Life expectancy at birth in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 49.2 years in 1981: 49.8 for women and 48.6 for men, a gap of 1.2 years. 55,969 people died; 15.6% of them were 65 or older and 50.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1981

Life expectancy at birth

49.2

Women

49.8

Men

48.6

Life expectancy at 65

11.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

133.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

198.9

Deaths

55,969

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.6

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

371

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

353

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1981's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1981

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	133.20	158.98	49.8	48.6
1-4	20.13	19.72	55.8	55.7
5-9	4.15	3.41	56.3	56.1
10-14	3.27	2.43	52.4	52.0
15-19	4.49	3.65	48.2	47.7
20-24	5.76	5.22	44.2	43.5
25-29	6.49	5.66	40.5	39.6
30-34	7.37	6.46	36.7	35.6
35-39	8.28	7.81	33.0	31.7
40-44	9.33	9.89	29.3	27.9
45-49	10.90	12.64	25.6	24.2
50-54	14.63	17.30	21.9	20.6
55-59	19.74	23.81	18.3	17.2
60-64	29.68	34.67	15.0	14.0
65-69	43.46	50.24	11.9	11.2
70-74	67.78	75.07	9.2	8.7
75-79	105.14	114.60	7.0	6.6
80-84	161.88	172.14	5.1	4.9
85-89	237.01	255.77	3.8	3.6
90-94	348.74	379.76	2.8	2.5
95-99	469.11	510.62	2.1	1.9
100+	603.54	647.71	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic by year

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1981

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