Fertility & birth rates in Laos and Nicaragua

Fertility rate in Laos vs Nicaragua chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Laos was 2.42 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.22 in Nicaragua in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Laos	Nicaragua
1960	6.29	7.16
1961	6.31	7.11
1962	6.31	7.1
1963	6.32	7.08
1964	6.31	7.06
1965	6.32	7.03
1966	6.31	6.99
1967	6.31	6.94
1968	6.3	6.89
1969	6.3	6.83
1970	6.31	6.77
1971	6.3	6.71
1972	6.28	6.65
1973	6.28	6.59
1974	6.29	6.52
1975	6.29	6.45
1976	6.29	6.37
1977	6.29	6.28
1978	6.3	6.16
1979	6.31	6.07
1980	6.33	5.96
1981	6.35	5.84
1982	6.37	5.74
1983	6.38	5.61
1984	6.37	5.49
1985	6.33	5.36
1986	6.26	5.22
1987	6.21	5.07
1988	6.16	4.93
1989	6.1	4.76
1990	6.06	4.6
1991	5.99	4.43
1992	5.9	4.27
1993	5.8	4.1
1994	5.6	3.94
1995	5.36	3.78
1996	5.15	3.62
1997	4.96	3.47
1998	4.79	3.34
1999	4.64	3.22
2000	4.43	3.12
2001	4.29	3
2002	4.13	2.89
2003	4.02	2.83
2004	3.9	2.78
2005	3.69	2.77
2006	3.56	2.73
2007	3.44	2.7
2008	3.33	2.66
2009	3.23	2.63
2010	3.14	2.6
2011	3.05	2.56
2012	2.95	2.53
2013	2.87	2.49
2014	2.8	2.46
2015	2.8	2.43
2016	2.74	2.41
2017	2.69	2.38
2018	2.63	2.35
2019	2.59	2.32
2020	2.54	2.3
2021	2.49	2.27
2022	2.46	2.24
2023	2.42	2.22
2024	2.4	2.21
2025	2.36	2.18
2026	2.33	2.16
2027	2.3	2.14
2028	2.27	2.11
2029	2.24	2.09
2030	2.21	2.07
2031	2.19	2.05
2032	2.16	2.04
2033	2.14	2.02
2034	2.12	2.01
2035	2.1	2
2036	2.08	1.98
2037	2.06	1.97
2038	2.04	1.96
2039	2.03	1.95
2040	2.01	1.94
2041	1.99	1.93
2042	1.97	1.92
2043	1.96	1.91
2044	1.95	1.9
2045	1.94	1.89
2046	1.92	1.89
2047	1.91	1.88
2048	1.9	1.87
2049	1.89	1.87
2050	1.89	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Laos	Nicaragua
1960	41.8%	47.6%
1961	41.8%	47.8%
1962	41.9%	48%
1963	42%	48.2%
1964	42.1%	48.2%
1965	42.2%	48.1%
1966	42.2%	47.9%
1967	42.2%	47.8%
1968	42.2%	47.7%
1969	42.2%	47.6%
1970	42.2%	47.5%
1971	42.3%	47.5%
1972	42.4%	47.4%
1973	42.4%	47.4%
1974	42.5%	47.3%
1975	42.7%	47.3%
1976	43%	47.3%
1977	43.2%	47.2%
1978	43.5%	47.3%
1979	43.8%	47.3%
1980	43.9%	47.3%
1981	44%	47.3%
1982	44.1%	47.3%
1983	44.1%	47.2%
1984	44.1%	47.2%
1985	44%	47.1%
1986	44%	47%
1987	44%	46.9%
1988	43.9%	46.7%
1989	43.9%	46.4%
1990	43.9%	46.1%
1991	43.9%	45.7%
1992	43.9%	45.2%
1993	43.9%	44.8%
1994	44%	44.3%
1995	43.9%	43.7%
1996	43.9%	43.1%
1997	43.8%	42.4%
1998	43.7%	41.7%
1999	43.5%	41%
2000	43.2%	40.3%
2001	42.9%	39.6%
2002	42.5%	38.9%
2003	42%	38.2%
2004	41.5%	37.5%
2005	40.9%	36.8%
2006	40%	36.2%
2007	39%	35.7%
2008	38%	35.2%
2009	37.1%	34.7%
2010	36.3%	34.2%
2011	35.6%	33.8%
2012	34.9%	33.3%
2013	34.3%	32.9%
2014	33.7%	32.6%
2015	33.2%	32.2%
2016	32.9%	31.8%
2017	32.5%	31.5%
2018	32.2%	31.1%
2019	31.9%	30.8%
2020	31.6%	30.4%
2021	31.3%	30.1%
2022	30.9%	29.6%
2023	30.6%	29.2%
2024	30.2%	28.8%
2025	29.8%	28.3%
2026	29.5%	27.9%
2027	29.1%	27.4%
2028	28.8%	27%
2029	28.4%	26.6%
2030	27.9%	26.2%
2031	27.5%	25.8%
2032	27.1%	25.4%
2033	26.6%	25%
2034	26.2%	24.7%
2035	25.8%	24.4%
2036	25.5%	24%
2037	25.1%	23.7%
2038	24.8%	23.4%
2039	24.4%	23.1%
2040	24.1%	22.8%
2041	23.8%	22.5%
2042	23.5%	22.2%
2043	23.2%	22%
2044	22.9%	21.7%
2045	22.7%	21.4%
2046	22.4%	21.2%
2047	22.1%	20.9%
2048	21.9%	20.7%
2049	21.6%	20.5%
2050	21.4%	20.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.2% of the population in Laos and 28.8% in Nicaragua in 2024, compared to 43.9% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Laos and Nicaragua compared.

