Editing Demographics of Laos (section)

== Health ==
Total fertility rate (TFR) and Crude birth rate (CBR):<ref>{{cite news |title=Lao Social Indicator Survey 2011–12 |url=http://www.dhsprogram.com/publications/publication-FR268-Other-Final-Reports.cfm |work=Lao Statistics Bureau |date=1 December 2012 |language=en |archive-date=20 December 2014 |access-date=20 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220235513/http://www.dhsprogram.com/publications/publication-FR268-Other-Final-Reports.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=2| Year
! colspan=2| Total
! colspan=2| Urban
! colspan=2| Rural
|-
! CBR !! TFR
! CBR !! TFR
! CBR !! TFR
|-
| 2011–2012
| style="text-align:right;"| 25
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 20
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 26
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.6
|-
| 2017
| style="text-align:right;"| 22
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 18
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 23
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.0
|-
|}

Total fertility rate and other related statistics by province, as of 2011–2012:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR268/FR268.pdf|title=Lao People's Democratic Republic Special, 2011–12 – Lao Social Indicator Survey (MICS/DHS) Final Report (English)|accessdate=17 December 2024|archive-date=3 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303160413/https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/fr268/fr268.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:100pt;"| Province
! style="width:100pt;"| Total fertility rate
! style="width:100pt;"| Percentage of women age 15–49 currently pregnant
! style="width:100pt;"| Mean number of children ever born to women age 40–49
! style="width:100pt;"| Adolescent birth rate (Age-specific fertility rate for women age 15–19)
|-
| [[Vientiane Capital]] || 2.0 || 3.8 || 3.1 || 37
|-
| [[Phongsaly]] || 3.7 || 5.2 || 5.0 || 145
|-
| [[Luang Namtha]] || 2.6 || 4.7 || 4.0 || 124
|-
| [[Oudomxay]] || 3.6 || 3.9 || 5.7 || 138
|-
| [[Bokeo Province|Bokeo]] || 3.6 || 4.9 || 5.0 || 149
|-
| [[Luang Prabang]] || 3.1 || 5.4 || 5.3 || 95
|-
| [[Huaphan]] || 3.8 || 5.9 || 5.9 || 137
|-
| [[Xayabury]] || 2.2 || 3.8 || 3.8 || 83
|-
| [[Xiangkhouang Province|Xieng Khuang]] || 3.6 || 4.5 || 6.1 || 101
|-
| [[Vientiane Province]] || 2.7 || 5.0 || 4.1 || 86
|-
| [[Borikhamxay]] || 2.8 || 3.9 || 4.4 || 79
|-
| [[Khammouane]] || 3.7 || 4.5 || 4.9 || 108
|-
| [[Savannakhet]] || 3.5 || 6.3 || 5.4 || 99
|-
| [[Salavan Province|Saravane]] || 4.3 || 7.5 || 6.0 || 106
|-
| [[Sekong]] || 4.5 || 6.9 || 5.9 || 107
|-
| [[Champasak Province|Champasak]] || 3.6 || 5.7 || 4.7 || 70
|-
| [[Attapeu]] || 3.6 || 6.8 || 5.7 || 107
|}

=== Life expectancy ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Period
!Life expectancy in<br />Years
!Period
!Life expectancy in<br />Years
|-
| 1950–1955
| 40.9
| 1985–1990
| 52.4
|-
| 1955–1960
| 42.4
| 1990–1995
| 54.9
|-
| 1960–1965
| 44.0
| 1995–2000
| 57.5
|-
| 1965–1970
| 45.5
| 2000–2005
| 60.3
|-
| 1970–1975
| 47.0
| 2005–2010
| 63.2
|-
| 1975–1980
| 48.4
| 2010–2015
| 65.4
|-
| 1980–1985
| 49.9
|
|
|}
Source: ''UN World Population Prospects''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|title=World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations|access-date=15 July 2017|archive-date=19 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919061238/https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|url-status=live}}</ref>