Life expectancy at birth in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 54.7 years in 1991: 55.8 for women and 53.6 for men, a gap of 2.3 years. 57,665 people died; 19.6% of them were 65 or older and 46.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1991

Life expectancy at birth

54.7

Women

55.8

Men

53.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

102.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

148.2

Deaths

57,665

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.0

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

326

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

293

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1991's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1991

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	99.58	120.15	55.8	53.6
1-4	13.07	13.26	60.5	59.2
5-9	2.85	2.63	59.7	58.4
10-14	2.25	1.91	55.5	54.1
15-19	3.22	2.95	51.1	49.6
20-24	4.22	4.21	46.9	45.3
25-29	4.81	4.51	42.8	41.2
30-34	5.49	5.12	38.8	37.1
35-39	6.28	6.27	34.8	33.0
40-44	7.30	8.12	30.9	28.9
45-49	8.90	10.77	26.9	25.0
50-54	12.17	15.17	23.0	21.3
55-59	16.80	21.56	19.3	17.8
60-64	25.52	31.88	15.8	14.5
65-69	38.46	47.03	12.6	11.6
70-74	61.15	71.25	9.7	9.0
75-79	96.75	109.82	7.3	6.8
80-84	152.03	167.18	5.4	5.0
85-89	226.59	251.54	3.9	3.6
90-94	339.06	378.04	2.8	2.6
95-99	462.00	513.66	2.1	1.9
100+	601.18	656.00	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic by year

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1991

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