Natural population change in Laos vs Nicaragua by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.65% in Laos and +1.58% in Nicaragua. 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
	Laos	Nicaragua
1960	47,575	55,664
1961	48,992	57,499
1962	51,244	59,547
1963	51,056	61,738
1964	52,482	64,227
1965	54,268	67,056
1966	55,494	69,883
1967	57,763	72,722
1968	59,567	75,458
1969	61,595	78,237
1970	63,896	81,127
1971	65,959	84,139
1972	68,095	76,906
1973	70,513	89,662
1974	74,652	92,505
1975	76,725	95,230
1976	77,575	98,100
1977	79,149	100,498
1978	80,604	98,419
1979	82,852	96,429
1980	86,548	108,604
1981	89,963	110,421
1982	94,058	112,468
1983	98,178	110,618
1984	102,318	110,133
1985	106,047	110,949
1986	109,266	113,054
1987	113,005	112,885
1988	117,050	117,299
1989	121,044	120,128
1990	125,297	120,677
1991	129,523	121,787
1992	132,417	121,204
1993	135,295	120,469
1994	134,201	119,565
1995	132,241	118,325
1996	131,142	116,849
1997	130,388	114,415
1998	128,409	108,862
1999	127,255	110,217
2000	124,201	109,192
2001	123,847	107,109
2002	122,110	105,805
2003	122,158	106,142
2004	121,888	106,904
2005	118,165	108,984
2006	118,602	110,073
2007	119,980	110,341
2008	121,042	110,395
2009	122,174	110,213
2010	122,516	110,475
2011	122,863	110,026
2012	121,324	110,065
2013	119,845	109,032
2014	118,103	108,420
2015	118,723	107,344
2016	119,978	106,585
2017	120,515	105,468
2018	119,986	104,814
2019	119,797	102,817
2020	118,609	90,515
2021	115,323	89,213
2022	116,620	100,987
2023	115,359	100,921

Maternal mortality chart: Laos vs Nicaragua

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 112 deaths per 100,000 live births in Laos, compared to 60 deaths in Nicaragua.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Laos	Nicaragua
1985	994	319
1986	963	313
1987	930	316
1988	898	301
1989	856	286
1990	834	281
1991	798	273
1992	781	272
1993	751	265
1994	741	256
1995	709	251
1996	682	244
1997	660	236
1998	647	239
1999	638	228
2000	609	213
2001	574	194
2002	550	170
2003	524	154
2004	492	140
2005	458	124
2006	432	113
2007	402	106
2008	374	101
2009	336	99
2010	305	96
2011	267	93
2012	241	88
2013	215	86
2014	193	83
2015	180	81
2016	165	77
2017	154	72
2018	145	67
2019	137	69
2020	132	87
2021	139	124
2022	120	61
2023	112	60

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.9% in Laos and 1.34% in Nicaragua. 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
	Laos	Nicaragua
1960	-	19.8%
1961	-	19.6%
1962	-	19.4%
1963	-	19.2%
1964	-	19%
1965	-	18.7%
1966	-	18.4%
1967	-	18.1%
1968	-	17.8%
1969	-	17.4%
1970	-	17.1%
1971	-	16.6%
1972	-	18.7%
1973	-	15.6%
1974	-	15%
1975	-	14.4%
1976	-	13.7%
1977	-	12.9%
1978	21.7%	12.2%
1979	21.1%	11.5%
1980	20.6%	10.8%
1981	20%	10.2%
1982	19.5%	9.58%
1983	18.9%	9.07%
1984	18.4%	8.62%
1985	18%	8.21%
1986	17.4%	7.85%
1987	16.9%	7.53%
1988	16.4%	7.22%
1989	15.9%	6.92%
1990	15.4%	6.62%
1991	14.9%	6.31%
1992	14.4%	6%
1993	13.9%	5.69%
1994	13.4%	5.39%
1995	12.9%	5.09%
1996	12.5%	4.81%
1997	12%	4.54%
1998	11.6%	5.01%
1999	11.2%	4.04%
2000	10.8%	3.82%
2001	10.3%	3.62%
2002	9.91%	3.43%
2003	9.49%	3.26%
2004	9.08%	3.1%
2005	8.68%	2.95%
2006	8.27%	2.81%
2007	7.88%	2.68%
2008	7.5%	2.55%
2009	7.14%	2.44%
2010	6.8%	2.33%
2011	6.47%	2.22%
2012	6.15%	2.13%
2013	5.86%	2.03%
2014	5.58%	1.94%
2015	5.32%	1.86%
2016	5.09%	1.78%
2017	4.88%	1.71%
2018	4.68%	1.64%
2019	4.51%	1.57%
2020	4.34%	1.51%
2021	4.19%	1.45%
2022	4.04%	1.39%
2023	3.9%	1.34%