Fertility & birth rates in El Salvador and Laos

Fertility rate in El Salvador vs Laos chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in El Salvador was 1.78 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.42 in Laos in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check El Salvador vs Laos population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	El Salvador	Laos
1960	6.62	6.29
1961	6.64	6.31
1962	6.68	6.31
1963	6.69	6.32
1964	6.68	6.31
1965	6.64	6.32
1966	6.57	6.31
1967	6.49	6.31
1968	6.39	6.3
1969	6.28	6.3
1970	6.18	6.31
1971	6.13	6.3
1972	6.03	6.28
1973	5.93	6.28
1974	5.82	6.29
1975	5.71	6.29
1976	5.59	6.29
1977	5.47	6.29
1978	5.36	6.3
1979	5.23	6.31
1980	5.11	6.33
1981	4.99	6.35
1982	4.83	6.37
1983	4.65	6.38
1984	4.48	6.37
1985	4.32	6.33
1986	4.19	6.26
1987	4.18	6.21
1988	4.1	6.16
1989	4.03	6.1
1990	3.96	6.06
1991	3.89	5.99
1992	3.8	5.9
1993	3.69	5.8
1994	3.61	5.6
1995	3.57	5.36
1996	3.48	5.15
1997	3.38	4.96
1998	3.34	4.79
1999	3.22	4.64
2000	3.08	4.43
2001	2.93	4.29
2002	2.78	4.13
2003	2.64	4.02
2004	2.52	3.9
2005	2.44	3.69
2006	2.4	3.56
2007	2.35	3.44
2008	2.29	3.33
2009	2.26	3.23
2010	2.24	3.14
2011	2.22	3.05
2012	2.19	2.95
2013	2.15	2.87
2014	2.13	2.8
2015	2.07	2.8
2016	1.97	2.74
2017	1.9	2.69
2018	1.85	2.63
2019	1.84	2.59
2020	1.82	2.54
2021	1.8	2.49
2022	1.79	2.46
2023	1.78	2.42
2024	1.77	2.4
2025	1.75	2.36
2026	1.74	2.33
2027	1.73	2.3
2028	1.72	2.27
2029	1.72	2.24
2030	1.71	2.21
2031	1.7	2.19
2032	1.7	2.16
2033	1.69	2.14
2034	1.69	2.12
2035	1.68	2.1
2036	1.68	2.08
2037	1.68	2.06
2038	1.67	2.04
2039	1.67	2.03
2040	1.67	2.01
2041	1.67	1.99
2042	1.67	1.97
2043	1.67	1.96
2044	1.66	1.95
2045	1.66	1.94
2046	1.66	1.92
2047	1.66	1.91
2048	1.66	1.9
2049	1.66	1.89
2050	1.65	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	El Salvador	Laos
1960	45.5%	41.8%
1961	45.7%	41.8%
1962	45.8%	41.9%
1963	46%	42%
1964	46.1%	42.1%
1965	46.2%	42.2%
1966	46.3%	42.2%
1967	46.5%	42.2%
1968	46.6%	42.2%
1969	46.8%	42.2%
1970	46.8%	42.2%
1971	46.7%	42.3%
1972	46.6%	42.4%
1973	46.4%	42.4%
1974	46.2%	42.5%
1975	45.9%	42.7%
1976	45.6%	43%
1977	45.3%	43.2%
1978	44.9%	43.5%
1979	44.5%	43.8%
1980	44.2%	43.9%
1981	43.9%	44%
1982	43.7%	44.1%
1983	43.4%	44.1%
1984	43.1%	44.1%
1985	42.7%	44%
1986	42.4%	44%
1987	42.1%	44%
1988	41.9%	43.9%
1989	41.8%	43.9%
1990	41.7%	43.9%
1991	41.7%	43.9%
1992	41.5%	43.9%
1993	41.1%	43.9%
1994	40.5%	44%
1995	39.8%	43.9%
1996	39.1%	43.9%
1997	38.5%	43.8%
1998	38%	43.7%
1999	37.5%	43.5%
2000	37.1%	43.2%
2001	36.7%	42.9%
2002	36.3%	42.5%
2003	35.9%	42%
2004	35.4%	41.5%
2005	34.9%	40.9%
2006	34.4%	40%
2007	33.9%	39%
2008	33.4%	38%
2009	32.7%	37.1%
2010	32%	36.3%
2011	31.3%	35.6%
2012	30.6%	34.9%
2013	29.9%	34.3%
2014	29.2%	33.7%
2015	28.6%	33.2%
2016	28%	32.9%
2017	27.5%	32.5%
2018	27%	32.2%
2019	26.7%	31.9%
2020	26.3%	31.6%
2021	26%	31.3%
2022	25.6%	30.9%
2023	25.2%	30.6%
2024	24.8%	30.2%
2025	24.4%	29.8%
2026	24%	29.5%
2027	23.5%	29.1%
2028	23.1%	28.8%
2029	22.7%	28.4%
2030	22.3%	27.9%
2031	21.9%	27.5%
2032	21.6%	27.1%
2033	21.4%	26.6%
2034	21.1%	26.2%
2035	20.8%	25.8%
2036	20.6%	25.5%
2037	20.3%	25.1%
2038	20.1%	24.8%
2039	19.8%	24.4%
2040	19.6%	24.1%
2041	19.3%	23.8%
2042	19%	23.5%
2043	18.8%	23.2%
2044	18.5%	22.9%
2045	18.3%	22.7%
2046	18%	22.4%
2047	17.8%	22.1%
2048	17.6%	21.9%
2049	17.3%	21.6%
2050	17.1%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.8% of the population in El Salvador and 30.2% in Laos in 2024, compared to 41.7% and 43.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of El Salvador and Laos compared.

