Life expectancy at birth in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 50.5 years in 1983: 51.1 for women and 49.9 for men, a gap of 1.2 years. 55,991 people died; 16.4% of them were 65 or older and 50.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1983

Life expectancy at birth

50.5

Women

51.1

Men

49.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

127.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

188.3

Deaths

55,991

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.8

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

355

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

341

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1983's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1983

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	126.02	151.07	51.1	49.9
1-4	18.63	18.17	56.7	56.8
5-9	3.85	3.15	57.0	56.9
10-14	3.02	2.25	53.0	52.8
15-19	4.23	3.41	48.8	48.3
20-24	5.47	4.87	44.8	44.1
25-29	6.18	5.26	41.0	40.1
30-34	7.00	6.00	37.2	36.1
35-39	7.86	7.28	33.4	32.2
40-44	8.88	9.27	29.6	28.3
45-49	10.45	11.98	25.9	24.5
50-54	14.07	16.54	22.1	20.8
55-59	19.06	22.98	18.5	17.4
60-64	28.70	33.62	15.1	14.2
65-69	42.28	48.99	12.1	11.4
70-74	66.17	73.51	9.3	8.8
75-79	103.01	112.54	7.0	6.7
80-84	159.22	169.75	5.2	4.9
85-89	233.90	253.17	3.8	3.6
90-94	345.30	377.32	2.8	2.6
95-99	465.60	508.74	2.1	1.9
100+	600.64	647.42	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic by year

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1983

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