Fertility & birth rates in Laos and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Laos vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Laos vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	6.29	6.38
1961	6.31	6.3
1962	6.31	6.23
1963	6.32	6.16
1964	6.31	6.07
1965	6.32	5.98
1966	6.31	5.87
1967	6.31	5.75
1968	6.3	5.61
1969	6.3	5.47
1970	6.31	5.32
1971	6.3	5.17
1972	6.28	5.04
1973	6.28	4.91
1974	6.29	4.79
1975	6.29	4.69
1976	6.29	4.59
1977	6.29	4.49
1978	6.3	4.4
1979	6.31	4.3
1980	6.33	4.2
1981	6.35	4.1
1982	6.37	4.01
1983	6.38	3.93
1984	6.37	3.86
1985	6.33	3.79
1986	6.26	3.73
1987	6.21	3.67
1988	6.16	3.6
1989	6.1	3.52
1990	6.06	3.45
1991	5.99	3.37
1992	5.9	3.29
1993	5.8	3.22
1994	5.6	3.15
1995	5.36	3.08
1996	5.15	3.02
1997	4.96	2.97
1998	4.79	2.91
1999	4.64	2.86
2000	4.43	2.79
2001	4.29	2.78
2002	4.13	2.74
2003	4.02	2.7
2004	3.9	2.64
2005	3.69	2.63
2006	3.56	2.6
2007	3.44	2.52
2008	3.33	2.48
2009	3.23	2.42
2010	3.14	2.4
2011	3.05	2.4
2012	2.95	2.38
2013	2.87	2.33
2014	2.8	2.3
2015	2.8	2.25
2016	2.74	2.22
2017	2.69	2.18
2018	2.63	2.15
2019	2.59	2.13
2020	2.54	2.12
2021	2.49	2.11
2022	2.46	2.09
2023	2.42	2.08
2024	2.4	2.08
2025	2.36	2.06
2026	2.33	2.04
2027	2.3	2.03
2028	2.27	2.01
2029	2.24	2
2030	2.21	1.99
2031	2.19	1.98
2032	2.16	1.97
2033	2.14	1.96
2034	2.12	1.95
2035	2.1	1.94
2036	2.08	1.93
2037	2.06	1.92
2038	2.04	1.91
2039	2.03	1.91
2040	2.01	1.9
2041	1.99	1.89
2042	1.97	1.88
2043	1.96	1.87
2044	1.95	1.86
2045	1.94	1.86
2046	1.92	1.85
2047	1.91	1.84
2048	1.9	1.84
2049	1.89	1.83
2050	1.89	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Laos	Venezuela
1960	41.8%	46.8%
1961	41.8%	46.9%
1962	41.9%	47%
1963	42%	47%
1964	42.1%	47%
1965	42.2%	46.9%
1966	42.2%	46.8%
1967	42.2%	46.6%
1968	42.2%	46.3%
1969	42.2%	46%
1970	42.2%	45.6%
1971	42.3%	45.2%
1972	42.4%	44.7%
1973	42.4%	44.3%
1974	42.5%	43.8%
1975	42.7%	43.3%
1976	43%	42.9%
1977	43.2%	42.5%
1978	43.5%	42.1%
1979	43.8%	41.7%
1980	43.9%	41.3%
1981	44%	41%
1982	44.1%	40.6%
1983	44.1%	40.3%
1984	44.1%	39.9%
1985	44%	39.6%
1986	44%	39.3%
1987	44%	39%
1988	43.9%	38.7%
1989	43.9%	38.4%
1990	43.9%	38.1%
1991	43.9%	37.8%
1992	43.9%	37.4%
1993	43.9%	37%
1994	44%	36.6%
1995	43.9%	36.2%
1996	43.9%	35.8%
1997	43.8%	35.3%
1998	43.7%	34.9%
1999	43.5%	34.5%
2000	43.2%	34%
2001	42.9%	33.6%
2002	42.5%	33.1%
2003	42%	32.7%
2004	41.5%	32.2%
2005	40.9%	31.8%
2006	40%	31.4%
2007	39%	31%
2008	38%	30.6%
2009	37.1%	30.3%
2010	36.3%	29.9%
2011	35.6%	29.5%
2012	34.9%	29.2%
2013	34.3%	28.9%
2014	33.7%	28.5%
2015	33.2%	28.2%
2016	32.9%	27.9%
2017	32.5%	27.8%
2018	32.2%	27.9%
2019	31.9%	28%
2020	31.6%	27.8%
2021	31.3%	27.4%
2022	30.9%	26.8%
2023	30.6%	26.2%
2024	30.2%	25.5%
2025	29.8%	24.9%
2026	29.5%	24.3%
2027	29.1%	23.8%
2028	28.8%	23.2%
2029	28.4%	22.8%
2030	27.9%	22.4%
2031	27.5%	22%
2032	27.1%	21.7%
2033	26.6%	21.5%
2034	26.2%	21.4%
2035	25.8%	21.4%
2036	25.5%	21.4%
2037	25.1%	21.5%
2038	24.8%	21.5%
2039	24.4%	21.4%
2040	24.1%	21.4%
2041	23.8%	21.3%
2042	23.5%	21.2%
2043	23.2%	21.1%
2044	22.9%	20.9%
2045	22.7%	20.7%
2046	22.4%	20.5%
2047	22.1%	20.3%
2048	21.9%	20%
2049	21.6%	19.8%
