Fertility & birth rates in Laos and Uzbekistan

Fertility rate in Laos vs Uzbekistan 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 3.5 in Uzbekistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Laos	Uzbekistan
1960	6.29	6.61
1961	6.31	6.75
1962	6.31	6.88
1963	6.32	6.81
1964	6.31	6.82
1965	6.32	6.81
1966	6.31	6.66
1967	6.31	6.57
1968	6.3	6.39
1969	6.3	6.34
1970	6.31	6.31
1971	6.3	6.28
1972	6.28	6.25
1973	6.28	6.16
1974	6.29	6.05
1975	6.29	5.92
1976	6.29	5.75
1977	6.29	5.54
1978	6.3	5.28
1979	6.31	5.16
1980	6.33	5.04
1981	6.35	4.91
1982	6.37	4.82
1983	6.38	4.71
1984	6.37	4.73
1985	6.33	4.69
1986	6.26	4.68
1987	6.21	4.53
1988	6.16	4.26
1989	6.1	4.1
1990	6.06	4.12
1991	5.99	4.19
1992	5.9	4.06
1993	5.8	3.86
1994	5.6	3.66
1995	5.36	3.57
1996	5.15	3.39
1997	4.96	3.19
1998	4.79	2.99
1999	4.64	2.83
2000	4.43	2.7
2001	4.29	2.61
2002	4.13	2.58
2003	4.02	2.5
2004	3.9	2.5
2005	3.69	2.44
2006	3.56	2.46
2007	3.44	2.57
2008	3.33	2.64
2009	3.23	2.56
2010	3.14	2.44
2011	3.05	2.35
2012	2.95	2.34
2013	2.87	2.44
2014	2.8	2.55
2015	2.8	2.58
2016	2.74	2.56
2017	2.69	2.57
2018	2.63	2.71
2019	2.59	2.87
2020	2.54	3.06
2021	2.49	3.27
2022	2.46	3.4
2023	2.42	3.5
2024	2.4	3.49
2025	2.36	3.45
2026	2.33	3.4
2027	2.3	3.36
2028	2.27	3.31
2029	2.24	3.27
2030	2.21	3.22
2031	2.19	3.18
2032	2.16	3.13
2033	2.14	3.09
2034	2.12	3.05
2035	2.1	3.01
2036	2.08	2.98
2037	2.06	2.94
2038	2.04	2.91
2039	2.03	2.87
2040	2.01	2.84
2041	1.99	2.81
2042	1.97	2.78
2043	1.96	2.75
2044	1.95	2.72
2045	1.94	2.69
2046	1.92	2.66
2047	1.91	2.63
2048	1.9	2.6
2049	1.89	2.58
2050	1.89	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Laos	Uzbekistan
1960	41.8%	39.8%
1961	41.8%	41.2%
1962	41.9%	42.4%
1963	42%	43.4%
1964	42.1%	44.2%
1965	42.2%	44.7%
1966	42.2%	44.8%
1967	42.2%	44.9%
1968	42.2%	44.8%
1969	42.2%	44.7%
1970	42.2%	44.6%
1971	42.3%	44.4%
1972	42.4%	44.3%
1973	42.4%	44%
1974	42.5%	43.7%
1975	42.7%	43.3%
1976	43%	42.8%
1977	43.2%	42.3%
1978	43.5%	41.7%
1979	43.8%	41.2%
1980	43.9%	40.8%
1981	44%	40.5%
1982	44.1%	40.3%
1983	44.1%	40.1%
1984	44.1%	40.1%
1985	44%	40.1%
1986	44%	40.1%
1987	44%	40.1%
1988	43.9%	40%
1989	43.9%	39.9%
1990	43.9%	39.9%
1991	43.9%	39.9%
1992	43.9%	39.8%
1993	43.9%	39.8%
1994	44%	39.7%
1995	43.9%	39.4%
1996	43.9%	39.2%
1997	43.8%	38.8%
1998	43.7%	38.2%
1999	43.5%	37.5%
2000	43.2%	36.7%
2001	42.9%	35.8%
2002	42.5%	34.9%
2003	42%	34%
2004	41.5%	33.1%
2005	40.9%	32.3%
2006	40%	31.4%
2007	39%	30.6%
2008	38%	29.9%
2009	37.1%	29.4%
2010	36.3%	28.9%
2011	35.6%	28.5%
2012	34.9%	28.2%
2013	34.3%	28.1%
2014	33.7%	28.1%
2015	33.2%	28.3%
2016	32.9%	28.5%
2017	32.5%	28.8%
2018	32.2%	29%
2019	31.9%	29.3%
2020	31.6%	29.7%
2021	31.3%	30.2%
2022	30.9%	30.6%
2023	30.6%	30.9%
2024	30.2%	31.1%
2025	29.8%	31.3%
2026	29.5%	31.5%
2027	29.1%	31.6%
2028	28.8%	31.6%
2029	28.4%	31.6%
2030	27.9%	31.4%
2031	27.5%	31.3%
2032	27.1%	31.1%
2033	26.6%	30.9%
2034	26.2%	30.6%
2035	25.8%	30.3%
2036	25.5%	29.8%
2037	25.1%	29.3%
2038	24.8%	28.8%
2039	24.4%	28.3%
2040	24.1%	28%
2041	23.8%	27.6%
2042	23.5%	27.4%
2043	23.2%	27.2%
2044	22.9%	27%
2045	22.7%	26.9%
2046	22.4%	26.8%
2047	22.1%	26.8%
2048	21.9%	26.7%
2049	21.6%	26.7%
2050	21.4%	26.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.2% of the population in Laos and 31.1% in Uzbekistan in 2024, compared to 43.9% and 39.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Laos and Uzbekistan compared.

