Life expectancy at birth in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 53.6 years in 1989: 54.6 for women and 52.5 for men, a gap of 2.1 years. 57,551 people died; 18.8% of them were 65 or older and 47.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1989

Life expectancy at birth

53.6

Women

54.6

Men

52.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

108.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

158.2

Deaths

57,551

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.7

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

336

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

304

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1989's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1989

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	106.24	127.81	54.6	52.5
1-4	14.39	14.43	59.6	58.5
5-9	3.07	2.79	59.1	57.9
10-14	2.41	2.02	54.9	53.6
15-19	3.44	3.11	50.6	49.2
20-24	4.50	4.45	46.4	44.9
25-29	5.12	4.78	42.4	40.8
30-34	5.83	5.42	38.4	36.8
35-39	6.64	6.61	34.5	32.7
40-44	7.66	8.50	30.6	28.7
45-49	9.26	11.18	26.7	24.8
50-54	12.62	15.63	22.8	21.1
55-59	17.34	22.04	19.1	17.6
60-64	26.27	32.47	15.6	14.4
65-69	39.39	47.71	12.5	11.5
70-74	62.40	72.04	9.6	8.9
75-79	98.35	110.77	7.2	6.7
80-84	153.94	168.14	5.3	5.0
85-89	228.68	252.27	3.9	3.6
90-94	341.14	378.16	2.8	2.6
95-99	463.78	512.66	2.1	1.9
100+	602.27	653.81	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic by year

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1989

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