2050	21.4%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.2% of the population in Laos and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 43.9% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Laos and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Laos vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.65% in Laos and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	47,575	285,105
1961	48,992	292,109
1962	51,244	299,345
1963	51,056	307,279
1964	52,482	314,397
1965	54,268	321,695
1966	55,494	329,697
1967	57,763	335,813
1968	59,567	340,973
1969	61,595	343,596
1970	63,896	350,709
1971	65,959	355,212
1972	68,095	360,749
1973	70,513	367,612
1974	74,652	375,678
1975	76,725	385,045
1976	77,575	395,344
1977	79,149	405,315
1978	80,604	414,032
1979	82,852	421,256
1980	86,548	425,613
1981	89,963	432,059
1982	94,058	436,564
1983	98,178	443,569
1984	102,318	449,186
1985	106,047	455,517
1986	109,266	468,252
1987	113,005	474,204
1988	117,050	477,569
1989	121,044	478,053
1990	125,297	478,168
1991	129,523	477,917
1992	132,417	474,824
1993	135,295	473,189
1994	134,201	469,178
1995	132,241	469,267
1996	131,142	468,653
1997	130,388	472,002
1998	128,409	469,123
1999	127,255	463,787
2000	124,201	459,802
2001	123,847	451,487
2002	122,110	466,821
2003	122,158	456,902
2004	121,888	455,881
2005	118,165	463,260
2006	118,602	460,152
2007	119,980	452,482
2008	121,042	435,870
2009	122,174	427,257
2010	122,516	425,397
2011	122,863	425,958
2012	121,324	420,758
2013	119,845	408,930
2014	118,103	395,088
2015	118,723	384,560
2016	119,978	359,651
2017	120,515	340,222
2018	119,986	317,302
2019	119,797	274,826
2020	118,609	237,223
2021	115,323	207,746
2022	116,620	216,619
2023	115,359	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Laos vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Laos	Venezuela
1985	994	83
1986	963	81
1987	930	81
1988	898	80
1989	856	80
1990	834	83
1991	798	80
1992	781	82
1993	751	82
1994	741	84
1995	709	84
1996	682	86
1997	660	82
1998	647	82
1999	638	88
2000	609	86
2001	574	101
2002	550	87
2003	524	97
2004	492	94
2005	458	93
2006	432	96
2007	402	92
2008	374	103
2009	336	109
2010	305	110
2011	267	104
2012	241	113
2013	215	123
2014	193	133
2015	180	136
2016	165	162
2017	154	195
2018	145	205
2019	137	202
2020	132	207
2021	139	251
2022	120	219
2023	112	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.9% in Laos and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	-	7.97%
1961	-	7.72%
1962	-	7.49%
1963	-	7.3%
1964	-	7.14%
1965	-	7%
1966	-	6.87%
1967	-	6.75%
1968	-	6.61%
1969	-	6.47%
1970	-	6.3%
1971	-	6.12%
1972	-	5.94%
1973	-	5.75%
1974	-	5.57%
1975	-	5.38%
1976	-	5.2%
1977	-	5.01%
1978	21.7%	4.82%
1979	21.1%	4.62%
1980	20.6%	4.42%
1981	20%	4.24%
1982	19.5%	4.07%
1983	18.9%	3.91%
1984	18.4%	3.77%
1985	18%	3.64%
1986	17.4%	3.5%
1987	16.9%	3.37%
1988	16.4%	3.23%
1989	15.9%	3.09%
1990	15.4%	2.96%
1991	14.9%	2.86%
1992	14.4%	2.78%
1993	13.9%	2.73%
1994	13.4%	2.68%
1995	12.9%	2.63%
1996	12.5%	2.55%
1997	12%	2.45%
1998	11.6%	2.34%
1999	11.2%	2.24%
2000	10.8%	2.15%
2001	10.3%	2.09%
2002	9.91%	2.03%
2003	9.49%	1.98%
2004	9.08%	1.91%
2005	8.68%	1.85%
2006	8.27%	1.79%
2007	7.88%	1.74%
2008	7.5%	1.72%
2009	7.14%	1.71%
2010	6.8%	1.72%
2011	6.47%	1.73%
2012	6.15%	1.76%
2013	5.86%	1.79%
2014	5.58%	1.83%
2015	5.32%	1.92%
2016	5.09%	2.43%
2017	4.88%	2.43%
2018	4.68%	2.43%
2019	4.51%	2.43%
2020	4.34%	2.43%
2021	4.19%	2.43%
2022	4.04%	2.43%
2023	3.9%	2.43%