Life expectancy at birth in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 41.9 years in 1964: 43.7 for women and 40.1 for men, a gap of 3.6 years. 50,526 people died; 10.7% of them were 65 or older and 52.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1964

Life expectancy at birth

41.9

Women

43.7

Men

40.1

Life expectancy at 65

10.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

174.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

262.4

Deaths

50,526

Deaths per 1,000 people

21.8

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

497

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

416

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1964's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1964

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	179.18	215.26	43.7	40.1
1-4	28.50	28.81	51.0	48.3
5-9	5.45	4.76	52.9	50.0
10-14	4.32	3.45	49.3	46.1
15-19	5.81	6.06	45.3	41.9
20-24	7.39	10.23	41.5	38.1
25-29	8.30	10.94	38.0	34.9
30-34	9.43	11.58	34.5	31.8
35-39	10.54	12.86	31.0	28.5
40-44	11.76	15.05	27.6	25.2
45-49	13.33	17.85	24.1	22.0
50-54	17.59	22.90	20.6	18.8
55-59	23.23	29.92	17.3	15.8
60-64	34.54	41.83	14.1	13.0
65-69	49.30	58.74	11.2	10.4
70-74	75.56	85.46	8.7	8.1
75-79	115.06	127.76	6.6	6.1
80-84	173.90	188.87	4.9	4.6
85-89	250.25	276.30	3.6	3.3
90-94	362.61	404.05	2.7	2.4
95-99	480.22	537.67	2.1	1.8
100+	609.09	666.62	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic by year

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1964

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