	0.1%	133
50-54	0.0	0.0%	2

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic by year

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2054

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