Fertility & birth rates in Ethiopia and Laos

Fertility rate in Ethiopia vs Laos chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ethiopia was 3.99 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 Ethiopia 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
	Ethiopia	Laos
1960	6.51	6.29
1961	6.53	6.31
1962	6.56	6.31
1963	6.59	6.32
1964	6.61	6.31
1965	6.63	6.32
1966	6.66	6.31
1967	6.68	6.31
1968	6.7	6.3
1969	6.72	6.3
1970	6.78	6.31
1971	6.84	6.3
1972	6.9	6.28
1973	6.96	6.28
1974	7.02	6.29
1975	7.08	6.29
1976	7.13	6.29
1977	7.19	6.29
1978	7.23	6.3
1979	7.25	6.31
1980	7.29	6.33
1981	7.31	6.35
1982	7.34	6.37
1983	7.35	6.38
1984	7.36	6.37
1985	7.34	6.33
1986	7.32	6.26
1987	7.29	6.21
1988	7.26	6.16
1989	7.23	6.1
1990	7.2	6.06
1991	7.16	5.99
1992	7.13	5.9
1993	7.09	5.8
1994	7.05	5.6
1995	7	5.36
1996	6.93	5.15
1997	6.87	4.96
1998	6.79	4.79
1999	6.72	4.64
2000	6.65	4.43
2001	6.58	4.29
2002	6.5	4.13
2003	6.4	4.02
2004	6.3	3.9
2005	6.19	3.69
2006	6.05	3.56
2007	5.89	3.44
2008	5.7	3.33
2009	5.49	3.23
2010	5.28	3.14
2011	5.08	3.05
2012	4.89	2.95
2013	4.71	2.87
2014	4.61	2.8
2015	4.53	2.8
2016	4.47	2.74
2017	4.4	2.69
2018	4.37	2.63
2019	4.35	2.59
2020	4.27	2.54
2021	4.18	2.49
2022	4.08	2.46
2023	3.99	2.42
2024	3.91	2.4
2025	3.81	2.36
2026	3.72	2.33
2027	3.64	2.3
2028	3.57	2.27
2029	3.5	2.24
2030	3.43	2.21
2031	3.36	2.19
2032	3.3	2.16
2033	3.24	2.14
2034	3.19	2.12
2035	3.14	2.1
2036	3.08	2.08
2037	3.03	2.06
2038	2.99	2.04
2039	2.94	2.03
2040	2.9	2.01
2041	2.86	1.99
2042	2.83	1.97
2043	2.79	1.96
2044	2.75	1.95
2045	2.72	1.94
2046	2.68	1.92
2047	2.65	1.91
2048	2.62	1.9
2049	2.59	1.89
2050	2.55	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ethiopia	Laos
1960	42.2%	41.8%
1961	42.2%	41.8%
1962	42.1%	41.9%
1963	42.2%	42%
1964	42.3%	42.1%
1965	42.5%	42.2%
1966	42.9%	42.2%
1967	43.2%	42.2%
1968	43.5%	42.2%
1969	43.8%	42.2%
1970	44.2%	42.2%
1971	44.5%	42.3%
1972	44.9%	42.4%
1973	45.2%	42.4%
1974	45.4%	42.5%
1975	45.6%	42.7%
1976	45.7%	43%
1977	45.9%	43.2%
1978	46.1%	43.5%
1979	46.2%	43.8%
1980	46.3%	43.9%
1981	46.4%	44%
1982	46.5%	44.1%
1983	46.4%	44.1%
1984	46.2%	44.1%
1985	46.1%	44%
1986	46%	44%
1987	46%	44%
1988	46%	43.9%
1989	46.1%	43.9%
1990	46.2%	43.9%
1991	46.2%	43.9%
1992	46.2%	43.9%
1993	46.4%	43.9%
1994	46.5%	44%
1995	46.7%	43.9%
1996	46.9%	43.9%
1997	47.1%	43.8%
1998	47.4%	43.7%
1999	47.6%	43.5%
2000	47.7%	43.2%
2001	47.8%	42.9%
2002	47.8%	42.5%
2003	47.7%	42%
2004	47.6%	41.5%
2005	47.4%	40.9%
2006	47.2%	40%
2007	46.9%	39%
2008	46.6%	38%
2009	46.2%	37.1%
2010	45.7%	36.3%
2011	45.2%	35.6%
2012	44.6%	34.9%
2013	44%	34.3%
2014	43.4%	33.7%
2015	42.9%	33.2%
2016	42.3%	32.9%
2017	41.8%	32.5%
2018	41.3%	32.2%
2019	40.9%	31.9%
2020	40.5%	31.6%
2021	40.1%	31.3%
2022	39.7%	30.9%
2023	39.4%	30.6%
2024	39.1%	30.2%
2025	38.8%	29.8%
2026	38.5%	29.5%
2027	38.3%	29.1%
2028	38.1%	28.8%
2029	37.8%	28.4%
2030	37.6%	27.9%
2031	37.3%	27.5%
2032	37%	27.1%
2033	36.6%	26.6%
2034	36.2%	26.2%
2035	35.8%	25.8%
2036	35.4%	25.5%
2037	34.9%	25.1%
2038	34.5%	24.8%
2039	34%	24.4%
2040	33.6%	24.1%
2041	33.2%	23.8%
2042	32.8%	23.5%
2043	32.4%	23.2%
2044	32%	22.9%
2045	31.7%	22.7%
2046	31.3%	22.4%
2047	31%	22.1%
2048	30.7%	21.9%
2049	30.3%	21.6%
2050	30%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.1% of the population in Ethiopia and 30.2% in Laos in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 43.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ethiopia and Laos compared.

