Life expectancy at birth in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 55.6 years in 1993: 56.8 for women and 54.4 for men, a gap of 2.4 years. 57,876 people died; 20.4% of them were 65 or older and 45.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1993

Life expectancy at birth

55.6

Women

56.8

Men

54.4

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

96.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

138.6

Deaths

57,876

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.4

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

321

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

285

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1993's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1993

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	93.04	112.71	56.8	54.4
1-4	11.96	12.18	61.2	59.7
5-9	2.73	2.56	60.1	58.6
10-14	2.14	1.87	55.9	54.3
15-19	3.08	2.89	51.5	49.8
20-24	4.03	4.12	47.3	45.5
25-29	4.60	4.41	43.2	41.4
30-34	5.26	5.01	39.1	37.2
35-39	6.04	6.13	35.1	33.1
40-44	7.06	7.95	31.1	29.1
45-49	8.67	10.59	27.1	25.1
50-54	11.87	14.94	23.2	21.4
55-59	16.43	21.32	19.5	17.8
60-64	24.97	31.57	15.9	14.6
65-69	37.80	46.63	12.7	11.6
70-74	60.27	70.69	9.8	9.0
75-79	95.59	108.94	7.4	6.8
80-84	150.72	166.13	5.4	5.0
85-89	225.36	250.36	3.9	3.6
90-94	338.24	376.89	2.8	2.6
95-99	462.42	513.00	2.1	1.9
100+	604.52	655.39	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic by year

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1993

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