Guyana vs Laos: Fertility rate: births per woman
Guyana
2.41 live births per woman
in 2023
Laos
2.42 live births per woman
in 2023
Guyana rank
86th
Laos rank
85th
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Guyana
- Laos
How they compare
Laos currently reports 2.42 live births per woman against 2.41 live births per woman in Guyana, a difference of 0.01 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Laos ahead.
Guyana ranks 86th and Laos ranks 85th of 236 countries.
Laos has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guyana | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.14 live births per woman | 6.26 live births per woman | 0.1203 live births per woman | Laos |
| 1960s | 6.09 live births per woman | 6.31 live births per woman | 0.2156 live births per woman | Laos |
| 1970s | 4.59 live births per woman | 6.29 live births per woman | 1.7 live births per woman | Laos |
| 1980s | 3.49 live births per woman | 6.28 live births per woman | 2.79 live births per woman | Laos |
| 1990s | 3.2 live births per woman | 5.42 live births per woman | 2.23 live births per woman | Laos |
| 2000s | 2.77 live births per woman | 3.8 live births per woman | 1.03 live births per woman | Laos |
| 2010s | 2.65 live births per woman | 2.83 live births per woman | 0.1813 live births per woman | Laos |
| 2020s | 2.45 live births per woman | 2.48 live births per woman | 0.0258 live births per woman | Laos |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Guyana or Laos?
- Laos, at 2.42 live births per woman against 2.41 live births per woman in Guyana as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Guyana and Laos?
- 0.01 live births per woman, with Laos ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Laos?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Guyana and Laos rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Guyana ranks 86th and Laos ranks 85th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.