The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic is projected at 1.77 children per woman in 2074 — 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 26.5 years old. In total, 110,370 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2074

Total fertility rate

1.77

Births

110,370

Births per 1,000 people

10.9

Mean age of mothers

26.5

Births to mothers aged 15–19

14.0%

Net reproduction rate

0.85

Boys per 100 girls at birth

105.3

Population

10,120,901

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, 2074

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	1.0	0.3%	284
15-19	51.4	14.5%	15,436
20-24	94.3	26.7%	28,991
25-29	112.9	32.0%	35,386
30-34	64.9	18.4%	20,817
35-39	23.7	6.7%	7,736
40-44	4.9	1.4%	1,613
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, 2074

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