Fertility & birth rates in Laos and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Laos vs Sierra Leone 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 3.79 in Sierra Leone in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Laos vs Sierra Leone 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	Sierra Leone
1960	6.29	6.18
1961	6.31	6.21
1962	6.31	6.22
1963	6.32	6.26
1964	6.31	6.29
1965	6.32	6.31
1966	6.31	6.35
1967	6.31	6.38
1968	6.3	6.39
1969	6.3	6.39
1970	6.31	6.41
1971	6.3	6.43
1972	6.28	6.45
1973	6.28	6.47
1974	6.29	6.53
1975	6.29	6.55
1976	6.29	6.55
1977	6.29	6.57
1978	6.3	6.59
1979	6.31	6.58
1980	6.33	6.56
1981	6.35	6.55
1982	6.37	6.56
1983	6.38	6.57
1984	6.37	6.59
1985	6.33	6.59
1986	6.26	6.6
1987	6.21	6.61
1988	6.16	6.59
1989	6.1	6.57
1990	6.06	6.57
1991	5.99	6.55
1992	5.9	6.56
1993	5.8	6.57
1994	5.6	6.56
1995	5.36	6.56
1996	5.15	6.55
1997	4.96	6.53
1998	4.79	6.5
1999	4.64	6.42
2000	4.43	6.36
2001	4.29	6.31
2002	4.13	6.23
2003	4.02	6.09
2004	3.9	5.92
2005	3.69	5.81
2006	3.56	5.74
2007	3.44	5.64
2008	3.33	5.56
2009	3.23	5.45
2010	3.14	5.33
2011	3.05	5.21
2012	2.95	5.06
2013	2.87	4.87
2014	2.8	4.7
2015	2.8	4.55
2016	2.74	4.47
2017	2.69	4.39
2018	2.63	4.29
2019	2.59	4.19
2020	2.54	4.08
2021	2.49	3.98
2022	2.46	3.88
2023	2.42	3.79
2024	2.4	3.7
2025	2.36	3.61
2026	2.33	3.53
2027	2.3	3.47
2028	2.27	3.37
2029	2.24	3.3
2030	2.21	3.23
2031	2.19	3.18
2032	2.16	3.12
2033	2.14	3.07
2034	2.12	3.02
2035	2.1	2.97
2036	2.08	2.92
2037	2.06	2.88
2038	2.04	2.84
2039	2.03	2.79
2040	2.01	2.76
2041	1.99	2.72
2042	1.97	2.68
2043	1.96	2.65
2044	1.95	2.62
2045	1.94	2.58
2046	1.92	2.55
2047	1.91	2.53
2048	1.9	2.5
2049	1.89	2.47
2050	1.89	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Laos	Sierra Leone
1960	41.8%	38.2%
1961	41.8%	38.3%
1962	41.9%	38.3%
1963	42%	38.5%
1964	42.1%	38.8%
1965	42.2%	39.1%
1966	42.2%	39.4%
1967	42.2%	39.6%
1968	42.2%	39.9%
1969	42.2%	40.1%
1970	42.2%	40.3%
1971	42.3%	40.6%
1972	42.4%	40.7%
1973	42.4%	40.9%
1974	42.5%	41.1%
1975	42.7%	41.3%
1976	43%	41.4%
1977	43.2%	41.6%
1978	43.5%	41.7%
1979	43.8%	41.8%
1980	43.9%	41.9%
1981	44%	42%
1982	44.1%	42.1%
1983	44.1%	42.2%
1984	44.1%	42.3%
1985	44%	42.5%
1986	44%	42.6%
1987	44%	42.7%
1988	43.9%	42.8%
1989	43.9%	42.9%
1990	43.9%	42.9%
1991	43.9%	43%
1992	43.9%	43.1%
1993	43.9%	43.2%
1994	44%	43.3%
1995	43.9%	43.4%
1996	43.9%	43.5%
1997	43.8%	43.5%
1998	43.7%	43.6%
1999	43.5%	43.7%
2000	43.2%	43.8%
2001	42.9%	43.9%
2002	42.5%	43.9%
2003	42%	43.9%
2004	41.5%	43.9%
2005	40.9%	43.8%
2006	40%	43.7%
2007	39%	43.6%
2008	38%	43.5%
2009	37.1%	43.4%
2010	36.3%	43.2%
2011	35.6%	43%
2012	34.9%	42.8%
2013	34.3%	42.5%
2014	33.7%	42.2%
2015	33.2%	41.8%
2016	32.9%	41.4%
2017	32.5%	41%
2018	32.2%	40.6%
2019	31.9%	40.2%
2020	31.6%	39.8%
2021	31.3%	39.4%
2022	30.9%	39%
2023	30.6%	38.5%
2024	30.2%	38.1%
2025	29.8%	37.7%
2026	29.5%	37.2%
2027	29.1%	36.8%
2028	28.8%	36.3%
2029	28.4%	35.9%
2030	27.9%	35.5%
2031	27.5%	35.2%
2032	27.1%	34.8%
2033	26.6%	34.4%
2034	26.2%	34%
2035	25.8%	33.6%
2036	25.5%	33.2%
2037	25.1%	32.8%
2038	24.8%	32.4%
2039	24.4%	32%
2040	24.1%	31.6%
2041	23.8%	31.2%
2042	23.5%	30.9%
2043	23.2%	30.5%
2044	22.9%	30.2%
2045	22.7%	29.8%
2046	22.4%	29.5%
2047	22.1%	29.2%
2048	21.9%	28.8%
2049	21.6%	28.5%
