Life expectancy at birth in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 41.5 years in 1963: 43.4 for women and 39.8 for men, a gap of 3.7 years. 49,950 people died; 10.5% of them were 65 or older and 52.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1963

Life expectancy at birth

41.5

Women

43.4

Men

39.8

Life expectancy at 65

10.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

176.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

265.9

Deaths

49,950

Deaths per 1,000 people

22.0

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

502

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

418

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1963

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	181.91	218.46	43.4	39.8
1-4	28.96	29.35	50.8	48.0
5-9	5.49	4.83	52.8	49.7
10-14	4.35	3.50	49.2	45.9
15-19	5.85	6.14	45.2	41.7
20-24	7.45	10.38	41.4	37.9
25-29	8.36	11.11	37.9	34.8
30-34	9.50	11.75	34.4	31.6
35-39	10.62	13.04	31.0	28.4
40-44	11.84	15.25	27.5	25.1
45-49	13.41	18.07	24.1	21.9
50-54	17.68	23.15	20.6	18.8
55-59	23.35	30.20	17.2	15.7
60-64	34.71	42.18	14.0	12.9
65-69	49.51	59.17	11.2	10.3
70-74	75.84	86.01	8.7	8.1
75-79	115.42	128.51	6.6	6.1
80-84	174.34	189.75	4.9	4.5
85-89	250.82	277.28	3.6	3.3
90-94	364.04	405.23	2.7	2.4
95-99	480.94	539.97	2.1	1.8
100+	609.39	668.76	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic by year

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1963

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