Natural population change in Ethiopia vs Laos by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Ethiopia 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
	Ethiopia	Laos
1960	511,694	47,575
1961	538,518	48,992
1962	563,650	51,244
1963	590,998	51,056
1964	618,667	52,482
1965	642,359	54,268
1966	616,281	55,494
1967	695,283	57,763
1968	715,602	59,567
1969	736,428	61,595
1970	760,821	63,896
1971	787,047	65,959
1972	779,808	68,095
1973	807,535	70,513
1974	777,306	74,652
1975	801,425	76,725
1976	899,577	77,575
1977	929,381	79,149
1978	943,388	80,604
1979	987,203	82,852
1980	1,007,516	86,548
1981	1,018,838	89,963
1982	1,080,853	94,058
1983	863,472	98,178
1984	920,670	102,318
1985	997,050	106,047
1986	1,050,277	109,266
1987	1,356,853	113,005
1988	1,393,356	117,050
1989	1,441,769	121,044
1990	1,479,663	125,297
1991	1,579,416	129,523
1992	1,673,839	132,417
1993	1,734,851	135,295
1994	1,788,133	134,201
1995	1,831,068	132,241
1996	1,896,364	131,142
1997	1,945,112	130,388
1998	1,984,989	128,409
1999	2,010,987	127,255
2000	2,083,622	124,201
2001	2,137,791	123,847
2002	2,189,683	122,110
2003	2,231,223	122,158
2004	2,296,999	121,888
2005	2,353,375	118,165
2006	2,393,585	118,602
2007	2,436,753	119,980
2008	2,465,283	121,042
2009	2,467,118	122,174
2010	2,498,048	122,516
2011	2,527,811	122,863
2012	2,533,398	121,324
2013	2,546,020	119,845
2014	2,623,647	118,103
2015	2,713,529	118,723
2016	2,809,889	119,978
2017	2,899,143	120,515
2018	3,015,231	119,986
2019	3,132,780	119,797
2020	3,199,718	118,609
2021	3,204,673	115,323
2022	3,300,114	116,620
2023	3,338,649	115,359

Maternal mortality chart: Ethiopia vs Laos

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 195 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ethiopia, compared to 112 deaths in Laos.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ethiopia	Laos
1985	1,329	994
1986	1,317	963
1987	1,289	930
1988	1,306	898
1989	1,296	856
1990	1,320	834
1991	1,239	798
1992	1,218	781
1993	1,168	751
1994	1,113	741
1995	1,060	709
1996	1,008	682
1997	957	660
1998	911	647
1999	901	638
2000	870	609
2001	856	574
2002	826	550
2003	797	524
2004	764	492
2005	754	458
2006	729	432
2007	704	402
2008	678	374
2009	649	336
2010	619	305
2011	588	267
2012	545	241
2013	494	215
2014	444	193
2015	401	180
2016	364	165
2017	327	154
2018	297	145
2019	269	137
2020	244	132
2021	250	139
2022	207	120
2023	195	112

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.65% in Ethiopia 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
	Ethiopia	Laos
1966	27.8%	-
1967	24.9%	-
1968	24.8%	-
1969	24.8%	-
1970	24.7%	-
1971	24.7%	-
1972	24.7%	-
1973	24.6%	-
1974	28.3%	-
1975	28.2%	-
1976	24.5%	-
1977	24.5%	-
1978	24.4%	21.7%
1979	24.2%	21.1%
1980	24%	20.6%
1981	23.8%	20%
1982	23.5%	19.5%
1983	32%	18.9%
1984	31.4%	18.4%
1985	30.3%	18%
1986	29.7%	17.4%
1987	21.5%	16.9%
1988	21%	16.4%
1989	20.6%	15.9%
1990	20.2%	15.4%
1991	19.7%	14.9%
1992	19.1%	14.4%
1993	18.5%	13.9%
1994	17.9%	13.4%
1995	17.2%	12.9%
1996	16.6%	12.5%
1997	15.9%	12%
1998	15.3%	11.6%
1999	14.7%	11.2%
2000	14%	10.8%
2001	13.4%	10.3%
2002	12.8%	9.91%
2003	12.1%	9.49%
2004	11.5%	9.08%
2005	10.9%	8.68%
2006	10.3%	8.27%
2007	9.74%	7.88%
2008	9.23%	7.5%
2009	8.76%	7.14%
2010	8.32%	6.8%
2011	7.91%	6.47%
2012	7.53%	6.15%
2013	7.16%	5.86%
2014	6.82%	5.58%
2015	6.49%	5.32%
2016	6.17%	5.09%
2017	5.89%	4.88%
2018	5.64%	4.68%
2019	5.41%	4.51%
2020	5.2%	4.34%
2021	5%	4.19%
2022	4.82%	4.04%
2023	4.65%	3.9%