Life expectancy at birth in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 47.5 years in 1979: 48.3 for women and 46.6 for men, a gap of 1.7 years. 57,711 people died; 14.8% of them were 65 or older and 50.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1979

Life expectancy at birth

47.5

Women

48.3

Men

46.6

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

140.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

211.2

Deaths

57,711

Deaths per 1,000 people

17.9

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

404

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

370

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1979's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1979

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	141.56	167.87	48.3	46.6
1-4	21.89	21.60	54.5	53.8
5-9	4.61	3.88	55.3	54.5
10-14	3.58	2.75	51.5	50.5
15-19	4.83	4.24	47.4	46.2
20-24	6.16	6.24	43.5	42.1
25-29	6.94	6.77	39.8	38.3
30-34	7.88	7.57	36.1	34.6
35-39	8.84	9.00	32.4	30.8
40-44	9.95	11.15	28.8	27.1
45-49	11.57	13.97	25.1	23.5
50-54	15.45	18.82	21.5	20.0
55-59	20.74	25.52	18.0	16.8
60-64	31.12	36.78	14.7	13.7
65-69	45.32	52.83	11.7	11.0
70-74	70.30	78.30	9.0	8.5
75-79	108.07	118.46	6.8	6.4
80-84	165.82	177.32	5.0	4.8
85-89	242.35	263.16	3.7	3.5
90-94	359.31	394.76	2.7	2.4
95-99	524.49	557.71	1.9	1.8
100+	644.08	681.71	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic by year

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1979

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