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
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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

Indicator
Fertility rate: births per woman
Unit
live births per woman
Source
Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,683 data points, 1891–2023
Last refreshed

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.