Laos vs Mongolia: Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (Fertility World Population)

Laos
2.4 births per woman
in 2024
Mongolia
2.5 births per woman
in 2024
Laos rank
81st
Mongolia rank
78th

Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (Fertility World Population) over time

  • Laos
  • Mongolia
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How they compare

Mongolia currently reports 2.5 births per woman against 2.4 births per woman in Laos, a difference of 0.1 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Mongolia ahead.

Laos ranks 81st and Mongolia ranks 78th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Laos averaged higher in 3 and Mongolia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Laos Mongolia Difference Ahead
1960s 6.31 births per woman 7.23 births per woman 0.9254 births per woman Mongolia
1970s 6.29 births per woman 7.01 births per woman 0.7194 births per woman Mongolia
1980s 6.28 births per woman 5.33 births per woman 0.9585 births per woman Laos
1990s 5.42 births per woman 2.95 births per woman 2.48 births per woman Laos
2000s 3.8 births per woman 2.23 births per woman 1.57 births per woman Laos
2010s 2.83 births per woman 2.85 births per woman 0.0234 births per woman Mongolia
2020s 2.46 births per woman 2.72 births per woman 0.2596 births per woman Mongolia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Laos or Mongolia?
Mongolia, at 2.5 births per woman against 2.4 births per woman in Laos as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Laos and Mongolia?
0.1 births per woman, with Mongolia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Mongolia?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Laos and Mongolia rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Laos ranks 81st and Mongolia ranks 78th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Unit
births per woman
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,258 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.