Fertility & birth rates in Laos and Paraguay

Fertility rate in Laos vs Paraguay 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 2.42 in Paraguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Laos vs Paraguay 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	Paraguay
1960	6.29	6.5
1961	6.31	6.49
1962	6.31	6.47
1963	6.32	6.45
1964	6.31	6.42
1965	6.32	6.35
1966	6.31	6.23
1967	6.31	6.1
1968	6.3	5.97
1969	6.3	5.84
1970	6.31	5.72
1971	6.3	5.59
1972	6.28	5.46
1973	6.28	5.35
1974	6.29	5.27
1975	6.29	5.18
1976	6.29	5.12
1977	6.29	5.08
1978	6.3	5.04
1979	6.31	5.06
1980	6.33	5.1
1981	6.35	5.15
1982	6.37	5.13
1983	6.38	5.09
1984	6.37	5.04
1985	6.33	4.97
1986	6.26	4.93
1987	6.21	4.85
1988	6.16	4.77
1989	6.1	4.68
1990	6.06	4.57
1991	5.99	4.48
1992	5.9	4.4
1993	5.8	4.28
1994	5.6	4.2
1995	5.36	4.11
1996	5.15	4.01
1997	4.96	3.91
1998	4.79	3.8
1999	4.64	3.67
2000	4.43	3.51
2001	4.29	3.36
2002	4.13	3.23
2003	4.02	3.12
2004	3.9	3.05
2005	3.69	2.97
2006	3.56	2.89
2007	3.44	2.82
2008	3.33	2.79
2009	3.23	2.76
2010	3.14	2.7
2011	3.05	2.67
2012	2.95	2.66
2013	2.87	2.64
2014	2.8	2.65
2015	2.8	2.65
2016	2.74	2.62
2017	2.69	2.59
2018	2.63	2.56
2019	2.59	2.53
2020	2.54	2.5
2021	2.49	2.47
2022	2.46	2.44
2023	2.42	2.42
2024	2.4	2.42
2025	2.36	2.39
2026	2.33	2.37
2027	2.3	2.35
2028	2.27	2.33
2029	2.24	2.31
2030	2.21	2.29
2031	2.19	2.27
2032	2.16	2.26
2033	2.14	2.24
2034	2.12	2.22
2035	2.1	2.21
2036	2.08	2.19
2037	2.06	2.17
2038	2.04	2.16
2039	2.03	2.14
2040	2.01	2.13
2041	1.99	2.12
2042	1.97	2.11
2043	1.96	2.09
2044	1.95	2.08
2045	1.94	2.07
2046	1.92	2.06
2047	1.91	2.05
2048	1.9	2.04
2049	1.89	2.03
2050	1.89	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Laos	Paraguay
1960	41.8%	46.3%
1961	41.8%	46.2%
1962	41.9%	46.1%
1963	42%	46%
1964	42.1%	46%
1965	42.2%	46%
1966	42.2%	46%
1967	42.2%	45.9%
1968	42.2%	45.8%
1969	42.2%	45.7%
1970	42.2%	45.5%
1971	42.3%	45.2%
1972	42.4%	45%
1973	42.4%	44.6%
1974	42.5%	44.2%
1975	42.7%	43.7%
1976	43%	43.3%
1977	43.2%	42.8%
1978	43.5%	42.4%
1979	43.8%	42%
1980	43.9%	41.6%
1981	44%	41.4%
1982	44.1%	41.2%
1983	44.1%	41.2%
1984	44.1%	41.2%
1985	44%	41.2%
1986	44%	41.3%
1987	44%	41.3%
1988	43.9%	41.4%
1989	43.9%	41.5%
1990	43.9%	41.5%
1991	43.9%	41.5%
1992	43.9%	41.5%
1993	43.9%	41.4%
1994	44%	41.3%
1995	43.9%	41.1%
1996	43.9%	40.8%
1997	43.8%	40.4%
1998	43.7%	40%
1999	43.5%	39.5%
2000	43.2%	39%
2001	42.9%	38.4%
2002	42.5%	37.9%
2003	42%	37.3%
2004	41.5%	36.6%
2005	40.9%	35.8%
2006	40%	35.1%
2007	39%	34.4%
2008	38%	33.8%
2009	37.1%	33.2%
2010	36.3%	32.5%
2011	35.6%	32%
2012	34.9%	31.4%
2013	34.3%	30.9%
2014	33.7%	30.5%
2015	33.2%	30.2%
2016	32.9%	29.9%
2017	32.5%	29.7%
2018	32.2%	29.5%
2019	31.9%	29.3%
2020	31.6%	29.1%
2021	31.3%	29%
2022	30.9%	28.9%
2023	30.6%	28.8%
2024	30.2%	28.6%
2025	29.8%	28.4%
2026	29.5%	28.1%
2027	29.1%	27.9%
2028	28.8%	27.6%
2029	28.4%	27.3%
2030	27.9%	26.9%
2031	27.5%	26.5%
2032	27.1%	26.1%
2033	26.6%	25.8%
2034	26.2%	25.4%
2035	25.8%	25%
2036	25.5%	24.7%
2037	25.1%	24.4%
2038	24.8%	24.1%
2039	24.4%	23.8%
2040	24.1%	23.5%
2041	23.8%	23.2%
2042	23.5%	23%
2043	23.2%	22.7%
2044	22.9%	22.5%
2045	22.7%	22.3%
2046	22.4%	22.1%
2047	22.1%	22%
2048	21.9%	21.8%
2049	21.6%	21.6%