2050	21.4%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.2% of the population in Laos and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 43.9% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Laos and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Laos vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.65% in Laos and +2.31% in Sierra Leone. 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	Sierra Leone
1960	47,575	38,192
1961	48,992	40,022
1962	51,244	41,603
1963	51,056	43,569
1964	52,482	45,487
1965	54,268	47,223
1966	55,494	49,486
1967	57,763	51,734
1968	59,567	53,126
1969	61,595	54,768
1970	63,896	56,513
1971	65,959	58,484
1972	68,095	60,279
1973	70,513	62,443
1974	74,652	65,357
1975	76,725	67,560
1976	77,575	69,506
1977	79,149	71,663
1978	80,604	74,130
1979	82,852	75,992
1980	86,548	77,932
1981	89,963	80,111
1982	94,058	82,457
1983	98,178	84,628
1984	102,318	87,072
1985	106,047	88,869
1986	109,266	90,902
1987	113,005	94,235
1988	117,050	96,344
1989	121,044	98,298
1990	125,297	100,778
1991	129,523	105,477
1992	132,417	103,251
1993	135,295	103,317
1994	134,201	101,486
1995	132,241	100,885
1996	131,142	104,140
1997	130,388	105,433
1998	128,409	103,906
1999	127,255	102,295
2000	124,201	110,754
2001	123,847	116,647
2002	122,110	126,429
2003	122,158	130,312
2004	121,888	132,661
2005	118,165	137,234
2006	118,602	144,127
2007	119,980	145,740
2008	121,042	149,855
2009	122,174	152,669
2010	122,516	155,338
2011	122,863	158,858
2012	121,324	160,915
2013	119,845	161,265
2014	118,103	160,137
2015	118,723	162,275
2016	119,978	168,784
2017	120,515	173,259
2018	119,986	178,772
2019	119,797	181,068
2020	118,609	181,015
2021	115,323	183,326
2022	116,620	186,625
2023	115,359	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Laos vs Sierra Leone

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 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Laos	Sierra Leone
1985	994	1,506
1986	963	1,530
1987	930	1,533
1988	898	1,549
1989	856	1,575
1990	834	1,572
1991	798	1,699
1992	781	1,681
1993	751	1,696
1994	741	1,755
1995	709	1,777
1996	682	1,726
1997	660	1,721
1998	647	1,753
1999	638	1,731
2000	609	1,603
2001	574	1,518
2002	550	1,492
2003	524	1,433
2004	492	1,366
2005	458	1,294
2006	432	1,168
2007	402	1,132
2008	374	1,093
2009	336	1,054
2010	305	1,018
2011	267	967
2012	241	915
2013	215	842
2014	193	821
2015	180	730
2016	165	633
2017	154	578
2018	145	491
2019	137	464
2020	132	422
2021	139	403
2022	120	370
2023	112	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.9% in Laos and 9.43% in Sierra Leone. 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	Sierra Leone
1960	-	39.1%
1961	-	38.5%
1962	-	38%
1963	-	37.4%
1964	-	36.8%
1965	-	36.2%
1966	-	35.6%
1967	-	35%
1968	-	34.5%
1969	-	33.9%
1970	-	33.4%
1971	-	32.9%
1972	-	32.3%
1973	-	31.9%
1974	-	31.4%
1975	-	30.9%
1976	-	30.5%
1977	-	30%
1978	21.7%	29.6%
1979	21.1%	29.2%
1980	20.6%	28.9%
1981	20%	28.5%
1982	19.5%	28.1%
1983	18.9%	27.8%
1984	18.4%	27.5%
1985	18%	27.2%
1986	17.4%	26.9%
1987	16.9%	26.6%
1988	16.4%	26.4%
1989	15.9%	26.2%
1990	15.4%	25.9%
1991	14.9%	25.7%
1992	14.4%	25.5%
1993	13.9%	25.3%
1994	13.4%	25%
1995	12.9%	24.7%
1996	12.5%	24.3%
1997	12%	23.9%
1998	11.6%	23.4%
1999	11.2%	22.9%
2000	10.8%	22.4%
2001	10.3%	21.8%
2002	9.91%	21.3%
2003	9.49%	20.7%
2004	9.08%	20.1%
2005	8.68%	19.4%
2006	8.27%	18.8%
2007	7.88%	18.1%
2008	7.5%	17.3%
2009	7.14%	16.6%
2010	6.8%	15.9%
2011	6.47%	15.2%
2012	6.15%	14.5%
2013	5.86%	13.9%
2014	5.58%	13.7%
2015	5.32%	13.8%
2016	5.09%	12.3%
2017	4.88%	11.8%
2018	4.68%	11.3%
2019	4.51%	10.9%
2020	4.34%	10.5%
2021	4.19%	10.1%
2022	4.04%	9.77%
2023	3.9%	9.43%