The total fertility rate of Lao People's Democratic Republic is projected at 1.76 children per woman in 2075 — 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 26.6 years old. In total, 109,391 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2075

Total fertility rate

1.76

Births

109,391

Births per 1,000 people

10.8

Mean age of mothers

26.6

Births to mothers aged 15–19

13.7%

Net reproduction rate

0.85

Boys per 100 girls at birth

105.3

Population

10,105,666

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, 2075

Mother's age	Births per 1,000 women	Share of total fertility	Births
10-14	0.9	0.3%	270
15-19	50.3	14.3%	14,993
20-24	93.6	26.5%	28,529
25-29	113.2	32.1%	35,196
30-34	65.6	18.6%	20,889
35-39	23.9	6.8%	7,786
40-44	4.9	1.4%	1,618
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, 2075

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