2050	21.4%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.2% of the population in Laos and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 43.9% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Laos and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in Laos vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.65% in Laos and +1.56% in Paraguay. 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	Paraguay
1960	47,575	60,009
1961	48,992	61,536
1962	51,244	63,079
1963	51,056	64,741
1964	52,482	65,681
1965	54,268	66,063
1966	55,494	66,002
1967	57,763	65,695
1968	59,567	65,575
1969	61,595	65,616
1970	63,896	65,905
1971	65,959	66,142
1972	68,095	66,625
1973	70,513	67,803
1974	74,652	69,059
1975	76,725	70,285
1976	77,575	71,973
1977	79,149	74,359
1978	80,604	76,691
1979	82,852	80,345
1980	86,548	84,568
1981	89,963	89,456
1982	94,058	92,917
1983	98,178	96,406
1984	102,318	99,937
1985	106,047	102,859
1986	109,266	105,776
1987	113,005	107,962
1988	117,050	110,348
1989	121,044	111,727
1990	125,297	112,864
1991	129,523	114,472
1992	132,417	115,442
1993	135,295	115,211
1994	134,201	115,662
1995	132,241	115,777
1996	131,142	115,623
1997	130,388	115,095
1998	128,409	114,122
1999	127,255	112,726
2000	124,201	109,979
2001	123,847	107,225
2002	122,110	104,658
2003	122,158	102,427
2004	121,888	101,896
2005	118,165	101,035
2006	118,602	99,808
2007	119,980	99,141
2008	121,042	99,821
2009	122,174	100,296
2010	122,516	99,456
2011	122,863	100,442
2012	121,324	102,508
2013	119,845	103,383
2014	118,103	105,585
2015	118,723	106,817
2016	119,978	106,804
2017	120,515	105,634
2018	119,986	104,908
2019	119,797	103,179
2020	118,609	98,667
2021	115,323	78,667
2022	116,620	94,627
2023	115,359	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: Laos vs Paraguay

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 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Laos	Paraguay
1985	994	237
1986	963	230
1987	930	225
1988	898	220
1989	856	209
1990	834	198
1991	798	192
1992	781	195
1993	751	197
1994	741	201
1995	709	202
1996	682	203
1997	660	205
1998	647	207
1999	638	207
2000	609	207
2001	574	207
2002	550	206
2003	524	203
2004	492	199
2005	458	194
2006	432	186
2007	402	177
2008	374	166
2009	336	152
2010	305	136
2011	267	120
2012	241	100
2013	215	84
2014	193	70
2015	180	64
2016	165	60
2017	154	58
2018	145	58
2019	137	58
2020	132	69
2021	139	140
2022	120	78
2023	112	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.9% in Laos and 1.7% in Paraguay. 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	Paraguay
1960	-	8.18%
1961	-	8.11%
1962	-	8.06%
1963	-	8.02%
1964	-	7.99%
1965	-	7.96%
1966	-	7.94%
1967	-	7.91%
1968	-	7.88%
1969	-	7.84%
1970	-	7.79%
1971	-	7.73%
1972	-	7.66%
1973	-	7.57%
1974	-	7.46%
1975	-	7.34%
1976	-	7.21%
1977	-	7.06%
1978	21.7%	6.91%
1979	21.1%	6.74%
1980	20.6%	6.55%
1981	20%	6.35%
1982	19.5%	6.14%
1983	18.9%	5.92%
1984	18.4%	5.71%
1985	18%	5.5%
1986	17.4%	5.3%
1987	16.9%	5.1%
1988	16.4%	4.92%
1989	15.9%	4.73%
1990	15.4%	4.55%
1991	14.9%	4.38%
1992	14.4%	4.23%
1993	13.9%	4.08%
1994	13.4%	3.95%
1995	12.9%	3.83%
1996	12.5%	3.72%
1997	12%	3.62%
1998	11.6%	3.53%
1999	11.2%	3.45%
2000	10.8%	3.36%
2001	10.3%	3.29%
2002	9.91%	3.22%
2003	9.49%	3.14%
2004	9.08%	3.07%
2005	8.68%	2.99%
2006	8.27%	2.91%
2007	7.88%	2.83%
2008	7.5%	2.75%
2009	7.14%	2.67%
2010	6.8%	2.59%
2011	6.47%	2.51%
2012	6.15%	2.44%
2013	5.86%	2.37%
2014	5.58%	2.3%
2015	5.32%	2.22%
2016	5.09%	2.15%
2017	4.88%	2.08%
2018	4.68%	2.01%
2019	4.51%	1.94%
2020	4.34%	1.88%
2021	4.19%	1.82%
2022	4.04%	1.76%
2023	3.9%	1.7%