The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic is projected at 1.77 children per woman in 2073 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (113 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 26.4 years old. In total, 111,404 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2073

Total fertility rate

1.77

Births

111,404

Births per 1,000 people

11.0

Mean age of mothers

26.4

Births to mothers aged 15–19

14.3%

Net reproduction rate

0.85

Boys per 100 girls at birth

105.3

Population

10,134,199

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, 2073

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	1.0	0.3%	295
15-19	52.4	14.8%	15,890
20-24	95.0	26.8%	29,468
25-29	112.6	31.8%	35,582
30-34	64.3	18.2%	20,762
35-39	23.4	6.6%	7,689
40-44	4.8	1.4%	1,612
45-49	0.3	0.1%	106
50-54	0.0	0.0%	1

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic by year

Fertility in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2073

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