Natural population change in El Salvador vs Laos by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.93% in El Salvador and +1.65% in Laos. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	El Salvador	Laos
1960	81,544	47,575
1961	84,614	48,992
1962	88,237	51,244
1963	90,794	51,056
1964	93,328	52,482
1965	95,341	54,268
1966	97,156	55,494
1967	98,424	57,763
1968	98,851	59,567
1969	99,848	61,595
1970	100,499	63,896
1971	104,714	65,959
1972	107,604	68,095
1973	111,546	70,513
1974	113,846	74,652
1975	116,737	76,725
1976	120,511	77,575
1977	121,446	79,149
1978	124,468	80,604
1979	123,838	82,852
1980	111,771	86,548
1981	117,346	89,963
1982	120,938	94,058
1983	121,700	98,178
1984	125,036	102,318
1985	127,248	106,047
1986	130,177	109,266
1987	133,667	113,005
1988	136,230	117,050
1989	139,093	121,044
1990	140,311	125,297
1991	140,691	129,523
1992	139,221	132,417
1993	138,432	135,295
1994	137,974	134,201
1995	138,268	132,241
1996	136,929	131,142
1997	134,448	130,388
1998	134,065	128,409
1999	128,947	127,255
2000	122,315	124,201
2001	114,313	123,847
2002	106,137	122,110
2003	97,849	122,158
2004	90,905	121,888
2005	84,883	118,165
2006	80,887	118,602
2007	76,776	119,980
2008	75,107	121,042
2009	74,908	122,174
2010	75,695	122,516
2011	76,182	122,863
2012	75,495	121,324
2013	73,869	119,845
2014	72,581	118,103
2015	69,263	118,723
2016	63,751	119,978
2017	59,824	120,515
2018	57,509	119,986
2019	56,816	119,797
2020	48,244	118,609
2021	46,530	115,323
2022	53,138	116,620
2023	51,985	115,359

Maternal mortality chart: El Salvador vs Laos

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 39 deaths per 100,000 live births in El Salvador, compared to 112 deaths in Laos.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	El Salvador	Laos
1985	193	994
1986	169	963
1987	178	930
1988	173	898
1989	155	856
1990	145	834
1991	129	798
1992	121	781
1993	114	751
1994	101	741
1995	89	709
1996	78	682
1997	67	660
1998	61	647
1999	53	638
2000	48	609
2001	45	574
2002	40	550
2003	38	524
2004	35	492
2005	34	458
2006	33	432
2007	33	402
2008	33	374
2009	35	336
2010	34	305
2011	35	267
2012	36	241
2013	39	215
2014	41	193
2015	43	180
2016	43	165
2017	44	154
2018	43	145
2019	40	137
2020	48	132
2021	58	139
2022	39	120
2023	39	112

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.04% in El Salvador and 3.9% in Laos. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	El Salvador	Laos
1960	18.5%	-
1961	18.1%	-
1962	17.7%	-
1963	17.3%	-
1964	17%	-
1965	16.6%	-
1966	16.3%	-
1967	16%	-
1968	15.6%	-
1969	15.3%	-
1970	15%	-
1971	14.6%	-
1972	14.3%	-
1973	13.9%	-
1974	13.5%	-
1975	13.1%	-
1976	12.6%	-
1977	12.1%	-
1978	11.6%	21.7%
1979	11.1%	21.1%
1980	12.5%	20.6%
1981	10%	20%
1982	9.46%	19.5%
1983	8.94%	18.9%
1984	8.42%	18.4%
1985	7.93%	18%
1986	7.47%	17.4%
1987	7.04%	16.9%
1988	6.65%	16.4%
1989	6.28%	15.9%
1990	5.94%	15.4%
1991	5.61%	14.9%
1992	5.3%	14.4%
1993	5%	13.9%
1994	4.71%	13.4%
1995	4.42%	12.9%
1996	4.15%	12.5%
1997	3.89%	12%
1998	3.65%	11.6%
1999	3.43%	11.2%
2000	3.23%	10.8%
2001	3.04%	10.3%
2002	2.86%	9.91%
2003	2.7%	9.49%
2004	2.55%	9.08%
2005	2.4%	8.68%
2006	2.27%	8.27%
2007	2.15%	7.88%
2008	2.04%	7.5%
2009	1.94%	7.14%
2010	1.84%	6.8%
2011	1.75%	6.47%
2012	1.67%	6.15%
2013	1.59%	5.86%
2014	1.52%	5.58%
2015	1.45%	5.32%
2016	1.39%	5.09%
2017	1.33%	4.88%
2018	1.27%	4.68%
2019	1.22%	4.51%
2020	1.17%	4.34%
2021	1.12%	4.19%
2022	1.08%	4.04%
2023	1.04%	3.9%