Life expectancy at birth in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 42.3 years in 1966: 44.3 for women and 40.5 for men, a gap of 3.8 years. 52,046 people died; 11.2% of them were 65 or older and 51.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1966

Life expectancy at birth

42.3

Women

44.3

Men

40.5

Life expectancy at 65

10.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

170.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

257.1

Deaths

52,046

Deaths per 1,000 people

21.4

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

494

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

409

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1966's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1966

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	175.01	209.91	44.3	40.5
1-4	27.69	28.21	51.5	48.6
5-9	5.35	4.76	53.2	50.1
10-14	4.22	3.43	49.6	46.3
15-19	5.66	5.99	45.6	42.0
20-24	7.20	10.07	41.9	38.2
25-29	8.08	10.78	38.3	35.0
30-34	9.18	11.42	34.8	31.8
35-39	10.27	12.71	31.3	28.6
40-44	11.48	14.90	27.8	25.3
45-49	13.04	17.72	24.3	22.0
50-54	17.22	22.77	20.8	18.8
55-59	22.79	29.81	17.4	15.8
60-64	33.91	41.73	14.2	13.0
65-69	48.52	58.69	11.3	10.4
70-74	74.44	85.47	8.8	8.1
75-79	113.41	127.73	6.6	6.1
80-84	171.82	189.17	4.9	4.6
85-89	247.92	277.32	3.7	3.3
90-94	360.97	405.84	2.7	2.4
95-99	475.45	541.08	2.1	1.8
100+	604.01	669.70	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic by year

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1966

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