Natural population change in Laos vs Uzbekistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.65% in Laos and +1.87% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1960	47,575	267,165
1961	48,992	279,841
1962	51,244	292,788
1963	51,056	293,432
1964	52,482	298,790
1965	54,268	302,264
1966	55,494	297,844
1967	57,763	298,350
1968	59,567	295,651
1969	61,595	302,833
1970	63,896	313,216
1971	65,959	323,171
1972	68,095	333,230
1973	70,513	341,807
1974	74,652	350,422
1975	76,725	357,382
1976	77,575	363,110
1977	79,149	369,572
1978	80,604	372,068
1979	82,852	387,754
1980	86,548	401,557
1981	89,963	413,897
1982	94,058	431,389
1983	98,178	454,464
1984	102,318	485,617
1985	106,047	508,893
1986	109,266	533,234
1987	113,005	537,292
1988	117,050	525,126
1989	121,044	522,323
1990	125,297	540,581
1991	129,523	557,886
1992	132,417	548,793
1993	135,295	527,557
1994	134,201	502,279
1995	132,241	493,966
1996	131,142	471,010
1997	130,388	441,631
1998	128,409	408,532
1999	127,255	385,448
2000	124,201	365,138
2001	123,847	356,483
2002	122,110	359,231
2003	122,158	355,098
2004	121,888	363,994
2005	118,165	363,462
2006	118,602	383,265
2007	119,980	426,880
2008	121,042	461,665
2009	122,174	471,839
2010	122,516	461,293
2011	122,863	454,858
2012	121,324	463,333
2013	119,845	501,742
2014	118,103	536,881
2015	118,723	552,781
2016	119,978	549,045
2017	120,515	548,372
2018	119,986	585,119
2019	119,797	618,154
2020	118,609	643,750
2021	115,323	689,325
2022	116,620	715,410
2023	115,359	722,280

Maternal mortality chart: Laos vs Uzbekistan

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 26 deaths in Uzbekistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Laos	Uzbekistan
1985	994	72
1986	963	69
1987	930	63
1988	898	58
1989	856	53
1990	834	50
1991	798	47
1992	781	46
1993	751	47
1994	741	49
1995	709	46
1996	682	44
1997	660	42
1998	647	42
1999	638	43
2000	609	42
2001	574	42
2002	550	41
2003	524	40
2004	492	39
2005	458	39
2006	432	38
2007	402	37
2008	374	35
2009	336	34
2010	305	34
2011	267	33
2012	241	33
2013	215	32
2014	193	32
2015	180	31
2016	165	31
2017	154	30
2018	145	29
2019	137	29
2020	132	29
2021	139	28
2022	120	27
2023	112	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.9% in Laos and 1.33% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1978	21.7%	-
1979	21.1%	12.5%
1980	20.6%	11.7%
1981	20%	10.9%
1982	19.5%	10.2%
1983	18.9%	9.5%
1984	18.4%	8.91%
1985	18%	8.4%
1986	17.4%	7.96%
1987	16.9%	7.59%
1988	16.4%	7.31%
1989	15.9%	7.13%
1990	15.4%	7.04%
1991	14.9%	7.01%
1992	14.4%	7.01%
1993	13.9%	6.99%
1994	13.4%	6.95%
1995	12.9%	6.91%
1996	12.5%	6.83%
1997	12%	6.72%
1998	11.6%	6.57%
1999	11.2%	6.38%
2000	10.8%	6.15%
2001	10.3%	5.88%
2002	9.91%	5.57%
2003	9.49%	5.25%
2004	9.08%	4.92%
2005	8.68%	4.57%
2006	8.27%	4.24%
2007	7.88%	3.9%
2008	7.5%	3.59%
2009	7.14%	3.29%
2010	6.8%	3.01%
2011	6.47%	2.75%
2012	6.15%	2.52%
2013	5.86%	2.32%
2014	5.58%	2.14%
2015	5.32%	1.98%
2016	5.09%	1.85%
2017	4.88%	1.73%
2018	4.68%	1.64%
2019	4.51%	1.56%
2020	4.34%	1.5%
2021	4.19%	1.44%
2022	4.04%	1.38%
2023	3.9%	1.33%